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...More Information Than You Require,you write about mole-men. In fact, you have 700 mole-man names much in the way that you had 700 hobo names in your first book. Can you please explain the mole-men? I have so many questions about them. Many people do, and many of them will go unanswered. Mole-men became an obsession of mine as I was writing the first book. I wrote some interesting facts and a motto for all 51 states. For Virginia, I said the motto was "The Old Dominion," which was very arrogant of Virginians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Hodgman | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...Back at the State Fair, Hobo Jim finishes and starts signing CD's. "Sarah's awesome," he tells me. "We love her here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

...Friday night, and there have got to be 500 people packed into the Sluice Box, a beer-soaked clapboard honky-tonk at the Alaska State Fair - the state's biggest event all year - just down the highway from Governor Sarah Palin's hometown of Wasilla. The legendary Hobo Jim, Alaska's official state balladeer, the guy who has opened sessions of the legislature with a song, is onstage, working blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

...Hobo Jim, with his old cowboy hat and very new John McCain sticker on his guitar, has the crowd dancing and drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

Want to emulate Mary Kate Olsen’s hobo-chic look? No need to go dumpster diving–just go vintage. Being this cool is easy when you go to Harvard; within the Square alone, there are three vintage shops to discover. The only thing that’s ever changed in Oona’s, the 35-year-old Harvard Square institution, is its daily inventory. Shelves and racks are stuffed with leather jackets, satin dresses, western-style shirts, and wool coats. Kathleen White, founder and owner, searches far and wide for every hidden treasure, which ranges...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Valuing Vintage (And Paying For It Too) | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

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