Bestselling author, journalist, TED talker, human guinea pig, overthanker, and your cousin. NEW
#thepuzzlerbook
about solving the hardest puzzles in the world.
Here’s a little thread on a $10,000 contest I’m involved in (which you can still enter at ). And how it grew into something beyond my wildest ayahuasca-fueled dreams. (Disclaimer:I’ve never tried ayahuasca, so maybe I'd have imagined it if I’d done a bunch)
You want Signed 📚 BOOKS
(Obviously it’s not a question, not for this group!)
You can get them, too!
Our next event, Get Puzzled with
@ajjacobs
! will be a grand time! Signed copies can be purchased from
@loganberrybooks
and
@foxlanebooks
Don’t miss!
Story of the Week with Joel Stein is one of my favorite podcasts in podcastland (only partly because they've had me on twice). I've learned about carnivorous plant kingpins and the surprising history of the 1974 Oscar streaker. (I'm talking about plastic this week)
You can buy my latest book for $2.99! This is not an April Fool’s Day joke. Especially since it is April 2, so that wouldn’t really make sense. Amazon is offering a special Kindle deal on The Puzzler today only. In case you’re interested.
@CrownPublishing
One of my pet peeves is the overuse of alliteration, which is why the phrase “pet peeve” is such a pet peeve. (Actually that’s a lie, I like alliteration, but I’m sure this situation is true for someone out there)
Thank you
@Ellie_Krieger
for having me on your excellent podcast to talk about the plague of single-use plastics – and equally important, that time we met Valerie Bertinelli and Larry King!
Hello people of NYC: I’m speaking on Sunday at 4 pm ET at Rodeph Sholom on the UWS. It’s free, and all are invited. I’m talking about clothes, costumes, outer vs inner and other stuff! I will be wearing a costume, but you don’t have to.
@rodephSholomNYC
I’m watching the John Adams HBO miniseries and they just tarred and feathered a British tax collector. Seems to me the tarring is significantly worse than the feathering. Unless you have an allergy to goose feathers or down, in which case they’re probably about equal.
EGOT is fine, but who will be the first to get a coveted BOFTOPPENG (Booker Prize, Oscar, Fields Medal, Tony, Obie, Pulitzer, Pritzker, ESPY, Nobel, Grammy)?
Maybe the Chinese government was reading the Ben Franklin biography I just read? About how he suggested weaponizing this new-fangled invention of hot air balloons? (If they haven't, they should, it's a good book)
#ICYMI
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@frankmorano
interviews
@ajjacobs
, journalist & Author, whose most recent book is “The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life.” about trying to go a day without plastic.