Featured Blog Posts – February 2010 Archive (25)

A Message from Ningmaster Tom's Family

Dear Nerdfighters,

We like to thank al nerdfighters for the hundreds of e-mails and reactions on the video. We are touched by all the concerned reactions, encouragements, and prayers for Tom and our family.

Tom is still sleeping a lot, but he is conscious and he answered our questions well today. At this moment he still has some difficulties with moving the left side of his body. Tomorrow he probably will leave the intensive care and move to a normal room in the… Continue

Added by John Green on February 27, 2010 at 4:30pm — 52 Comments

Dr. Who, "Moon", and Packages

Hello Nerdfighters!

Let's jump right in. First off there is The Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who!

(Click the images for full size)

He was sculpted with Sculpey and painted with acrylic paints.…

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Added by Ashley Rautenstrauch (NM) on February 26, 2010 at 9:00pm — 13 Comments

Ningmaster Tom

You can email Tom at… Continue

Added by Sara (Ningmaster) on February 26, 2010 at 8:13pm — 10 Comments

"The Awesome Adventures of Hercules and Nerdfighter"

...is pretty much the most epic title ever. But more on that in a minute, first the Blurbing Book Club is about to change books. "Scarlett Fever" was the February book, so if you're almost done with it spend some time reading, discussing and blurbing in the official discussion this weekend. If you missed out on the book club this month, no problem, just go ahead and get a head start on the next book,… Continue

Added by Tenley Nadine on February 26, 2010 at 7:21pm — No Comments

Nerd Jokes. Nerd Jokes.

Hiya, Nerds. Ready for some jokes...in visual form? Ehhh, just look at the pretty pictures.

You heard him.…

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Added by Team Unicorn on February 25, 2010 at 12:10am — 11 Comments

JOHN GREEN IS FAT.

Pizza Mustache Shirt! http://dftba.com/pizza Wear it to remind me to slim down!

Orders close a week from today. **This is a pre-order and will not ship until mid-March!**

In which John discusses his diet, which has netted him a 15-pound loss. He also discusses the brilliant and hilarious facebook group John Green Is Fat, which you can join here

Nerdfighters: You are… Continue

Added by Eric aka moosemuffin on February 24, 2010 at 10:51pm — 3 Comments

TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!!

Thanks everyone for being so awesome...my neck is feeling better already, so no worries! So we've got 200,000 subscribers. I wanted to do a geddan dance for you, but I couldn't because my neck hurts and so I can't contort. But hopefully this will be just as good. Thank you all so much, I hope we continue to grow, but I'm not sure if there are any more amazing awesome nerdfighters in the world. I guess there's always more, thank you all so much.…

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Added by Sara (Ningmaster) on February 23, 2010 at 1:30am — 11 Comments

Henry's Pee and My Gut

In which John discusses the much-vaunted but generally unsuccessful strategy of "going with your gut" while playing with his My Little Pony. He also discusses a Henry pee fountain and a few other things. Long live the brain!

Oy! The daisy with one petal removed is CLEARLY a reference to "Looking for Alaska," and I just didn't notice it until nerdfighters pointed it out in comments. Sorry! (But, man, I love that My Little… Continue

Added by Sara (Ningmaster) on February 20, 2010 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

"Chicken Butt: Story of a Man" by N.A. Kay (a Nerdfighter!)

____ <---- Insert attention grabbing introduction here.

Now that's out of the way, today is going to be a fairly basic post, but a significant one nonetheless. A few weeks ago you may recall that I discussed several Nerdfighter projects (book related of course). Today I'm going to elaborate on one of those projects. Specifically, I'm going to talk about "Chicken Butt: Story of a Man" (yeah, I messed up the title in the last post. Sorry!) by N.A.…

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Added by Tenley Nadine on February 19, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Valentine's Day and Funny Such and Stuff

Hi, Nerdfighters. Another Thursday, another blog. Since I'm scraping the bottom of the idea bucket, you get half and half this week. Some Valentine's and some lulzy things. Enjoy.

Yay for Nerdfighter cards!…

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Added by Team Unicorn on February 17, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

WRONG WRONG WRONG

In which Hank points out that John was wrong five times in his

last video. He also sings a song about quarks and Amanda Bynes and

discovers that Amanda Bynes deleted her Tweets because of what John

said.

Check out Einstein's wiki quote page here: … Continue

Added by Sara (Ningmaster) on February 17, 2010 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

MEET THE BABY!

Added by Hank Green on February 15, 2010 at 11:41pm — 14 Comments

Catching you all up on Vlogbrother videos :]

HOW TO GET AN AGENT

Today, in mj's final video as a vlogsister, she finishes up her series about writing and publishing. The topic: how to get an agent. Some useful links to go with this . . .

Here is a post I wrote in which I distilled this list of don'ts:…

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Added by Sara (Ningmaster) on February 12, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Re: Brands and Rants

First, if you haven't, you'll need to watch my video about brands and hypocrisy to understand what I'm talking about.

Let me say that I obviously didn't do the correct amount of research on that Rage Against the Machine thing. But, also, that it doesn't matter to my point. It doesn't matter that Rage gave a bunch of money to charity, it doesn't matter how to pronounce Mr. MacEnberry's name, it doesn't matter that it wasn't… Continue

Added by Hank Green on February 11, 2010 at 2:03pm — 11 Comments

Only Nerds Could Love You

Hey there, Nerdfighters. How about some stuff you like? Yeah? Okay.

The Library: Haven of Nerds Everywhere Since the Dawn of Time.…

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Added by Team Unicorn on February 11, 2010 at 12:07am — 11 Comments

Ready. Set. Go!

It took me a bit longer than a day or two to get this blog post done. Sorry about that. ^_^

After reading all your comments and suggestions on my previous blog post, I've decided upon a few things:

3 months for Ningmasters is too short. It takes a bit to get settled in and picking new Ningmasters takes some time too. New Ningmasters every three months would be impossible to keep up with. 6 months was a bit long for some people, so I'm going to make it 4 months. We'll see how… Continue

Added by Ningmaster Tom on February 7, 2010 at 4:24pm — 14 Comments

Another Friday... Another Book Blog

Hello, Nerdfighters! This is usually the part where I add in some attention grabbing introduction, but after a good five minutes of thinking it over I have nothing... (good job self, now I have the Chartjackers song stuck in my head). So let's just jump right into the book news.

The Blurbing Book Club

The February book is is none other than "Scarlett Fever" by Maureen Johnson. You have plenty of time to read it, and also plenty of time to catch up and read…

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Added by Tenley Nadine on February 5, 2010 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

DARE TO SUCK

Today: mj's writing advice continues and she explains why sucking is good for you.

Scarlett Fever is still FRESH off the presses and is available at:

Your local independent bookseller: http://www.indiebound.org/book/978043...

Barnes and Noble:… Continue

Added by Ningmaster Tom on February 5, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Wizard Rock And Roll

Aloha, Nerdfighters. It's time to rock. Wizard style.

Harry and the Potters…

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Added by Team Unicorn on February 4, 2010 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments

Blog it up

Hey Nerdfighters!

I was poking around a little bit and I came cross/I was pointed in the direction of a few things.

First, this is awesome. Seriously. That's all the word I have for how cool this is:

http://nerdfighters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-vlog-brothers-trancend

Other than that... a fellow Ningmaster brought this to my attention. A fellow nerdfighter in need of OUR… Continue

Added by Sara (Ningmaster) on February 4, 2010 at 7:51am — 1 Comment