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August 6, 2010
Looking for Alaska at My High School
Read Looking for Alaska: http://amzn.to/9zcGjk
Indian Springs School, http://www.indiansprings.org, is a really wonderful place to go to high school.
In which John Green returns to his high school alma mater, Indian Springs School, to investigate its connections to his first novel, Looking for Alaska. (LfA is set at a fictional school called Culver Creek, but the physical place is very similar to Indian Springs.) Also, he gets stung by a bee.
August 4, 2010
Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS!
Yes, there is actually some footage of a guy being attacked by a bison in this video because we musn't forget that approaching wildlife is dangerous.
My family is still in town and we're still on semi-vacation having a good time with them.
August 3, 2010
Question Tuesday
Leave your questions (preferably about writing/my books/other books/publishing) in comments, and I will answer them over the course of the day in a constantly growing blog post.
Q. Will you be at the YALSA symposium in November?
A. No. Sorry! I'm cutting down on travel for late 2010 and also for the rest of my life, because A. I think the Internet has largely sort of replaced traveling, and B. I really like my son, and he makes me less inclined to leave the house. Also C. I should really be...
August 2, 2010
I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010
ESTHER IS VLOGGING: http://bit.ly/btMv1f Go wish her a happy birthday! And make someone you love aware of that love today!
In which John discusses Esther Day 2010, love, his family, the idea of Freedom Fries, the significance of saying what you mean, and some other things.
LONDON: I'll be reading and signing and hanging out and 3/4ths of Sons of Admirals (sorry no charlie) will be playing music the evening of August 14th at 33-35 Commercial Road / London / E1 1LN. The place called Ice...
July 30, 2010
Demon Four Year Old
In which Hank mostly talks about is crazy-pants nephew, but also about cultural vs. genetic evolution, and the fact that we all sometimes forget that we are not normal, and that most people are not like us, but that does not mean that we can't love and support each other.
Bill Cosby: Brain Damage
http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cosby-Hims...
Sound track and audio thanks to:
http://www.smartsound.com
Also, that picture isn't my nephew. It's the only picture I could find on...
July 28, 2010
Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich
The book featured in this video is ISHMAEL AND THE RETURN OF THE DUGONGS by Michael Gerard Bauer. Buy the (HILARIOUS!) first book in the series, DON'T CALL ME ISHMAEL: http://amzn.to/dtsNl8 The band playing the song is Gone Fishin', and most of them are seriously German doctors.
In which John describes what he did on July 24, 2010, the day of Youtube's Life In a Day project. He spent most of the day walking around Munich, Germany trying to find a watch for his wife and a present for his...
July 27, 2010
Why Apps Will Not Save Us
So Simon and Schuster's children's division has released a Choose Your Own Adventure app for the iPhone available for a mere $3.99. A lot of people are excited about this, because book publishing is dying, at least according to conventional wisdom*, and apps are seen as one potential salvation. Being the optimist I am, I think the whole affair is a stupid waste of money destined to fail.
I will be very happy if I am proved wrong about this (and, to be fair, I am often wrong), but I think...
July 17, 2010
Germany and Scotland and England
I should really update this web site more often. Anyway, Hank and I did this big thing called Vidcon. (Hank did all the work, really.) In short, online video has taken over my life lately, but a bunch of other nice things have happened, including the nerdfighters playing a significant role in winning a contest that resulted in the Harry Potter Alliance getting 250,000 dollars. (We did this with the help of my good friend Esther.) You would know all about this stuff if you just followed me on...
June 17, 2010
My (Frequently Updated) World Cup Support Calculator
The World Cup is my favorite time of the every four years. (I have watched at least part of every World Cup match since 1994. I am currently watching South Korea v. Argentina.) I've been tweeting about the World Cup near-constantly, and several people on twitter have asked how I decide which teams to support. So I thought I would rank all 32 teams participating in the World Cup according to How Much I Want Them To Win The World Cup.
One prefatory note: As a rule, I support countries that...
In Defense of Contemporary Art
New York Times article about 100 Acres.
I will be emceeing the Artists' Forum discussion of 100 Acres this Saturday. You can get tickets for free here.
Learn more about 100 Acres, the new art and nature park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
