Square and Triangular Numbers

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It only makes sense that you can cut a square into two triangles, right?

This is another calendar puzzle, which may or may not have been submitted in time to be posted online as an answer to a question.

Again, it's not my intention to make these comics the norm, but time being what it is, I'm not sure where this comic will go.

I would like to get to 2,000 comics. And I'd like to go beyond that. So I'm not quitting. It's just that it's sometimes difficult to get excited enough to spend a few hours making these comics. And then, once created, getting them uploaded and the blog posts written. This comic, for example, was ready to run in advance, but the post was still a last-minute endeavor.

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Factors and Perfect Squares

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What do you get when you multiply six times nine?

Something fundamentally wrong with this comic, perhaps.

Okay, so this started as the answer to a calendar puzzle (which, as of this writing, has not been posted. The original didn't have Mark in it. But since it did have 42, it made sense to add him to my comic. It would've made less sense for the calendar solving folks as they're less familiar with my characters and what they usually wear.

Since it wasn't posted, I didn't want this to go to waste. Unfortunately, I realize that everything hinges on an arbitrary puzzle, but I didn't want to rewrite all the dialogue to add extra jokes. Such is life. At least we now know that Mark and Brigid have something in common... assuming Mark knows the significance of the number 42, that is.

UPDATE: The comic literally posted as I was preparing this blog entry. The calendar caretaker had been traveling and hadn't seen my email. It appears here: https://twitter.com/Daily_Epsilon/status/1647697967791640577.

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(x, why?) Mini: Cut!

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I've circled back to this unit again.

There will be a lot of vocabulary and a lot of rules and theorems.

And bad jokes, of course.

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Duck

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The Disco Duck knew how to get down.

THis is another "ripped from the classroom" comic, although it happened several years ago. It never ade it to the comic pages (at least I hope it didn't). It showed up recently as a Facebook memory. A student made the original comment to me. Without a beat lost, I replied, and another student "explained" my joke as presented. I don't remember if I corrected her.

So on this Good Friday, you get a Duck joke instead of an Easter Bunny.

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Swift Solutions

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I hope the puns don't cause Bad Blood.

This was a calendar puzzle. The question appeared on April 1, and the answer was posted on April 2. In a saner world, I would've had a chance to post this sooner than April 4 instead of a Blank Space. Would've, Could've, Should've. Don't blame me. I know All Too Well.

This is me trying.

Okay, I'm done now.

I also write Fiction! You can now order Devilish And Divine, edited by John L. French and Danielle Ackley-McPhail, which contains (among many, many others) three stories by me, Christopher J. Burke about those above us and from down below. Order the softcover or ebook at Amazon. Also, check out In A Flash 2020, by Christopher J. Burke for 20 great flash fiction stories, perfectly sized for your train rides. Available in softcover or ebook at Amazon. If you enjoy it, please consider leaving a rating or review on Amazon or on Good Reads.

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