I assume he wasn't? Too bad. Still, what a great callout. posted by Brainy at 9:57 PM on October 10, 2006
Matt, you evidently missed a nice present this evening. John Hodgman--writer, actor, hobo historian and all around expert--called you out at his book reading tonight in Powell’s saying a friend of yours had asked him to pass along a present.
Photos were taken by others, perhaps they will be posted? posted by karmaville at 9:58 PM on October 10, 2006
aw crap. jessamyn said she mailed hodgman a sign that said I'm Not Matt Haughey. I figured he probably doesn't read his snail mail and I bet the reading would be super crowded tonight. I should have gone, but I decided to have a quiet dinner with my family instead of braving the crowds at the event. posted by mathowie at 10:15 PM on October 10, 2006
I ♥ Powells. Now you all should too. posted by Ufez Jones at 10:33 PM on October 10, 2006
That's ok. It is almost always better to feed your stomach than your ego.
(Not a qualitative statement. Happy birthday, too.) posted by loquacious at 10:33 PM on October 10, 2006
So. Because of that link I just thought to look up Matt on Wikipedia and found him and Jessamyn. Where's the pic of Jessamyn? I want to know what she looks like! posted by IndigoRain at 11:01 PM on October 10, 2006
IndigoRain, try here for Jessamyn pics. She's also got a bunch of stuff up on Flickr. posted by QIbHom at 11:38 PM on October 10, 2006
- read on your del.icio.us links that you'd be there [the internets lied to me!!1!]
- emailed John to see if he'd do me a favor
- he wrote back saying "sure" and that he likes MetaFilter but I'd have to get a sign to him in advance & remind him
- called Powells to figure out how to do that
- made a sign & faxed it to Powells
- emailed a reminder
- waited... waited ... waited.
Gosh I hope a photo winds up here. posted by jessamyn at 5:04 AM on October 11, 2006
on preview, hey, that's not my sign! posted by jessamyn at 5:06 AM on October 11, 2006
You mean.. someone.. made a counterfeit sign?!? What kind of world are we living in? 10/10 changes everything! posted by Plutor at 5:38 AM on October 11, 2006 [1 favorite]
Okay, so you know that total nerdgasm you guys had when that Apple guy showed up here last week? I'm having that now.
(Which goes to show, speaking of Apple, why those ads with Hodgman are so badly conceived. You're supposed to find the *other* guy more appealing?) posted by CunningLinguist at 5:45 AM on October 11, 2006
So John Hodgman and Dave Gorman both read Mefi? Were we always this hip? posted by Saucy Intruder at 6:27 AM on October 11, 2006
From Jessamyn's Wikipedia page:
In 2002 Library Journal identified her as a "mover and shaker." posted by orange swan at 6:31 AM on October 11, 2006
It's kinda sad that I only know him as that guy from the apple commercials. Is the mac guy famous too? posted by bob sarabia at 6:35 AM on October 11, 2006
So John Hodgman and Dave Gorman both read Mefi? Were we always this hip?
We were hipper when nobody read Mefi. Now we are just pancake shoutout sellouts. posted by srboisvert at 6:47 AM on October 11, 2006
Is the mac guy famous too?
The Mac Guy is apparently an actor called Justin Long, who was on the TV show Ed and in the movies Dodgeball and Galaxy Quest. posted by anastasiav at 7:03 AM on October 11, 2006
Oh wow. He was the supernerd kid in Galaxy Quest! I knew I knew him from somewhere. Boy, those ads are even more amusing with subtext. posted by CunningLinguist at 7:09 AM on October 11, 2006
Long was also in Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show and was amusing. He does a good Vaughn impression. posted by dobbs at 7:13 AM on October 11, 2006
loquaciouswrites'It is almost always better to feed your stomach than your ego.'
Actually, it's better to feed your stomach, then your ego. posted by signal at 7:19 AM on October 11, 2006
Jesus, he looks like Neil Hamburger's son. posted by NoMich at 7:24 AM on October 11, 2006
The Mac Guy is apparently an actor called Justin Long, who was on the TV show Ed and in the movies Dodgeball and Galaxy Quest.
