{"id":35,"date":"2011-10-03T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=35"},"modified":"2014-12-30T21:28:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T04:28:08","slug":"i-am-so-totally-going-to-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/10\/i-am-so-totally-going-to-this.html","title":{"rendered":"I am so totally going to this"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

At Seattle\u2019s Town Hall, November 7<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In 2005, The Areas of My Expertise<\/em>, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, gathered fascinating trivia and \u201cfacts\u201d completely made up by its author, John Hodgman<\/strong>. But during an interview on The Daily Show <\/em>with Jon Stewart, an incredible transformation occurred: He became a famous minor television personality and returned with More Information Than You Require<\/em>, a New York Times bestseller. And now Hodgman\u2014famous all over again as an Apple pitchman\u2014completes his vision with That Is All<\/em>, the last book in the trilogy\u2014just in time for the end of human history in 2012. He\u2019ll be joined by singer\/songwriter Jonathan Coulton<\/strong>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We are talking about the guy who did this:<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>paired with the guy who did this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NhwKseS__kE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This probably reveals more about me than either you or I am comfortable with, but there it is.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Seattle\u2019s Town Hall, November 7: In 2005, The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, gathered fascinating trivia and \u201cfacts\u201d completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. 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