John Green's Blog, page 44
December 12, 2011
Our Grandfather
So, bad news...
http://www.projectforawesome.com
Cello Wars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgAlQu...
English Teacher Analyzes Alex Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-EN8H...
Frezned Disagrees w/ Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_dqE...
Swindon Town Plays in the FA Cup Final: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0MUQ3...
Sean Strums music channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SeanStrums
December 9, 2011
Puppy, Pumas, and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012
Info and tickets for the 2012 Great American (and Canadian) Tour de Nerdfighting: http://dft.ba/-tourdenerdfighting2012
In which John reveals that he, Hank, the Katherine, and occasionally the Yeti will again be piling into a vehicle and making nerdfighteria IRL in January of 2012 to celebrate the release of The Fault in Our Stars. The tour will visit Boston, New York City, Washington D.C., Raleigh, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C. These gatherings will feature music and readings and the reduction of worldsuck and punishments and hilarity and will generally attempt to make everything nerdfightastic for a while.
If you have questions, ask them here or on tumblr and I'll try to reply. Thanks for being awesome, and I hope to see you in January!
December 7, 2011
My Ridiculous Dog
A video about my dog, Lemon, who is a retired racing greyhound, a cuddlebear, a fart face, and a herp-a-derp-apotomus. Katherine and I spent all day yesterday thinking of these:
If Lemon were at a 90 degree angle to a wall...she would be DERPENDICULAR!
If Lemon violated the first law of thermodynamics, she would be...A DERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE
If Lemon were a middle school attack move, she would be a PURPLE DERPLE!
Every year on Lemon's birthday, we throw her a DERPRISE PARTY!
If Lemon were a professional thief, they would call her...
wait for it....
THE DERPETRATOR!
That's all we got...but seriously we love her very much and you can find a greyhound adoption agency near you (if you live in America) here http://www.adopt-a-greyhound.org/dire...
December 5, 2011
The 5 Worst Typos Ever
In which John, having discovered an (inevitable) mistake in The Fault in Our Stars, discusses his list of the five worst typographical errors and grammatical mistakes in the history of the English language, from the Bible to Shakespeare.
You can preorder The Fault in Our Stars at your local bookstore http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie, at B&N http://dft.ba/-tfiosbn, or at Amazon: http://dft.ba/-tfios.
December 2, 2011
F#*%? An Explanation of Curse Words
An introduction to curse words, why they exist, where they come from, how they function, and why they are, in fact, different from other sorts of words.
And, yes, I really did say all of those bad words and, with significant detective skills you can probably figure out what it was that I was saying. Sorry for the profanity...it was interesting to scream curse words all day!
Also, my facial hair is gone! So all of you hair haters can rejoice, I know The Katherine is.
Check out our teasers:
http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
http://www.youtube.com/scishow
And check out me shaving here (as soon as I get it uploaded)
http://www.youtube.com/hankschannel
November 30, 2011
Honey Badgers: The Crazy Truth
In which John digs deep into the insane story of nature's craziest mammal, the honey badger, which has become famous for its fearlessness but should be more widely appreciated for its other gifts, including loose skin, hideous farts, and a reputation baby cheetahs are glad to imitate. Note: If you see a honey badger, which live in Africa and Asia, WATCH OUT. They go straight for the nuts.
The Miracle of Swindon Town: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un8SYE...
My tumblr: http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com
Hank's tumblr: http://edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com
November 28, 2011
Stuffed with STUFF!
In which Hank gives an update on all of the things going on:
DFTBA $3 Shipping Sale
http://www.dftba.com
URLatron - Now $15!
http://www.urlatron.com
VidCon
http://www.vidcon.com
VidCon Suggestions and Questions
http://www.facebook.com/VidCon?sk=app...
Truth or Fail
http://www.youtube.com/truthorfail
HankGames
http://www.youtube.com/hankgames
Read it First
http://www.readit1st.com
Project for Awesome
http://projectforawesome.com/ (updated soon!)
The situation with Your Pants:
So, the load of 10,000 nerdfighters in ANYONE's pants is a lot to handle. We're in negotiations with some folks who should will hopefully make it so that we can host the forum without it crashing all the time and without us having to pay, like, $500 a month.
Your Pants remains a very high priority for us, so keep your fingers crossed, it should be up by January at the latest.
November 25, 2011
Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars
Listen to Chapter 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_vFvb...
You can read the first two chapters in print here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/71571542/Th...
In which John Green's publisher agrees to let him read you the second chapter of his forthcoming book, The Fault in Our Stars. If you want to listen to me read this entire thing (with fewer mistakes), you can order the TFiOS box set: http://dft.ba/tfiosboxset
You can preorder the book at your local independent bookstore http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie or at Barnes and Noble http://dft.ba/-tfiosbn or at Amazon http://dft.ba/-tfios
Thanks.
November 23, 2011
Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous
And 23 other questions answered. The ones I missed were:
H: Why are hydrocarbons insoluble in water: Because hydrocarbons are non-polar and water is polar and, y'know, like dissolves like.
I: Why are insects attracted to light: This is hard to answer because there are lots of theories but no one is 100% sure.
X: Why are X-Rays dangerous? Because they can penetrate deeply into our bodies, and yet still interact with them. So they can potentially knock atoms out of place in your DNA, causing mutations which could cause cancer and other disease.
THE QUESTIONS!
Why are Asians so smart?
Why are barns red?
Why are Cuban Cigars Illegal?
Why are Dina and Caroline Fighting?
Why are Enzymes important?
Why are Flamingos Pink?
Why are Grapes bad for dogs?
Why are hydrocarbons insoluble in water?
Why are insects attracted to light?
Why are Jews Liberal?
Why are Kardashian's famous?
Why are leaves green?
Why are manhole covers round?
Why are noble gasses unreactive?
Why are oceans salty?
Why are plants green?
Why are q-tips called q-tips?
Why are republicans so stupid?
Why are significant figures important?
Why are they called carpetbaggers?
Why are unions bad?
Why are veins blue?
Why are we here?
Why are X-Rays dangerous?
Why are Yawns contagious?
Why are Zombies so popular?
November 21, 2011
Old Man Narrates Young Girl
The me-narrated TFiOS box set: http://dft.ba/tfiosboxset
The real audiobook not narrated by me: http://dft.ba/-17Qg
In which John discusses narrating one version of The Fault in Our Stars audiobook, the unusual and good-hearted conversations with Brilliance Audio that made it possible, how copyright and intellectual property law affected his first novel Looking for Alaska, and why he is so troubled by the SOPA and PROTECT IP bills currently being discussed by the United States congress.
