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Update from Tom's Family

First of all we’d like to thank everyone again for all the emails and videos for Tom.

Tom has improved a lot the last week:

Although he still has problems with his eyesight(but it is improving little by little), he’s started to read the emails everyone send him, he has also watched already some of the videos posted. He’s able to eat by himself, and he has a large appetite. He still has some problems with his equilibrium, so he has…

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Added by John Green on March 15, 2010 at 4:00pm — 26 Comments

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

NaNoWriMo!!!

The NaNoWriMo Nerdfighters!

In which John reveals he will be attempting NaNoWriMo, also known as National Novel Writing Month, a crazy adventure undertaken by many nerdfighters in which people try to write a 50,000 word draft of a novel in a single… Continue

Added by John Green on November 1, 2009 at 6:49pm — 13 Comments

Balloon Boy

In Columbus on Tuesday! Tues Oct 20 6:30pm at the Main Library (96 S. Grant

Ave. Columbus, OH 43215) Nerdfighter gatherings FTW!

ALSO there will be a smaller and quieter gathering Tues Oct 20 from 1pm- 2pm at the Hilliard Branch Library (4772 Cemetery Rd.

Hilliard, OH 43026)

In which John discusses the (wasn't-in-a) balloon boy, Falcon Heene, and what the sad story of the Heene family says about the lame but universal yearning for fame… Continue

Added by John Green on October 18, 2009 at 5:48pm — 9 Comments

Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism

Kiva.

I'll be signing and talking and giving you presents in LaGrange, IL Tuesday, October 13

at 7:00 pm at Borders (1 N La Grange Road)

IN COLUMBUS, OH: On Tues. Oct. 20 I'll be at the Main Library in Columbus (96 S. Grant Ave. Columbus, OH). Event starts at 6:30.

In which John defends capitalism, the free market, and economic growth with the help of Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy,… Continue

Added by John Green on October 11, 2009 at 5:57pm — 6 Comments

Victoria Beckham in Your Pants

INDIANAPOLIS: I'll be at Second Story's Corporate Rock Off on Sat. Oct. 10th at Radio Radio 1119 E. Prospect Street Indianapolis. Starts at 7!

CHICAGO: I'll be at Border's in LaGrange reading and talking and answering questions and signing stuff Tuesday, October 13 at 7 PM (1 N La Grange Road LaGrange, IL)

BAY AREA, CA: http://bit.ly/DPCUPfb

The Beckoning of Lovely:… Continue

Added by John Green on October 6, 2009 at 9:07pm — 8 Comments

Nerd Alert: Presidential Last Words

In which John proves his nerdiness by reciting the final utterances of every dead American President (except for the few whose last words are unknown). Hank's Severed Hands of Star Wars… Continue

Added by John Green on October 4, 2009 at 8:23pm — 5 Comments

Railstone, Ningmasters, Party for Shawn, and Paperbacks

Nerdfighters in San Francisco! October 10th. 7 PM. Epicenter Cafe. 764 Harrison St. San Francisco.

The amazing Paper Towns… Continue

Added by John Green on September 28, 2009 at 8:45pm — 14 Comments

TV For Chickens

In which John discusses contemporary art, television, chickens, poultry farms, and the artwork of Tea Makipaa.

Makipaa's videos are available for free to poultry farmers in Finland. The farms in which she showed the video were "cage free" and "free range" but still totally… Continue

Added by John Green on September 27, 2009 at 8:12pm — 21 Comments

Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor

In which John, who is kind of a fiscal conservative, uses the example of Hank to show how the current American health care system disincentivizes economic growth and entrepreneurship and how a public option, even the hodgepodge kind like they have in Montana, will not bankrupt us but instead will lead to more economic efficiency, more new businesses, and new…

Added by John Green on September 20, 2009 at 9:05pm — 12 Comments

Sex, Sports, and Caster Semenya

Lauren McLaughlin's brilliant blog entry: http://bit.ly/hnXR9

In which John discusses track star Caster Semenya, sports, sexual identification, internal testes, the ambiguity inherent to life, and the arbitrary rules of a sport that cannot accommodate such… Continue

Added by John Green on September 13, 2009 at 5:29pm — 16 Comments

100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!!

In which John answers 100 questions in less than 4 minutes (much less, in fact) while wearing his worst-ever impulse… Continue

Added by John Green on August 30, 2009 at 8:39pm — 26 Comments

The Gift of Gary Busey

Teens Top 10.

Gus23's video.

Safreroon's video.

Thanks to everyone who participated in Global Geek… Continue

Added by John Green on August 25, 2009 at 8:58pm — 29 Comments

Health Care Overhaul Summarized via MASSIVE PIG

In which John sweats through his shirt while discussing the American health care system and various proposals for reform, including the public option, nonprofit health insurance cooperatives, and continuing to feed the pig. For more information on who's telling the true about health care, check out… Continue

Added by John Green on August 16, 2009 at 6:12pm — 23 Comments

HipPOTATOmus

The Fitness Challenge! In which John discusses the Philo Apple Farm's amazing cooking school, the Hippotatmus phenomenon, the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge, and… Continue

Added by John Green on August 10, 2009 at 12:15am — 20 Comments

R. Pattz and DJ Railstone

More about DJ Paige: Bio for playing 20Q.

Web site. Fan pages can be found here and here.

In which John wonders to what extent Twilight star and megahunk Robert Pattinson, aka R Pattz, is real--and also explores the surprising similarities… Continue

Added by John Green on August 5, 2009 at 10:25pm — 22 Comments

Relationship and Romance Advice

In which John answers real questions about love, relationships, like-liking, first kisses, the fear of rejection, boyfriends, girlfriends, and… Continue

Added by John Green on July 28, 2009 at 9:05pm — 17 Comments

Volunteering (In Your Pants)

The Book Wish Foundation

Video Volunteers

In which John discusses the In Your Pants phenomenon, and its implications in Darfur and… Continue

Added by John Green on July 26, 2009 at 5:49pm — 11 Comments

Selling Out

In which John discusses selling out and asks for guidance from the nerdfighters. Hank's CD: http://store.dftba.com/product/so-jokes CHICAGO Nerdfighters: I'll be at the Harold Washington Library on Thursday July 23rd at 11 AM. Reserve tickets by calling… Continue

Added by John Green on July 14, 2009 at 8:54pm — 21 Comments

On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments

Shawn's new video. (Subscribe to his youtube channel!) In which John discusses the continuing protests in Iran against the rigged election there, why it matters for all of us, and some commenters' consistent failure to understand that Islam (like any religion) is not a… Continue

Added by John Green on July 12, 2009 at 7:07pm — 7 Comments