RE: Hank and John

Hello Nerdfighters! I just finished listening to this week's episode of Dear Hank and John , Episode 130: The LaCroix Boix , and there is one particular conversation that I have not been able to stop thinking about. The conversation was spurred by a seemingly simple question from Anna that began like this... "Dear Hank and John, how much sand is there?" Hank and John Green then dove into quantifying the amount of sand on Earth by comparing it to the number of stars in the universe. In fact, John says that there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth. As pointed out by Hank, this seems to have been paraphrased from the Carl Sagan quote: "The total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth." Granted, this is no actual number, but it seems to be one of the only ways we can actually describe this quantity in a way that makes any sort of sense. However, John went on to res

Hello Nerdfighters! If you missed my last post, 80 Percenting: Putting it To The Test! , you might want to go check it out before continuing here. This post is a part 2 to my 80 percenting adventure. As a quick recap, last week I shared my experiences of "80 percenting" things in my daily life. This inspiration came from Episode 101: Knit Like a Mofo of  Dear Hank and John . More specifically, in the pod Hank Green made the suggestion that the first 80% of the effort is only 20% of the work, while the last 20% is 80% of the work. In order to test this out, I shared with you 4 instances of implementing this philosophy in my life, but I sort of left you hanging on the last one. I apologize, but I was only following Hank's advice and that meant I could only post 80% of my work. But, the time has come! Here's my fifth and final attempt (well... sixth if you count 80 percenting the blog) at putting in 80% of the effort into my daily chores. _____________________

Hello Nerdfighters! I was recently listening to some episodes of Dear Hank and John  from late 2017 and I came across a particularly brilliant conversation. In  Episode 101: Knit Like a Mofo  (one of my personal favorite pod titles), Hank and John Green discuss the concept of "80 percenting". This conversation happens in the first few minutes of the pod when John was discussing how much effort he was putting into finishing the edits on his yet-to-be-released novel Turtles All The Way Down.  Here's Hank's response: "John, do you know about 80 percenting?... 80 percenting is the idea that the first 80 percent of the work is actually only 20 percent of the work and the last 20 percent is like 80 percent of the work. So getting 80 percent of the way there is 20 percent and then getting the last 20 percent is like 80 percent of the work. And so what you should do is just forget about that last 20 percent." Okay. That was complicated, Hank. I'm going to

Hello Nerdfighters! I was listening to the most recent episode of the pod, Episode 129: The Worst Guest Books , and I came across a conversation that I feel needs to be discussed further. In this episode, Hank and John Green were answering a question from Brea about the structure of a snake's digestive system, and in true Dear Hank and John  fashion, the conversation devolved into a discussion of the existence of humanoid snakes. It went something like this... John begun like so:  "I've got an image in my head right now of a snake, but it has semi-normal arms and legs and it walks upright. It's really freaking me out pretty bad...It has human arms and legs, but snake sized." To which, John elaborated more: "What we haven't yet invented is a humanoid snake, Like a centaur, but for snakes." And finally, Hank had a revelation: "Well if its a centaur for snakes, then it's got a human body that sticks up out of the snake. It's a

Hello Nerdfighters! If any of you are avid listeners of the pod, you'll be aware of the circumstances surrounding Dear Hank and John and "378 Things". If you, however, are not familiar with this phenomena, here's a little history: Back in the early pod days ( Episode 056: Is It Going to Throw Up? ), John Green revealed that the Mars Company him a package containing 478 Snickers. This package was sent to him after a conversation he had with the then-sponsors of VidCon (a YouTube convention created by John and Hank themselves). John then invited other companies to ship him 478 of their products to enjoy, seeing as the Mars Company had set such an amazing precedent. This spurred a conversation about what other products the brothers' would like to get 478 of. Contenders included Hartford Whalers Hats, Chevrolet Volts, Pidgeys and Vaporeons on PokemonGo, sweatpants, FunDip, hundred dollar bills.... you get the point. This then became a running joke on Dear Hank

Hello Nerdfighters! On last week's episode of Dear Hank and John , Episode 126: The Space Alien Orange Peel Health Craze , a listener named Annie wrote in about her prom dilemma. Essentially, here is what Annie had to say: "My mom is insisting that I attend the senior prom. However, I have no one to go with since all of my friends are already in well established relationships... Should I pretend to go to the prom and then sneak off and spend the night alone... or should I come up with a devious plot to break up one of the pairs of my friends?" Now, in true Dear Hank and John  fashion, the Green brothers quickly deviated from the main question and suggested she find another person to attend the prom with (well, after John dangerously suggested that she purchase a date from the internet). But, John didn't suggest just any person, he proposed that Annie attend with none other than Ryan Gosling. A great plan indeed, however, that's a big ask. THEN, Hank aske

Hello Nerdfighters! Today, this blog got mentioned on the pod! I wrote in to Dear Hank and John  last week about creating the Bath Bomb Compartment (see that post here !) and it was read on today's episode! In fact, most of you who are reading this now probably came here from the pod or the link posted on their Patreon. Welcome! I am completely amazed that all of you have decided to come check this out. I hope you enjoy it! For those of you interested, Re: Hank and John was mentioned on Episode 127: How to Befriend a Crow  at 45:00 and again at 46:30! Hearing Hank and John Green talk about my work was incredible, and I'm so glad they enjoyed it! When creating this blog, I had a dream of one day being on the pod, but I never knew it would come so quickly! John and Hank are two of my favorite people in the world, so I'm still in shock that this even happened! And I can't thank them enough for sharing this with the community! I am very excited to join in Nerdfighte