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I've made my evolutionary purpose and had children. I don't care if anybody likes me, I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to do a whole comedy show about swimming in the loathsomely cold waters of Maine.

John Hodgman

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John Hodgman
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 3
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