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Best Wishes!

2008-02-26 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · announcement promotion

John tells how he ended an important phone call with 'Best wishes!', shows his drastic haircut, postpones the world-record Question Tuesday, and runs through housekeeping: a Spartanburg library event, the Depew meeting on Looking for Alaska, Blurbing Book Club rules and next book, and Nerdfighter romances.

What is said

00:00:00 — The important phone call John ended with 'Best wishes!'; self-consciousness never goes away

  • ★★ A couple of days ago John had an important phone call he can't name the other party of; nervous as always on the phone, he ended it by saying 'Best wishes!'. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John tells teenage Nerdfighters wondering whether self-consciousness ever goes away that it doesn't. (playful) — 00:00:31 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:37 — Puff levels down: the barber leaves John nearly bald

  • ★★ Puff levels are way down: John asked the barber for a little off the top, took his glasses off, and came out with very short hair. (playful) — 00:00:37 · the Puff

00:01:07 — World-record Question Tuesday postponed: more than 2,000 questions

  • ★★★ The world-record Question Tuesday planned for today is moved to next Tuesday because John hasn't finished going through more than 2,000 questions. — 00:01:08 · Question Tuesday

00:01:24 — Housekeeping 1: John speaks and signs at the Spartanburg Public Library Jambo Read on Saturday

  • ★★★ This Saturday John will sign books in the morning and afternoon and speak at 2 o'clock at the Spartanburg Public Library's Jambo Read in Spartanburg, South Carolina. — 00:01:24
  • ★ John calls 'Jambo Read' a nice pun: all the fun of a party, but with books. (playful) — 00:01:41

00:01:43 — Housekeeping 2: attend the March 4 Depew meeting on keeping Looking for Alaska in the curriculum

  • ★★★ John asks Nerdfighters in or near Depew, New York to attend the Tuesday, March 4th meeting on whether to keep Looking for Alaska in the Depew High School curriculum. — 00:01:43 · Looking for Alaska

00:01:58 — Housekeeping 3: Blurbing Book Club blurbs for 13 Little Blue Envelopes, deadline, next book Slaughterhouse-Five

  • ★★★ To take part in the Blurbing Book Club and maybe win prizes, Nerdfighters must write a blurb of 13 Little Blue Envelopes in 10 words or less and post it as a Ning blog post by Sunday midnight. — 00:02:12 · Blurbing Book Club, Maureen Johnson, Nerdfighter Ning
  • ★★ John promises they will read all the blurbs. — 00:02:26 · Blurbing Book Club
  • ★★★ The next Blurbing Book Club book is Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, chosen because it's really good, John hasn't read it in a long time, and it's published worldwide so international Nerdfighters can join. — 00:02:32 · Blurbing Book Club

00:02:44 — Housekeeping 4: nerdfighter-like, the Ning, and the Vloglovers channel returns

  • ★★ John loves Nerdfighter babies and Nerdfighters falling in 'nerdfighter-like', which makes him feel there is more 'like' in the world because of the community. — 00:02:47 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says there has been lots of nerdfighter-like lately, partly thanks to the Ning, where Nerdfighters meet and see each other's interests, blog posts and pictures. — 00:03:08 · Nerdfighter Ning
  • ★★ The Vloglovers YouTube channel is back, and the two 'secret siblings' behind it are in nerdfighter-like. — 00:03:20 · secret sibling

00:03:38 — Sign-off: see you in Spartanburg, Hank singing later this week, 'Best wishes!'

  • ★★ John says he'll see Hank singing later this week but won't reveal what about. — 00:03:41

Humor (significant)

  • John's memo to teenage Nerdfighters wondering if their self-consciousness will ever go away. — 00:00:31 > «Yeah, no, it won't. Best wishes.»
  • After the barber leaves him nearly bald and asks if that's short enough, John explains what 'a little off the top, long and messy' meant. — 00:01:03 > «what I meant was: I'm joining the marines.»
  • John says he really likes saying the word 'blurbing'. — 00:02:02 > «it sounds like your voice is turning into a robot voice.»
  • John announces that secret siblings Abbey and Todd are in nerdfighter-like. — 00:03:33 > «They're touching and hugging and nothing else.»

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