Comments on: John Hodgman: I Hear They’re Going to Make Evolution Legal

By: Neat Links From My Father, 5 | OrignauxMoose

Neat Links From My Father, 5 | OrignauxMoose — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:29:41 +0000

[...] exhibition. – New York’s section of “Where’s Cool?’. – John Hodgman: I Hear They’re Going to Make Evolution Legal. – Statue Of Liberty’s Crown has reopened. – Patents may be harming our ability to innovate. [...]

By: Julian

Julian — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:02:35 +0000

Freakin’ Awesome!

By: SissenerWrites.com | Live Long & Prosper (Revenge of the Nerds)

SissenerWrites.com | Live Long & Prosper (Revenge of the Nerds) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:37:36 +0000

[...] Long & Prosper (Revenge of the Nerds) Carl Zimmer in his blog, The Loom, [...]

By: Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:24:24 +0000

And left unanswered: Shai Hulud, thumper, and Water of Life.

By: Willy

Willy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:40:47 +0000

Wonderful!

By: John Kwok

John Kwok — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:45:37 +0000

@ johnk -

Well if there’s a secret link, then I’m sure it would have to include Rick Moody (His entry in the “State By State” almanac is CT; while Hodgman’s is on MA.). Both Moody and Hodgman are featured in a short film produced by Portland, OR’s famous Powells bookstore, and I think Hodgman is absolutely hilarious in it. (For more information about the film, you can look here:
http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780971592322)

By: johnk

johnk — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:50:47 +0000

Is there a secret Hodgman-Zimmer link we don’t know about, like Yale or Connecticut or Macs?

I liked the speech, too. Bush was/is really a jock. I went to Andover the year after Bush left; the nerd-jock schism was the major organizer of student life. “Head cheerleader” (Bush) was the center of the jock world. Somehow, Hodgman knew this. Even with his basketsball, Obama has a lot of nerd-geek in him.

Recommendation: Jon Coulton, a frequent Hodgman collaborator, is a very funny and talented singer-songwriter who has a number of great songs about or derived from nerd life (www.jonathancoulton.com; “Code Monkey”, “Your Brains”, “Mandelbrot Set”). Also a Connecticut Yalie.

By: John Kwok

John Kwok — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:15:01 +0000

If you think he’s funny here, then there’s a film floating around in which he read from his entry in a state by state almanac published last year.

On a more serious note, he has done his share writing against evolution denialists, which, I am sure, Carl can attest to.

By: ColinB

ColinB — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:45:18 +0000

@Jonas – they must have been under the delusion that they were jocks…

By: Jonas, Stockholm, Sweden

Jonas, Stockholm, Sweden — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:46:43 +0000

A wonderfully witty and highly inspired speech, though I’m only slightly affected by nerdishness myself

But doesn’t the president play his part gracefully, while many of the members of the audience look bored, boring and awkward. What were they expecting?