"A referendum on reality"

On Tuesday John Hodgman's new book More Information Than You Require was released. It's a follow-up (the second in a trilogy) to his hilarious 2005 book The Areas Of My Expertise. Over the last week he's been doing some publicity for the book and so far it's been highly entertaining.

In a fascinating interview posted yesterday at The A.V. Club, he laments that it was Stephen Colbert and not himself who coined the word 'truthiness'. Well, he should feel better since during his recent appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show he perfectly summed up this year's presidential election in 4 words: "A referendum on reality." Video of the interview:



After almost 4 months since his last appearance on The Daily Show as the resident expert, he appeared on the show Monday to promote his book and also deconstruct the guest promoting a book interview. Video:



While this segment was my favorite part of Monday's episode of The Daily Show, the entire episode was stellar. Here's a streaming version of the entire episode.

I got my copy of the book today, but I haven't yet started it. If it's half as entertaining and interesting as the publicity he's doing for it, it will easily be one of the best books of the year.