John Hodgman's "Guide To What (Probably) Won't Happen in January

We all know this is the year that the world will end (sadly, this is also the year that 2012 is going to play no less than twice a week on every movie channel).

If life as we know it runs its course in December, what can we humans expect in the months leading up to it?

Park Slope resident and deranged millionaire John Hodgman recently took to The Boston Globe to express his thoughts about such a predicament:

Herewith my predictions — scientifically generated via special algorithms and over-use of my asthma inhaler, plus absinthe — of the strange occurrences and disturbing portents that will happen in January alone.

Jan. 1: The first day of the last year.

Jan. 2: Jonathan Franzen is given a secret mission by Oprah Winfrey.

You can read the rest of the article HERE.

Lastly, check out this video, in which JH wishes us all a "Happy Last Year."

John Hodgman Is All Up In The Tumblr Scene

Did you guys know that John Hodgman has a Tumblr?

Last week he linked to a Bloomberg Business Week story about the "hurt feelings of many bankers and CEOs who feel they are for some weird reason being cast as the villains in "A Christmas Carol" the bleak economy." Hodgman then recounted a similar conversation that he had with a pouty, former banker while on his book tour, whose argument was, as he puts it, "not an argument an adult makes."

It's a pretty great read.

In similar news, did you also know that there is another Tumblr completely devoted to our local publisher of complete world knowledge? It's called Fuck Yeah, John Hodgman, and it's completely unrelated to this.

FiPS Attends Bored to Death Party, Finally Gets that Interview with John Hodgman!

Jason Schwartzman and John Hodgman on Bored to Death

When a show as great as Bored to Death gets cancelled, its fans react in one of two ways: they sit hunched over computers sending out petitions to PLEASE PLEASE keep the show on air, or they gather with their friends, get shitfaced and mourn the downfall of television. Last night, show creator Jonathan Ames and Park Slope's own John Hodgman invited fans of BTD to partake in the latter (I don't actually know if they got shitfaced. I ducked out shortly after arriving so that I could write this before waking up way the hell too early to get on a bus to Boston).

Word spread quickly yesterday that Ames and Hodgman had plans to meet up at The Brooklyn Inn in Boerum Hill around 10PM to celebrate three wonderful seasons of the show. Ames even promised to buy everyone drinks. I arrived around 9:15 and the bar was already packed and stuffy. Once I felt inevitable boob sweat pooling, I hightailed it outside for cooler air (side note: today is the first day of winter. It should not be 55 degrees outside). I made it out onto the sidewalk just as Jonathan Ames arrived. There was a group of around 30-40 people eagerly waiting to get into The Brooklyn Inn, and he addressed them, first by recommending that they start a second party at a nearby bar.

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Here's A Trailer for John Hodgman's Latest Book

That Is All, John Hodgman's third and final book in his collection of COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE, will be available for public consumption tomorrow. In the meantime, check out this this Funny Or Die trailer of the deranged millionaire (my favorite part is when Dick Cavett gives Hodgman the bird while hanging out in the Celebrity Cameo room).

John Hodgman Has A New Book!

Heads up, 7UP: John Hodgman recently released info about his new book, titled That Is All, on his website. JH writes: "YOU WILL SOON start to see changes in both design and mood that will reflect the dark, apocalyptic vision of my book, which deals with the very last information you need to know before the coming global superpocalypse called RAGNAROK, plus some information on WINE and SPORTS."

 John will be reading from his book on Tuesday, 11/1 @ The Bell House as part of his The End Is Nigh tour. For now, we wait... 

John Hodgman Thinks 'Geek Culture' Will Rule

In a recent interview with the Kansas City News, our fave Park Slope expert on all things everwhere, John Hodgman, explains that though we all used to all embrace the "Jock model" of competition and strength, the future is gonna be all about idolizing and embracing the geeks and the nerds:

"Jockdom is very noble. It’s not deliberative. It’s certainly the best way to win wars. It’s the best way to motivate teams of people to fulfill a goal — not just war, but getting things done. The most important way to motivate a factory floor. But as you know, we’re not as much of a manufacturing society as we were before. China and other big industrial nations are rewarding their nerds and technicians rather than creating a culture that makes fun of them — it would be wise for us to embrace the book-smart as much as our culture has traditionally embraced the street-smart, the jock-smart. I’m not saying nerds must have their revenge; I’m just saying the time for wedgies is at an end."

I don't know about you, but its pretty obvs that this is *already* happening.

I mean, on Glee the cheerleaders have joined up with the Glee club and the former nerds are now becoming cool. The "slushie in the face" attacks have already been greatly reduced. So yeah...we think Hodgman is right on the money.

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Amy Sohn Does NOT, in fact, Have a Bugaboo: The FIPS Q & A

Hodgman doesn't return our tweets, and though we briefly considered that we *might* have been having an exchange with the REALSTEVEBUSCEMI, as it turned out, it was the FAKESTEVEBUSCEMI. Anyway, it ain't no thang, cause we've moved on and nailed ourselves an interview with our new fave BR-ALLER, Amy Sohn!

As you may recall, I loved the shit out of Sohn's latest novel about four Park Slope SAHM's, Prospect Park West. And so I was psyched to dive in deep and get to the bottom of things with some of our most burning questions.

So, yeah...Sohn indulged us and answered some of our Q's. We laughed, we cried, we ate fritatas.

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