“The fact that A. J. Jacobs wrote this in 20 minutes, hung over in bed and dressed in his rubber-ducky pajamas, bespeaks of his superior talent.”
- Gary Shteyngart's blurb on Jacobs' New York Times essay on giving out too many blurbs. My blurb on this piece would read, "I loved it and hope he comes out of retirement by the time I have something for him to blurb."