Good evening whenever you are. My name is John Hodgman and welcome to a SECRET SOCIETY.
Today in the secret room at the top of the stairs I will reveal a MAGICAL COINCIDENCE OF LAUREL CANYON, plus reflections upon not one but THREE Laurel Canyon related films, and never before seen HANG GLIDER FOOTAGE…
And OF COURSE I will be reading to you from MOBY DICK in my terrible Maine accent as well.
But first, some public pronouncements:
#MAXFUNDRIVE also means I will be coming to you LIVE VIA STREAM every weekday morning to once again play SIMCITY 2013.
YES: it’s the return of THE JOY OF ZONING, when you can start your work day ZONING OUT with me as I zone commercial, residential, and industrial districts to build a brand new fake city (and answer your questions and have OTHER FUN).
As this year’s theme for #MaxFunDrive is SPRING BREAK, I will specifically be building a RESORT CITY, a Spring Break Pleasure Dome and Party House that I am tentatively calling HODG-TONA BEACH.
(HERE IS AN EXAMPLE FROM LAST YEAR)
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MAXFUN MEMBER TO WATCH. Just go to the JJHO YOUTUBE CHANNEL (or wherever you get your streams) and watch for absolutely free. This is just for FUN and FELLOWSHIP.
IT ALL STARTS MONDAY, so just go here now and SMASH that ALERT button.
ALSO I WISH TO REMIND YOU that next week I will be joining Hannibal Burress, Emily Flake, Joyelle Johnson, and Donwill in celebrating JEAN GRAE and her very first book: IN MY REMAINING YEARS.
If you ever have attended a Jean event you know you will be CHANGED BY IT. You will also get a copy of this remarkable book with your ticket,
And if you don’t live in NYC, don’t forget to follow Jean above and right here on her substack called STACKED PASSIONS for all the BOOK AND JEAN NEWS.
Seriously: click those links. Your life will be better. Not joking. Jean is the best.
OK BUT NOW IT IS TIME TO ASCEND THE STAIRS TO THE SECRET ROOM TO RECEIVE THE PROMISED MYSTERIES, including Chapter 28 of MOBY DICK.
And if you have missed the first 27 chapters of MOBY DICK, no worries, because all the previous chapters are accessible to all secret room members, old and new; and also, we are barely getting started. There are like 1000 more chapters to go.
SO JOIN US