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Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts

2007-04-16 · John · watch on YouTube · Science & nature · personal update

John missed the Step It Up rallies while flying home, so he starts a week of using only the electricity he really needs; he also praises Hank's EcoGeek podcasts, proposes sharing the one Nerdfighter shirt with Hank, and announces Daniel Biss's run for Illinois state representative.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting and tax-day reminder; John missed the Step It Up rallies flying from San Antonio to New York; he made a poster

  • ★★★ John couldn't attend any Step It Up rally: instead of protesting carbon consumption he was consuming it on airplanes from San Antonio to New York, arriving after the rallies ended; he made a poster. (playful) — 00:00:00 · New York City

00:00:38 — The poster: not doing enough on climate change; a week of using only necessary electricity (lights, TV, hot water); asks Hank for ideas; praises Hank's EcoGeek podcasts

  • ★★ John says (via his poster) he feels he too is not doing enough in the fight against climate change. (hedged) — 00:00:38 · climate change
  • ★★★ For the next week John will use no electricity he doesn't absolutely need: fridge and computer stay on, lights only for reading, no TV except important soccer games, minimal hot water. — 00:00:38 · climate change
  • ★★ John will do further things through the week to reduce his carbon emissions and asks Hank for ideas. — 00:01:07 · climate change
  • ★★ John loved Hank's EcoGeek podcasts, looks forward to more, and advises him not to cut off the beginnings of his sentences. — 00:01:07 · EcoGeek

00:01:37 — Nerdfighter shirt from the Texas Library Association convention, '10% awesome'; custody-sharing with Hank as the Brotherhood of the Traveling Shirt; sharing clothes as kids

  • ★★ At the Texas Library Association convention this weekend John got a Nerdfighter shirt; he jokes its Hanes tag says 80% cotton, 10% polyester and 10% awesome. (playful) — 00:01:37
  • ★★★ As there is only one Nerdfighter shirt, John proposes custody-sharing: he sends it to Hank now, Hank maybe sends it back around June, and so on, like 'the Brotherhood of the Traveling shirt'. (playful) — 00:01:58
  • ★ John recalls the brothers shared clothes growing up, including a sailor suit their mom made them. (playful) — 00:01:58

00:02:27 — Daniel Biss runs for Illinois state representative: education funding (Illinois 49th) and carbon cuts; shutting off the camera; sign-off

  • ★★★ John shares that 'our resident mathematician' Daniel Biss is running for state representative in Illinois, able to pass legislation helpful to brothers, nerds and video blogs. — 00:02:27 · Daniel Biss
  • ★★ Biss's two top issues are raising education funding in Illinois, which John says is the 49th state in terms of education, and cutting carbon emissions. — 00:02:49 · Daniel Biss, education, climate change

00:03:14 — P.S.: the sign is on a page of John's book, which he is starting to revise for several months

  • ★★ The sign was made on recycled paper, a page from John's book, which he is just beginning to seriously revise; it will take several months, so he expects to be moody until about September. — 00:03:14

Humor (significant)

  • John reads the Hanes tag on his new Nerdfighter shirt: 80% cotton, — 00:01:37 > «10% polyester, and 10% awesome.»
  • John proposes mailing the one Nerdfighter shirt back and forth with Hank under a custody-sharing arrangement. — 00:01:58 > «It's kind of like the Brotherhood of the Traveling shirt.»
  • John recalls the brothers sharing clothes growing up, including a sailor suit their mom made them, which was really cool. — 00:02:27 > «Man, no wonder we were nerds.»
  • John says Illinois is the 49th state in terms of education. — 00:02:49 > «Thank God for Mississippi!»

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