John Green's Blog, page 72
April 19, 2009
April 18, 2009
The Ashton Kutcher Phenomenon
So promised to give $100,000 to buy bednets through if he got to one million twitter followers before CNN. (He did.)
So I thought it would be funny if I told followers that I would give a thousand bucks to malarianomore if they got Ashton Kutcher to follow me on twitter.
I logged on to twitter eight hours later to find Ashton Kutcher among my followers.
The lesson: Never underestimate nerdfighters.[image error]
So I thought it would be funny if I told followers that I would give a thousand bucks to malarianomore if they got Ashton Kutcher to follow me on twitter.
I logged on to twitter eight hours later to find Ashton Kutcher among my followers.
The lesson: Never underestimate nerdfighters.[image error]
April 16, 2009
BEDA 16: More Q, More A
Q. I'm considering taking over a country. Do you know of one that would benefit from a somewhat egomaniacal YA Librarian?
A. Excellent question. I'd recommend Somalia. It has lots of beautiful coastline, warm weather, and no functioning government. Somalia could really stand to have a librarian in charge (particularly given that it currently has no public school system).
Q. Does your mom really make goat's milk soap?
A. . My mom and dad own several goats with their friend Molly
A. Excellent question. I'd recommend Somalia. It has lots of beautiful coastline, warm weather, and no functioning government. Somalia could really stand to have a librarian in charge (particularly given that it currently has no public school system).
Q. Does your mom really make goat's milk soap?
A. . My mom and dad own several goats with their friend Molly
April 15, 2009
Judy Krug
Judith Krug, the first (and for 40 years the only) director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, died on Saturday.
OIF, as we called it when I worked at the ALA, was just down the hall from the Booklist offices, and so I knew Ms. Krug a bit. But I didn't realize how important she was to the history of books in America until I'd written one myself. Krug invented Banned Books Week, helped countless thousands of librarians defend their collections against threats of
OIF, as we called it when I worked at the ALA, was just down the hall from the Booklist offices, and so I knew Ms. Krug a bit. But I didn't realize how important she was to the history of books in America until I'd written one myself. Krug invented Banned Books Week, helped countless thousands of librarians defend their collections against threats of
