John Green's Blog, page 57
February 18, 2011
Thoughts from Places: Small Town America
In which John Green visits the small town of Knightstown, Indiana (and its cemetery), which makes him think about trees, art, graveyards, and the unpredictable future.
February 16, 2011
This Video Brought to you by Nyquil
A Vlogbrothers first...BED VLOG!!! Well...there was that time John vlogged from a hospital bed actually. We're pretty hardcore about this.
I will be playing shows in Seattle and Portland with Paul and Storm and Mike Phirman, (who are absolutely hilarious musical comedians.) Sorry I seem to only do west coast stuff...just just so much CLOSER! The shows are $20.
MORE INFO HERE!
http://dft.ba/-nerdsmusic
Wednesday, March 23 -- Nerds & Music (with Hank Green & Mike Phirman)
The Triple Door, Seattle, WA -- 7:30 pm
Tickets: http://bit.ly/hoTtks
Friday, March 25 -- Nerds & Music (with Hank Green & Mike Phirman)
Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR -- 8 pm
Tickets: http://bit.ly/iaxnd2
EPIC THREADS IN YOUR PANTS:
Blow My Mind Sciency People
http://yourpants.org/showthread.php?2...!
How did you find the vlogbrothers:
http://yourpants.org/showthread.php?1...
50 Book Challenge
http://yourpants.org/showthread.php?5...!
February 14, 2011
CHUBBY BUNNY…blergh!
idointernet: http://www.youtube.com/idointernet Your Pants: http://www.yourpants.org
In which John discovers toward the end of a game of Chubby Bunny that it is Valentine's Day and then discusses love while walking around the mall.
February 11, 2011
200 People in Your Pants
http://yourpants.org/
That's really all you need to know. Except that Charlie totally showed me up with the "show you around my place" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFmvK...
And that John and I are going to be talking some more about Moon Pasta soon...you should check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so8tjI... because it's genius.
February 9, 2011
NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants)
Pizza John the shirt: http://www.dftba.com/pizza (Designed by nerdfighter valerie2776)
The wiki: http://www.nerdfighteria.info
Your Pants will live at http://www.yourpants.org (hopefully live soon!)
In which John reveals a terrifying mustache and discusses community, nerdfighteria, and your pants.
February 7, 2011
Cancer Sniffing Dog
In which Hank celebrates the Packers, Rants about Coke, is pleased with a labrador, and announces The Agents of Awesome.
VYou Accounts
http://www.vyou.com/hankgreen
http://www.vyou.com/johngreen
http://www.vyou.com/nerimon
http://www.vyou.com/elmify
http://www.vyou.com/wheezywaiter
Cancer Dog:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/article...
Peculiar Packers:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs...
February 4, 2011
QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition
Esther bracelets: http://dftba.com/esther
Alaska: http://dft.ba/-cTx
Katherines: http://dft.ba/-cTz
Paper Towns: http://dft.ba/-cTB
WGWG: http://dft.ba/-cTE
Zombicorns: http://dft.ba/-zomgzs (Thanks to everyone who donated!)
Whomping Willows T-shirts! http://dft.ba/-dealoftheweek
In which John answers questions.
February 2, 2011
Top 5 Kick-Ass Things About the Webb Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to the Hubble's throne. In order to pick up extremely faint infra-red signals from extremely distant stars and galaxies, the JWST has to be extremely cold. Any noise from the IR radiation of the Sun or Earth would make it impossible to see as far into the past as scientists want to.
Thus, the JWST has to be a million miles from the earth, protected by a six-layer heat shield as big as a tennis court. This will allow the Webb Telescope to peer into the deepest reaches of space, through clouds of dust into stellar nurseries and back in time 13.4 billion years.
Not only will we get the most detailed views of our universe ever, but the JWST will provide insights into how solar systems, galaxies, stars and even the Universe were formed.
January 31, 2011
Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction
Leave your questions for Question Tuesday in comments!
In which John discusses the Egyptian protests, which may become a burgeoning revolution in Egypt or may just descend into rioting and looting. Included in the discussion are Egypt's dictator and/or president Hosni Mubarak, the Tunisian protests, the fight for representative democracy, the presence of the Egyptian army, and so on.
All images can be found at wikimedia commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mai...
January 12, 2011
Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History
Flood relief: http://dft.ba/-ausflood God's Fool by Mark Slouka: http://dft.ba/-aGN (His daughter turns out to be a nerdfighter!)
My shirt: http://dft.ba/-aGL
In which John creates a list of the six most important conjoined twin pairs in history (in his humble experience) while also discussing his massive zit. Twins discussed include Chang and Eng Bunker, Millie and Christine McCoy, Lori and George Schapell, Giacomo and Giovanni Tocci, and the Biddenden Maids.
EDIT: I'm probably wrong about the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the McCoy sisters, although I haven't confirmed it. The E.P. did free some slaves, but most weren't freed until the 13th amendment.
