Misc
Posted by SpikeDec 12
Bettie Page has died, age 85. The ultimate pin-up and fetish model, subject of a pretty good bio-pic a few years back, a unique talent.
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Another unique talent is John Hodgman, whom you may recognize via his many appearances on the Daily Show. Turns out he’s got two books out there, each a compendium of made-up facts.
The first is called The Areas of My Expertise. Actually the full title seems to be:
compiled with instructive annotation
and arranged in useful order by me,
John Hodgman
a professional writer, in
The Areas Of
My Expertise
which include
Matters Historical – Matters Literary
Matters Cryptozoological – Hobo Matters
Food, Drink, & Cheese (a kind of food)
Squirrels & lobsters & eels
Haircuts – Utopia
What will happen in the future
And most other subjects
The book includes 700 hobo names – like Rex Spangler, the Bedazzler and Senator Cletus Scoffpossum. And also idiosyncrasies of the great detectives, hints on building snow forts, colonial jobs involving eels and history’s worst men’s haircuts.
The second book is titled More Information Than You Require, and it literally starts where the last book left off – the first page is page number 237.
This second volume include not just 700 mole man names but also their occupations. There’s Dr. Hieronymous Sandpuppy, pharmacist and creator of “Dr Sandpuppy’s Miraculous Mole Tonic,” a popular mole tonic. There’s Miss Screechina Humid-Closepassage, a cave painter. And of course Good Ole Woolsey Shitsdirt, a hole fellow.
Plus Some Less Scientific Methods of Telling the Future that Actually Work. Hangover cures involving gin. A guide to hermit-crab racing. And several sexually suggestive Christmas songs.
Yes, this is seriously weird stuff. Which of course is why I like it.
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