John Hodgman Discography The Areas of My Expertise

The Areas of My Expertise

Release date August 17, 2006

Tracklist

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About Jonathan Coulton, Contributing Troubadour

1:54

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A Note on Organization / A Note on Sports

1:27

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Table of Contents

6:11

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What Will Happen in the Future / Omens and Portents for the Coming Year

1:37

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Table 1: Omens v. Portents

3:58

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1:47

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Table 2: Special Long-Term Predictions for Sailors

2:11

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Alternate Method for Predicting the Future

2:21

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On Actuaries and Their Tattoos

6:39

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Information You Will Find Useful in the Present; How to Write a Book / The Fifty-Five Dramatic Situations

2:20

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Table 3: The Fifty-Five Dramatic Situations

3:08

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A Clarification Regarding the Dramatic Situation in Which Humans Fight Animals

2:02

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More Matters Literary: The Six Essentials

1:52

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When Writing, Please Avoid These Failed Palindromes

0:41

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Were You Aware of It?

1:41

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Where to Sell Your Short Stories / Table 4: Where to Market Your Stories That Sound Exactly Like Raunchy Photo Captions

0:57

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Table 5: Other Markets for Your Short Stories

2:05

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Idiosyncracies of the Great Detectives

1:43

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Two Libraries That Are Smaller Than This Book

1:48

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Handy Measurements of Time When You Do Not Have a Watch

2:46

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Table 6: Tipping Guide to the Great Hotels: To Ensure Prompt Service

3:50

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Jokes That Have Never Produced Laughter (feat. Paul Rudd)

4:10

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Government Programs You Can Take Advantage of TODAY

1:58

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Were You Aware of It?

0:39

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Basics of Snow and Ice Warfare

1:01

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Table 7: Classic Ice and Snowballs

2:36

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Hints on Building Snow Forts

0:43

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Diversions for the Asthmatic Child Who Cannot Play in the Snow

0:29

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Were You Aware of It?

1:10

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Top Spots for Crabs

4:40

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Secrets of the Mall of America

10:01

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What You Did Not Know About the Past / History's Worst Men's Haircuts

2:23

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Table 8: Discredited Styles

3:44

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Famous Novels That Were Not Originally Published as Books

4:22

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Were You Aware of It?

2:27

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More Surprising Eponyms

0:34

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Table 9: Great Rivalries in Dungeons & Dragons

2:07

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A Brief Timeline of the Lobster in America

6:22

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Jonathon Colton / Friends of the Furry Old Lobster

4:00

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Films in Which I, John Hodgman, Have Made Cameo Appearances

6:36

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Prohibition Era Euphemisms for Alcohol

1:50

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Were You Aware of It?

2:28

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Table 10 and Table 11: Dog People v. Cat People

4:34

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Were You Aware of It?

2:03

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Table 12: For Expert Barbers Only

2:02

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Some Prophets Who Were Not Actuaries

8:58

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What You Did Not Know About Hoboes

7:57

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Brief Lives of Some Notable Hoboes: Queen Myra Nelson, the Lady Strange

2:20

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Mindbender Steve

3:31

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Hobo Joe Junkpan

3:09

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Joey Stink-Eye Smiles

7:04

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Seven Hundred Hobo Names

1:22

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Further Information You Can Use Today: Five Secrets of Successful Negotiation

3:26

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How to Win a Fight

2:54

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4:25

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Some American Telephone Numbers Beginning With '666'

1:05

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Secrets of Yale University

6:52

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Debated Planets

2:09

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Common Short and Long Cons

2:18

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The Pig in a Poke

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The Lenny and Squiggy

3:30

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Three-Card Monte

2:53

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The Vengeful Ninjas

4:48

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Our 51 United States: The States, Their Nicknames and Mottoes, and Other Facts Critical to Safe Travel

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Hohoq (also known as Ar)

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Four Dubious Fables of Chicago

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Fast Facts About Philadelphia

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Washington, D.C.: The City of Magnificent Distances

2:38

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Table 16: Washington, D.C., as Seen From Great Heights

5:24

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There Is More Past Than You Thought / Nine Presidents With Hooks for Hands

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Were You Aware of It?

1:49

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Colonial Jobs Involving Eels

6:18

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Six Oaths of the Virtuous Child

2:19

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Were You Aware of It?

0:57

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The Saw Creekers

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The Carlsbad Guanists

1:24

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The Kingdom of Central Park

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How to Raise Rabbits for Food and Fur: The Utopian Method

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Table 17: Worship v. Weight Table for the Raising of Utopian Rabbits

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Little-Known Laws of Two American Communities

4:26

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Were You Aware of It?

0:38

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Four Famous Monsters and Their Hunters / Former People's Liberation Army Corporal Hu Zhao-Han and the Tianchi Lake Monster

2:34

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Jesse Lee Bowen and the New Jersey Devil

2:02

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Dan Payton and the Sasquatch

2:46

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The Loch Ness Monster and Col. Robert Wilson

6:42

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A Special Bonus Excerpt From My Next Book

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Hobo Names 1-100

6:55

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Hobo Names 101-200

7:16

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Hobo Names 201-300

6:50

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Hobo Names 301-400

7:27

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Hobo Names 401-500

8:16

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Hobo Names 501-600

8:25

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Hobo Names 601-700

9:33

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