UPDATE: The Depew School Board voted unanimously to keep "Looking for Alaska" in the curriculum; more than 99% of parents allowed their kids to read the book, and it was taught without incident or complaint. Huzzah! In which John argues that his novel "Looking for Alaska" is not pornographic and should not be removed from the curriculum at Depew High School. Visit www.nerdfighters.com Send your emails in support of "Alaska" and those who would teach it to sparksflyup@gmail.com The Depew Board of Education will be meeting on February 5th at 7 PM at the Depew High School auditorium.

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The "Paper Towns" author gives you the love advice Edward Cullen never could. Vanessa Hudgens Cover Shoot: www.seventeen.com Ashley Tisdale Cover Shoot: www.seventeen.com Miley Cyrus Cover Shoot: www.seventeen.com -

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In which John digs deep into the insane story of nature's craziest mammal, the honey badger, which has become famous for its fearlessness but should be more widely appreciated for its other gifts, including loose skin, hideous farts, and a reputation baby cheetahs are glad to imitate. Note: If you see a honey badger, which live in Africa and Asia, WATCH OUT. They go straight for the nuts. The Miracle of Swindon Town: www.youtube.com My tumblr: fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com Hank's tumblr edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com

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WHAT THIS IS: Fans of John's novel 'Looking for Alaska' will definitely recognize this story. WHY IT EXISTS: I am a friend of john's. We met at kenyon college, which is where this was shot in the winter of 2001. At the time, I was collecting crazy stories from my friends on video about things that happened to them during high school. This was one of those stories.

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In which John Green answers 100 questions in less than four minutes while wearing the shirt that was his worst impulse buy.

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In which John discusses his excitement over the Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince movie, the benefits of nerd life, and Hank's resemblance to Perez Hilton according to www.20q.net Chicagoans: Come meet me and lots of other nerdfighters this Thursday at 11 AM at Harold Washington Library. Call 312-747-4780 to reserve tickets.

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John Green, author of "Looking for Alaska" and "Paper Towns," talks about his life and work with "Interview Show" host Mark Bazer. Next Interview Show is April 3 at 6:30 pm at The Hideout, in Chicago. www.markbazer.com for more info. Next Interview Show is April 3: www.facebook.com

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Preorder the book: bit.ly See us on tour: www.sparksflyup.com In which John Green reads from the novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which he wrote with David Levithan. The book comes out on April 6th. Free book winners: coradee86, danasmana, DFTBAxNERDFIGHTER, DamiFray, and emmmmmbop Email me at hankandjohn-at-gmail or send a youtube message with your address. DFTBA!

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Sons of Admirals: sonsofadmirals.com Alex Day: www.youtube.com Tom Milsom: www.youtube.com Eddplant: www.youtube.com Ningmaster Tom: www.youtube.com Lidewij: www.youtube.com ELMIFY! www.youtube.com Charlie: www.youtube.com songsfrompaul: www.youtube.com Tobias: www.twitter.com Secret Sister Rosianna: www.youtube.com In which John Green discusses his trip to the United Kingdom to support his novel, Paper Towns, which has just been published there. Also he talks about Isaac Newton, Snooki, lust for objects, great music, nerdfighting, unfinished monuments, and the right to choose what we care about. Thanks to everyone who gathered in London and Edinburgh. I can't wait to come back to the UK!

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Our community lives at www.nerdfighters.com In which John discusses Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga in both its book and film form, discussing the Twilight phenomenon in a way that will surely anger both Twihards and the series' detractors, thus infuriating everyone and pleasing no one. Also discussed vampires; Edward Cullen, his hotness; Jacob Black, his torso; romantic relationships, why adults shouldn't have them with teenagers; reading; books; and true love, a beautiful lie.

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Laurena songs on iTunes: dft.ba In which John defies the so-called Wadsworth Constant, which maintains that the first 30% of all YouTube videos can safely be skipped, by giving you Halloween pumpkin tips, some quotes from James Joyce's Ulysses, The Fault in Our Stars, his signature, and so on. My new novel, The Fault in Our Stars, comes out on January 10, 2012. I'm signing the entire first printing. You can preorder your signed copy at your local bookstore dft.ba Barnes and Noble dft.ba or Amazon dft.ba The song is "Fireflies of Montreal" by Laurena Segura. She's an outlandishly talented nerdfighter. Check her out: www.youtube.com

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Anna and the French Kiss: dft.ba Karen Kavett: www.youtube.com The Beckoning of Lovely: www.youtube.com Vihart: www.youtube.com Charlie McDonnell's album "This Is Me" on itunes dft.ba and in print dft.ba Nerimon: www.youtube.com Joe Felice: www.youtube.com The Project for Awesome: www.youtube.com In which John discusses eight things he likes, from books to music to his baby.

