A.J. Jacobs
@ajjacobs
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Bestselling author, journalist, TED talker, human guinea pig, overthanker, and your cousin. NEW #thepuzzlerbook about solving the hardest puzzles in the world.
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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)
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A.J. Jacobs Retweeted
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!
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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)
We didn’t think we’d have return guests on the podcast but you demanded
@ajjacobs
and we capitulated:
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I recommend going to Shut Up Mommy’s Talking tonight at 7 pm at Broadway Comedy Club I would be there but for the fact that I feel quite crappy! But you could go! It’s got brilliant comics like
@KarenBergreen
,
@OcasioKyle
,
@cynthiakaplan
,
@OnikaDMcLean
and
@iamMikeCannon
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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
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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)
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RIP to one of my favorite athletes, high jumper Dick Fosbury, who showed it was okay to do something deeply weird in pursuit of greatness.
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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!
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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
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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.
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A.J. Jacobs Retweeted
HAPPY RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY
To celebrate — here’s
@ajjacobs
's quest to thank EVERYONE who made his morning coffee possible…
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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)?
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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)
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A.J. Jacobs Retweeted
#ICYMI
:
@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.
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