Here’s a higher resolution version of the second Crash Course World History poster, which is available for pre-order at DFTBA.com.
So great. I love Thought Bubble.
Gorgeous…
I really hope kids that grow up in the 2010s have this stuck in their heads like us of the 90s have Reading Rainbow, Bill Nye, and Magic School Bus.
…From the Indus Valley in the Bronze Age, to school life today, human life is all about collaboration: Trading cloth for bronze, building cities together, and collaborating to make sure that human lives are tilted to catch the wind.
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| — | John Green, Author of New York Times’ #1 Bestseller, The Fault in Our Stars, and superb internet-educator. |
OK…so there’s a rich dude running for president and everyone has had their pants shocked off by the news that he pays the same overall tax rate as someone who makes $20,000 a year.
Anyone who knows anything about being rich in America is NOT surprised by this, but because he finally came out and…
This helped me, SO much! I will now be slightly-more-enlightened when I hear the “news” or people around me talking about it. Thanks, Hank!
I want to read TFiOS…
But feel like I may not be able to handle it without being near my girlfriend / be able to function for classes during / afterward.
Cause I’m susceptible to feeling things.
But-but, It’s snowing this week—maybe I can build an igloo for us nerdfighters where we can escape the world and be all post-TFiOS with each other, and be in an awesome igloo at the same time.
A formula for teen relationships.
A really nice explanation of Colin’s Theorem from my novel An Abundance of Katherines. The theorem really works (not because of anything I did but because it was created by noted mathematician and state representative Daniel Biss), and it’s surprisingly accurate, although of course imperfect.
One side note: The formula completely fails if you make the Dumper/Dumpee differential zero, which was a joke that Daniel and I put into the formula, our thought being that if you think hard enough, the dumper/dumpee differential is NEVER zero.
5FOREVER REBLOG!
[..]because nerds like us are allowed to be un-ironically enthusiastic about stuff. We don’t have to be like ‘oh yeah that purse is okay’ or ‘yeah..i like that bands *early* stuff’. Nerds are allowed to love stuff like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-cant-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff’. Which is just not a good insult at all like ‘you are just too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’
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John Green (via chocolate-from-lupin) {And that’s why I haven’t been insulted by the term “nerd”} |
Binärpilot is fucked up! Can’t wait until Wednesday! Where going to throw big fucking party and I’m psyched!
I approve of this
This video amuses me.
So many people have seen this video that I feel like I should make a semi-public statement about it. So:
When I was 20 or 21 or whenever this was filmed, I was an inveterate liar. (I am still a liar, but I’ve gotten better about not claiming fiction as fact.) The story as I tell it in the video above is true only in the broadest outlines: In real life, the prank was planned by my friends and I had a tiny role in the whole affair. It was a great prank, although not quite as great as I make it out to be in this story, and the true heroes of the prank’s legendary success were the men and women who planned it (not me) and of course the performer herself.
I put myself at the center of the story in this retelling because A. I was 20, and B. there was a girl listening, whose laughter you hear a few times, and I had a huge crush on her and thought she would like me if she believed I was behind this hilarious prank, and C. I’ve always kind of cared more about the quality of a story than accuracy.
On some level, I was probably already in the process of repurposing the actual events for fiction. (Those of you who’ve read Looking for Alaska will no doubt recognize the prank.) But anyway, I am always a little embarrassed to watch this video, not only because I was such a dumb ass, but also because my friends who actually did this are brilliant and hilarious pranksters who deserve acknowledgement. (Of course, I won’t name them, as they are now all successful women and men—doctors and financial planners and whatnot—who no doubt do not wish this particular video to appear amid their google results.)
Also: I WAS SO SKINNY.
Okay. That is all.
After watching this video of 20-year-old John Green, I’ve decided that when they make a film of your life, John, Andrew Garfield should play 20-year-old you.
Hey!
Did you know that Awesome-award-winning author, John Green has another book coming out?! It’s called The Fault in Our Stars.
Not only did it make it to the top of Amazon’s and Barnes & Nobles’ bestsellers lists, it’s not even out yet. In fact, it was supposed be out May 2012, but from the responses it is now coming out January 2012. You can pre-order the book on Amazon.com, and B&N!
If that’s not awesome enough,John’s fans have started creating their very own versions of the covers, after only hearing the first chapter read out loud online (some not even that). These covers can be found here:
http://thefaultinourstarscovers.tumblr.com/
But wait, there’s more! John Green will be personally signing. Every. Single. Pre-order. Many people don’t believe this, but there is evidence of its truth all over the internet. Like here, for instance:
http://willallpreorderedcopiesofthefaultinourstarsbesigned.com/
And, because you’re so awesome for reading this, I will reveal to you that Hank Green will be signing 5% of the pre-orders with his very own Hanklerfish!
Also, today is John Green’s birthday! Happy Birthday, John—you magnificently brilliant, nerdy, and inspiring man! Go out there, and pre-order your signed copy of The Fault in Our Stars, and Don’t Forget to Be Awesome!!