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* UPDATE: check out the remastered version with sound design and music composition by Allen Levy: www.vimeo.com * We adapted John Green's original post as a Thought Bubble motion graphic to see how it would compliment his discussion on the health care debate. A week and a half after his post, we present you with John Green's Thought Bubble. Smart Bubble Society is a non-profit motion graphic studio that promotes social justice, self-education and critical awareness through motion graphic shorts, otherwise known as 'Thought Bubbles.' What's in your thought bubble? Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com John Green's original post: www.youtube.com John Green's channel: www.youtube.com Music: Again by Moby (www.mobygratis.com)

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In which John discusses zombies and unicorns and Obama and Edwards (and asks some questions of Giuliani fans.)

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London and Edinburgh Info: bit.ly In which John gives advice to incoming college students on the topics of academics, personal relationships, drinking, road trips, and more.

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Looking for Alaska: dft.ba Pittsburgh tickets: dft.ba Alex Carpenter made the shirt I'm wearing: dft.ba In which John discusses, exactly five years after winning the Michael L. Printz Award for Looking for Alaska, the complex series of collaborations involved in creating a book. By the way, I don't know if anyone actually reads the dooblydoo, but more than five years after "Looking for Alaska" was published, it had its bestselling week EVER two weeks ago. I can't tell you guys how much I appreciate you reading "Alaska" and sharing it with your friends. You are...I'm just going to say it...better than pizza. Thanks.

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In which Hank talks about how freaking stupid we are, and why. Though I would like to have gone into more detail...it's a complicated topic. Just check out this absolutely epic list of cognitive biases on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org John is biased to like people who have pre-ordered The Fault in Our Stars: dft.ba The Believing Brain t.co

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In which John jokes around with Maureen Johnson and tries his best to get into the Christmas Spirit. I hope everyone's ready for the SECRET PROJECT!!!!

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In which John discusses slavery, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, George Washington, and the evil baby orphanage from Venice.

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PREREGISTRATION is closed; but don't worry--if you didn't preregister you can still go to something awesome! Just come to the library at 2! Official Ning Topic: nerdfighters.ning.com In which John discusses the first fifteen chapters of JD Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." Sorry it's late! (Lots of travel.) ps It's hard to say anything interesting about a book in four minutes. pps YOUTUBE ADDED THE EXTRA SECOND.

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Shawn's new video: www.youtube.com (Subscribe to his 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 monolith.

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In which John tells you about the hardest thing he ever did. Buy "Will Grayson, Will Grayson": dft.ba

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Read Looking for Alaska: amzn.to Indian Springs School: www.indiansprings.org It's 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.

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The Mountain Goats Will Cure Your Bieber Fever: themountaingoatswillcureyourbieberfever.com Michael Buckley's Dear Buck: www.youtube.com In which John answers gives advice to real nerdfighters on the topic of dumb boyfriends who say they don't like smart girls, leaving home to go to college, boys who maybe like you, dating your friends, how to conduct yourself during a job interview, catching Justin Bieber fever, and how the Mountain Goats can cure you.

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In which John reads the first chapter of his new book, The Fault in Our Stars, to you in lieu of making a real video today. I hope you like it, and that it's not too awkward hearing a 34-year-old man pretend to be 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster. You can preorder your signed copy of The Fault in Our Stars at your local independent bookstore: dft.ba You can also preorder at B&N dft.ba Amazon dft.ba or anywhere else that sells books.

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In which John delivers the exciting news that his book, An Abundance of Katherines, has just been optioned by the production company East of Doheny, and then discusses his renewed passion for resolving the WGA strike with a fair contract for screenwriters. And briefly discusses the Jonas Brothers. (OH MY GOD! THE JONAS BROTHERS! OH MY GOD!)

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In which John defends Chris Crocker and discusses how the "In Your Pants" rule reveals a lot about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.

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nerdfighter librarian answers "who is john green?" in final jeopardy on december 20, 2010. dftba!

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In which John, having won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from his new book Paper Towns, explores what you can do with a Poe bust. This idea is of course stolen from the brilliant Tyler Oakley: www.youtube.com AUSTRALIA NERDFIGHTERS: To book a spot at the Sydney event on June 3rd at 7 PM at Kinokuniya, email your name to sydneynerdfighters@gmail.com If you didn't get a ticket to the sold-out Melbourne event, attend this one: cyljohngreen2.eventbrite.com Tyler's original "What Could You Do" vid: www.youtube.com You can buy Paper Towns at www.tinyurl.com

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In which John discusses Neisser & Harsch's study of flashbulb memories and the memory-storage capacity of human brains in the context of a miniature dachshund pooping in a Nintendo. For more info on the study and on flashbulb memories in general, check out the book "Affect and Accuracy in Recall: Studies of "Flashbulb" Memories," parts of which can be found online here: bit.ly

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Pizza Mustache Shirt! dftba.com 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 awesome.

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Preorder a giraffe shirt: dft.ba In which John auditions to join his brother Hank's band. The toys I use in this video are called sing-a-ma-jigs; kids REALLY LOVE THEM and I have to confess that this adult kind of does, too. www.thesingamajigs.com (And no, singamajigs did not pay me to make this video. We don't accept paid product placement precisely so you don't have to ask yourself that question.)

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The Thread: dft.ba In which John discusses the career of Ivan IV, aka Ivan the Terrible, Russia's first self-declared Tsar (or czar depending on your transliteration). Further proof that history is fun!