Plus, the awesomely funny Waiting. posted by dflemingdotorg at 7:29 AM on October 11, 2006
And should his mainstream career falter, he's already set up for porn. posted by cortex at 7:33 AM on October 11, 2006
"No, wait—first he died, then he gave up smoking."
/obscure Russian allusion posted by languagehat at 7:46 AM on October 11, 2006
Wow. You know you're a VIP when a celebrity gives you a shout-out, and you're not even there. posted by crunchland at 7:53 AM on October 11, 2006
I think the "Apple guy" CunningLinguist referred to upthread is Steve Wozniak, not the actor who is currently appearing alongside Hodgman in the Apple ads. posted by speedo at 7:58 AM on October 11, 2006
dude looks really, really stoned. so, who is he? posted by quonsar at 8:06 AM on October 11, 2006
I think John wrote that sign himself...looks like his writing. posted by tristeza at 8:30 AM on October 11, 2006
Not such a good picture of the hodg-man. posted by Mid at 8:56 AM on October 11, 2006
so, who is he?
Dude, he's the junior senator from Nebraska that's been getting young people excited about politics again. Senator Hodgman's wry yet heartfelt "Voting is Dangerous" campaign has really connected with the 18-25 crowd, a typically apathetic bunch. Where the hell have you been that you missed all this? posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:27 AM on October 11, 2006 [1 favorite]
molesting pages. posted by quonsar at 9:53 AM on October 11, 2006
speedo, yes, but people weren't answering CL with the Justin Long info. They were answering bob sarabia. posted by dobbs at 10:11 AM on October 11, 2006
We were hipper when nobody read Mefi. Now we are just pancake shoutout sellouts.
Just like Hodgman. posted by mrgrimm at 10:15 AM on October 11, 2006
This is cool. But where's the real sign?
For shame, mathowie, putting family before comedian shout-outs. For shame! posted by Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson at 10:45 AM on October 11, 2006
And should his mainstream career falter, he's already set up for porn.
Funny enough, my first impression of him was that he looks a lot like a porn star named Tommy Gunn. posted by bob sarabia at 11:47 AM on October 11, 2006
Oh no, it's Tommy Pistol, not Tommy Gunn. Fucking porn stars and their unoriginal names. posted by bob sarabia at 11:54 AM on October 11, 2006
That you even know that speaks volumes. posted by crunchland at 12:06 PM on October 11, 2006
No, John Hodgeman reading aloud in a bookstore speaks volumes. posted by George_Spiggott at 1:04 PM on October 11, 2006
Actually, the only reason I know his name is because I was watching one of his films and noticed that he has a big tattoo of master shake on his side. I thought that was pretty strange for a pornstar so his name stuck with me. posted by bob sarabia at 2:42 PM on October 11, 2006
(I'm back. Did I miss anything Meta* over the past couple of weeks other than Hodgman and the Woz and the second coming of Jesus?) posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:20 PM on October 11, 2006
loquacious writes 'It is almost always better to feed your stomach than your ego.'
Actually, it's better to feed your stomach, then your ego.
posted by signal at 1:19 AM AEST
Actually, it's better to feed your stomach to your ego. posted by oxford blue at 5:40 PM on October 11, 2006
Damn, but Hodgeman looks positively skeezy in that "I am not Matt" photo. posted by five fresh fish at 7:56 PM on October 11, 2006
That's purely an optical illusion caused by the medical poster behind him, of a sufferer in the advanced stages of George Seurat's Disease. posted by arto at 8:01 PM on October 11, 2006
Now I go to the local Borders, for lack of a real bookstore within 45 miles. posted by mecran01 at 8:12 PM on October 11, 2006
Now I go to the local Borders
That is so unspeakably sad. posted by dersins at 1:49 AM on October 12, 2006
Douglas Coupland
I feel compelled (for no good reason) to mention that the girl at U of Waterloo in Microserfs would have been in my class, given the dates in the book and had she really existed.
Douglas Coupland keeps writing about my life, although he isn't quite aware of it. posted by GuyZero at 6:37 AM on October 12, 2006
Where the hell have you been that you missed all this?
In ur senate killing ur rights. posted by Sparx at 7:56 PM on October 13, 2006
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