McSweeney's is a small group that sells taxidermy equipment and also produces books, a literary quarterly, and
The Believer, a monthly review. Based in San Francisco,
McSweeney's is also home to 826 Valencia, a nonprofit educational center for Bay Area youth.
JOHN HODGMAN has been published in the
The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. He has also contributed to Public Radio International's This American Life, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Wiretap and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Hodgman's book,
The Areas of My Expertise, was published in 2005. Hodgman has recently had much exposure personifying a PC in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign.