I still have a fondness for books. Many a time I will be antiquing, and I'll say, 'What's that old-timey curio over there? What is that, a candlestick telephone, one of those old pull-chain toilets? Oh no, it's a book. I used to help make those things! I will buy it and use it to decorate my chain of casual family-dining restaurants.
John HodgmanMy career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.
John HodgmanI am a marginally employed person who can escape with my school teacher wife to the waters of Maine for much of the summer.
John HodgmanWell, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.
John Hodgman