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The ning: www.nerdfighters.com The NaNoWriMo Nerdfighters bit.ly 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 50000 word draft of a novel in a single month.

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In which John gives you two facts that you might know from being alive, or from having read his books, and you pick the true one, or you fail.

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In which John joins the world in watching watching Chile and the extraordinary rescue of the Chilean miners who are being rescued after more than two months underground. He also discusses the relentlessness of human hope, beckoning lovely, the fact that it gets better, and 10.10.10. It Doesn't Get Better...Than These It Gets Better Videos: www.youtube.com

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In which John discusses Nerd Fighters. ====================== There are a lot of links that we would like to share with you. Here they are. ====================== Your Pants (The Forum) www.yourpants.org Shirts and Stuff dftba.com Hank's Music: dftba.com John's Books: amzn.to Nerdfighter Reading List: amzn.to The Equipment We Use: amzn.to ====================== Hank's Tumblr: edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com Hank's Twitter: www.twitter.com Hank's Facebook: www.facebook.com John's Tumblr: fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com John's Twitter: www.twitter.com John's Facebook: www.facebook.com We Answer Questions At: vyou.com ====================== Other Channels Gaming: www.youtube.com Truth or Fail: www.youtube.com VidCon: www.youtube.com Hank's Channel: www.youtube.com ====================== Nerdfighteria effyeahnerdfighters.com effyeahnerdfighters.com nerdfighteria.info nerdfighters.ning.com A Bunny (\(\ ( - -) ((') (')

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Esther bracelets: dft.ba and LAST DAY for Giraffe Love Orders: dft.ba In which Hank asks a lot of questions...most of which are unanswerable. But, those happen to generally be the most interesting and even useful questions to ask. And I'm very curious about why that is. He talks some about The Rocky Horror Glee show, which, if you're wondering, he liked about 50% of the time, which is a pretty low percentage in his television viewing experience. And he talks about Fable 3, which is giving him a pretty hard time these days...keeping him up late trying to save his citizens from almost certain doom. Seriously, he think he's going to have to play it through again from the start to get everyone to live.

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In which John answers questions about The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, whether and when that boy you're dating will kiss you, his muggle nature, Scotland's national animal (which is not the bagpipe), manga, paradoxes, and many other things. Preorder The Fault in Our Stars from Amazon: www.dft.ba Or from B&N: dft.ba Or from your local bookstore: dft.ba Or at Amazon UK: dft.ba ALL WILL BE SIGNED! (I promise.) My tumblr: fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com Hank's tumblr edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com

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New track and video from belgian producer Skreatch. With great vocal by John Green this is an incredible and official mash up between famous tracks ROXANNE (originally from The Police) and LULLABY (originally by The Cure). A future hit!

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brotherhood2.com In which John bids adieu to brotherhood 2.0--but not to nerdfighting.

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In which John Green discusses the first chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, including thoughts on the role that the ideas of the self-made man and the American dream fuel the beginning of the novel. Themes, metaphors, and symbols are all discussed--although hopefully not in that boring and unlikable way you all find so reprehensible. Discuss the book! yourpants.org In the first chapter, our narrator Nick Carraway introduces us briefly to Gatsby before taking us to an awful dinner with the unhappily married Buchanans, Tom and Daisey, who live in great wealth and misery on East Egg.

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Information on the Will Grayson, Will Grayson tour with David Levithan: bit.ly In which John Green, wearing an actual replica of the hat worn by fictional character Holden Caulfield, discusses quotations, and the decontextualizing of a quote from his novel "An Abundance of Katherines." Also there is a brief discussion of fishing boat proceeds. And frenching the llama.

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Happy dance video shot and edited by Brent Kore www.youtube.com My coach was www.youtube.com and the ball of unicorn suck was designed by nerdfighter extraordinaire Karen Kavett: www.youtube.com In which John discusses his son Henry, the Project for Awesome 2010, his appearance on Jeopardy, and does his happy dance all around his hotel in Los Angeles. Thanks to everyone who was part of the p4a this year.

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In which John tells the story of Swindon Town Swoodilypooper, "Stone Cold" Cteve Austin. Also, FIFA is played.

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In which John opens his box of childhood memories and reveals that he was indeed a Nerdfighter from birth.

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1. HANG OUT IN MICHIGAN: I will be at the Spring Lake District Library at 2 PM on Monday July 28th. 123E. Exchange Street in Spring Lake, MI. It will be awesome. 2. In which John gets kind of excited about the JD Salinger novel, "The Catcher in the Rye," the newest entrant in the Nerdfighting Blurbing Book Club. And argues that we should not, at least with catcher, be readers who read and run.

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In which John discusses the inevitability of loss but the moral necessity of choosing which games to care about, and then talks a little about the World Cup finals in soccer (or football, depending on your perspective).

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In which John introduces the nerdfighters to Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy (whose name is Willy). Please leave your Question Tuesday questions here or at www.nerdfighters.com And now, I have to go back to puppy-watching.

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