Hi, Hank.
1. Happy 33rd Birthday.
2. In the past, we’ve gotten you extremely elaborate birthday presents here in nerdfighteria. We got you a piece of the James Webb Space Telescope, planted many trees in your honor, and so on. This year, I’m giving you the biggest and best present ever:
You don’t have to do anything elaborate for my birthday this year. I know this is a huge relief to you, and I happen to know it’s the present you want most of all.
2a. Also I am getting you a niece/nephew, which is a bit time-consuming at the moment.
3. I was going to make a video about this, but I didn’t because I just had oral surgery and there are a lot of stitches in my mouth.
4. You are a great brother, a made-of-awesome nerdfighter, and a person who is changing the world in cool ways. And I love you.
5. Nerdfighters, if you want to join me in celebrating Hank’s birthday, why not make a loan to an entrepreneur in the developing world through kiva.org? If you’re new to kiva, your first loan is free.
North Korea: Explained
Is North Korea going to bomb us? Is North Korea a Threat? Is North Korea Communist? Why does North Korea Hate us?
These (according to my extremely imprecise research) are the most common questions people in the world have about North Korea…I have done my best to answer these questions using mostly knowledge that I stole from a variety of sources around the internet over the course of a couple days of research.
TL:DW - North Korea is terrifying and terrible, they are a threat to global stability and even more of a threat to their own people. But, no, they are not going to nuke anybody…unless they really want to destroy themselves.Hey! I made a video so you can stop worrying about North Korea! (maybe)
My eldest who has been stationed in Japan for the past 5 years agrees that North Korea is just blustering and he isn’t any more worried than he was before.
This does not prevent me from being EXTREMELY HAPPY that he’ll be starting his next commission in Brussels in late May ;)
For Katherine’s Christmas present this year, I commissioned an artist on Etsy to paint Cameo. I’ve been waiting this long for her to sit down near enough to the painting to get a picture with both of them in it, but it finally happened :-).
The artist is Rachel Parker, she was fantastic to work with and it’s wonderful (if supremely dorky) to have an original piece of art devoted entirely to my favorite cat in the world.
Cameo’s all “She didn’t properly capture my glower :|” ;D
I love my brother. Sorry I will stop reblogging stuff when never.
(I got to hang out with the President of the United States, and he told my unborn baby not to forget to be awesome, and also agreed with me about pennies.)
It was Truly Awesome, ayuppers :D
(Source: crimexturtle)
“And I don’t mean ‘love-machines’… I mean, like, we are just good at, you know, aside from eating and making babies, we’re also really good at creating important relationships with each other.” (x)
(via edwardspoonhands)
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Why vote down a comment from someone because they’re “new here.” Why is being new bad? Were you, at one time, not new as well? There was a time when I had seen no vlogbrothers videos. Nerdfighteria isn’t a place where, if you don’t get the inside jokes, then you don’t belong. The inside jokes are rewarding to long-time viewers…and there’s something special about people who are dedicated enough to have watched through the entire catalog of Vlogbrothers videos, but just remember that, at one time, you had had no idea wtf was going on as well. And then you did, and that was great, so don’t hate on other folks for being at that first step…how would you have felt?
[to be clear here, when I say “you”, I don’t mean “you” I mean whoever voted down that comment]
I just can’t thank Hank enough for this commentary. Take that negvox!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/75ffee61eb63bd5977f30c3c394421d8/tumblr_meqc9ldO6Q1rprch2o1_500.png)
Why vote down a comment from someone because they’re “new here.” Why is being new bad? Were you, at one time, not new as well? There was a time when I had seen no vlogbrothers videos. Nerdfighteria isn’t a place where, if you don’t get the inside jokes, then you don’t belong. The inside jokes are rewarding to long-time viewers…and there’s something special about people who are dedicated enough to have watched through the entire catalog of Vlogbrothers videos, but just remember that, at one time, you had had no idea wtf was going on as well. And then you did, and that was great, so don’t hate on other folks for being at that first step…how would you have felt?
[to be clear here, when I say “you”, I don’t mean “you” I mean whoever voted down that comment]
I just can’t thank Hank enough for this commentary. Take that negvox!
EXACTLY
This.
Mmmmm…I like women who care about things actually. Maybe I’m confused about the definition of “give a fuck.”
Also, confidence is not the easiest thing in the world to come by when you’ve spent your entire life having people tell you that you aren’t physically perfect and being physically perfect is what matters.
As Usual, Hank is spot-on!
When picking up my son from school today, he emerged from the building carrying this shield he made in art… OF A FREAKING ANGLER FISH!
He went on to say that the angler fish was pretty much the embodiment of who he is as a person.. Someone whose appearance may be off-putting to some but when you get to know him, you realize how amazingly awesome he really is ^_^
Hey, Hank Green, I think he remembered to be Awesome :D
