Veterans Day 2015

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Thank you for your sacrifice.

I admit: I was tapped out this year. I've thanked people and made puns, and there wasn't else I could say, except "Thank You" again. I have no problems with the Thank You's, but it doesn't make for a good comic, especially when I haven't updated in a week (because of work and other concerns).

Earlier this morning, while I was sweeping a mess of leaves outside, this came to me. I realize that I've seen an Internet "joke" with something similar on a test paper, but I still put my own little twist on it. For one thing, I got to bring out the (Grand)father and (Great)Uncle characters. For another, I added a little diversity to the mix of character -- something I've been reluctant to do because I was afraid it would turn out badly.

My last regret about doing this last minute: I don't have the numbers and the diversity I would like in this pic. But any more people and they would have been blurs in the background. After 1000 comics, my skill is improving, but I have a long way to go. And I still have my day job.

Happy Veterans Day.

Here's a clickable link from the comic: Wounded Warrior Project.




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Boole

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I could XOR-iate myself for being a few days late. If that sort of thing were possible.




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Common Core Blues

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Ba Na Na Na Na!

Halloween comics are over, and with work keeping my busy, I managed -- not for the first time -- forget our anniversary, which was a week ago on October 24.

(x, why?) is EIGHT YEARS OLD, and already into it's Ninth Year. It that time, I've produced over 1,000 comics, many bad puns, many worse puns, and many song parodies. I've created characters with no names and made them into pieces of me.

And I've managed to be seen around the world (according to my stats), and I've had comics reposted by Math Councils and translated into foreign languages for universities.

It's been good. Let's keep it going.




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Math Horror Movies: Perpendicula

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Because Math can drive you batty!

Am I Right?




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Math Horror Movies: The Undivided by

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Tis not just the manor. It haunts all m'land!

Shine a ray of light on it.




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Math Horror Movies: The Mum-e

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His language is as foul as his bandages!




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Happy Back to the Future Day!

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Really, why do you need to kill his grandfather when you only have to kill the mood with some annoying, badly-timed phone calls and interruptions. Smaller chance of going to prison, and it leaves out the whole murder thing -- although whether or not knowingly preventing a known conception from occurring is akin to the murder of a future individual should be left to the philosophers.

As for the movie trilogy timeline, time travel is one of those devices which can be handled in a thousand different ways. As long as a story is internally consistent. The argument ensues from the fact that many viewers don't think Back to the Future is actually consistent. The Rules are what the Rules Need To Be at whatever point the script calls for them to be that.

Last two notes: since my early days on social media, I have been seeing Photoshops of the DeLorean's dashboard clock saying "today is the day Marty McFly landed in the future" -- and in every instance, it has been wrong. Oddly, I haven't seen it posted recently.

Secondly, as of tomorrow, Back to the Future is a time travel movie that takes place totally in the Past. This is actually a cool sub-genre of movies, watching a past time portrayed as future events extrapolated from some either further point in time. Cheesy results, sometimes, but cool.




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(x, why?) Mini: Rhombus

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You need to leave. So Rhom-bi-bi-bi!

My other "alt" text may become another comic next week. (evil grin)

Today is 2015-10-15, for those who are interested in such things.




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Columbus Day Special

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My tastes don't tend toward expensive imports or local crafts, and I won't argue about them.

Have a Happy Columbus Day, enjoy a parade (and the day off, if you're one of the lucky ones).




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Domain and Range

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''Home! Home on the Domain! Where the castle and the towers all lay . . .'' Maybe not.




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(x, why?) Mini: Covalent

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"'ey! You! What's with the finger?"

The "dihydrogen monoxide" was supposed to be the alt text, but I figured I'd add it for that little extra.
It was almost just "dihydrogen oxide" because I wasn't sure what would fit in the word ballon.

I also could've jettisoned that pun altogether and went for Gold Oxide, Au₂O₃, which would've added Au to the mix, but then I would have had to have started with ozone, O₃, instead.

Well, I guess I could've done that, but O₂ is more common.




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(x, why?) Mini: It Takes Two

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Cue the music. Ready. GO!

Or 2*sin(90^o), but that's less interesting.

I believe I made a "Tan G" joke many years ago.




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