Cosine of the Bells

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cos(bells) = ring⁴

I'm glad I was able to get in one holiday comic this year. I love Christmas. It's a favorite time of year. However, the past couple of years ... life has a way of helping you reflect on quiet moments and enjoy family, which keeps me away from making comics, which take time.

If there isn't another update before Wednesday, have a Merry Christmas Day and enjoy your holidays!

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Merry Christmas 2022

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Merry Christmas!

Fire D Cannon on D orders of D Major Johann Pachelbel.

Credit to Trans-Siberian Orchestra for the lyrics.

I'm sure I've heard this played in recent years, but this year it seemed to be in heavy rotation on the Internet station I was listening to at work. The funny thing about it is that when I hear it, it reminds me of something from a long time before TSO put their version on any album. I think this was used for TV commercials, specifically, diamonds and diamond rings, but I couldn't tell you what store. (They're probably not around any more.)

I only put the refrain in the comic because that's all I know and remember of the song. I looked up the rest, but I figured, this is what others might recognize, even if they didn't know the name of the tune was "Christmas Canon", based on Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major.

Again, have a Merry Christmas.

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Happy Christmas Eve

i've been out all day (stii am -- at the in-laws) so the comic I wanted to do didn't get done. watch this space, maybe they'll be two tomorrow

If not, I hope you have a happy holiday, with family or friends or pets or memories.

God Bless and Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas

At the in-laws, Christmas Eve has always been a fish dinner. It's called 7 fishes, but I've never counted them to know if it referred to the number of fishes or the number of fishes dishes. I've heard references to the 7 Sacraments and to the 7 Hills of Rome.

For the record, I eat some of them, but some members of the family have plain pasta with any clam sauce.

The family tried to recreate my FIL's tradition as best as they could. New traditions will be in the offing in the years ahead.

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Long Lay The World...

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Pining for the fjords. Or for presents. Or something.

My apologies if I've done this one before. I know I've thought it before.

It's a crazy time. I've come up with a couple of good ones, but the fact that I don't remember them a day later tells me that they weren't that memorable. I've been listening to Christmas music radio, so anything inspired by a song would reoccur to me should I hear it again. Much like the above comic.

I do have one more comic that I might start for next year because it'll take time that I don't have. Plus I have a couple other thoughts that I need to use this year.

Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season and a Happy New Year to everyone out there who has kept me going. I plan on updating again before Sunday, but if I don't make it, I want it printed now.

Thank you everyone. I appreciate you whether you post or not. Especially those who post when I don't make math errors, but when I do, too.

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O Christmas Tree

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I said shapes because my hand-drawn triangles didn't look like triangles. But they are similar!

I'm learning to code Scratch, even as I facilitate a class where the students are learning it as well. I doodled this Christmas tree so I could make an animated of a tree dancing around.

This is a learner's version of it, not a professional version. That is to say, the animation and music synch up sometimes, but it could synch up a lot more.

Dancing Xmas Tree.

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It's Beginning ...

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Beginning of a new season. Hopefully, there will be more updates in the next 9 days!

The thought of those updates obviously horrifies Michele.

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(x, why?) Mini: After Christmas Trees

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In a world of shapes, forming a Christmas tree would be like putting on a play. And the play's over.

In the real world, trees usually stay up a bit longer.

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Merry Christmas 2021!

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Merry Christmas!

This wasn't the Christmas week or Christmas season I envisioned -- I can't even say "planned" because I hadn't really come up with a plan. There might've been two ideas for comics that didn't happen, but not much solid. I usually enjoy doing this comics and coming up with something new by Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, that didn't pan out.

Today's comic isn't much, but it's more than it would've been had I posted it yesterday morning.

For anyone who celebrated, I hope your Christmas Eve was a happy, healthy and safe one, full of fishes or not. (Yeah, a Seven fishes jokes would've been nice.)

Merry Christmas! Updates next week, and into the New Year! Let's hope it's a better one than the last one.

I also write Fiction! You can now preorder 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. Preorder 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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Christmas Past

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And there was born a child, who would grow to be a human aerial. As did his brother.

Such was life as the youngest sibling in an old aparment with an old TV set and no antenna on the roof.

The picture was usually snowy, and you were lucky if you could a hold on a good signal.

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Peace

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And Good Will, too. It wasn't a question.

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(x, why?) Mini: Two Square Feet

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It's great when someone can stand on their own two square feet.

I usually do a lot of Christmas comics but I wasn't able to do that this past December. This wouldn't have been one of them if I had. This is new, but it wasn't something worth holding for 10 months. I likely would've forgotten about it by then.

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What Social Media Christmas Comic is This?

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Merry Christmas 2020! Share the Joy!

It's been an interesting year, to say the least. And it ended with several projects going on, several irons in the fire, as it were, and there just wasn't enough time.

Amusingly, the one comic that I had written out from 2019 had to be cut because of two surprise family gatherings of sorts yesterday. (And even without that, it was iffy.) But, on the bright side, I have a comic idea ready to go in December 2021!

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Pre-Christmas Problems

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You're not starting a new topic. And youre probably not really reviewing any old topics either.

In years past, my love for this time of year usually shines through. This year? Too many irons on the fire? Maybe a little uninspired? I don't know. I've had thoughts written down, but creating them doesn't always seem to happen.

On the other hand, I'm happy with how my reindeer and sled came out. Yes, they're based on clip art images, but they are my own. And there will be one, maybe two more Christmas comics by Friday. I hope.

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