That Moment When ...

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That *one* moment. Not the first of many such moments!

Seven hundred and fifty comics. This one had to be all me and not about what fictitious students might have done.

Second Half

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Another "ripped from the classroom" story.

There were more words than would fit into balloons but would still fit into one minute, cautionary tales for those who were succeeding, what could happen if they didn't touch the football for 90 minutes or touch their notebooks for 90 days and then suddenly realizing that a sure thing was slipping away from them.

The running commentary was real, though edited for space, as was the closing thought.

Super Bowl XLVII

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Oddly enough, 2 and 8, while bad, are not the worst numbers to have ever had in Super Bowl history. But since there are only 55 combinations (assuming you don't care which team has which number, which you probably do), and there have only been 46 games with 184 quarters, the empirical data doesn't really tell us a lot, nor will it help us to predict the likelihood of a safety occurring. (And multiples are Right Out!) Meaningless information. Except, maybe, that 7-0, 0-0, and 3-0 are really good to have. No surprises there.

i.e., "past performance is indicator of future results"

People

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Source: some funny girl told me

Fair = Foul Follow-up (A Bonus Comic)

Here's the original idea that spawned Friday's comic. Friday's comic was created first, but this was what was going through my head on Thursday....

Fair = Foul

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How to Antagonize an English Teacher: Step 1: Be hard on the Bard.

What Did the Abacus Say to the Adding Machine?

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Not if I calc you first!

Eye Doctor

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I knew I had a comic just from going to the optometrist. I didn't know exactly what it was going to be until I mentioned to a friend that my pupils were dilated, and she asked, ''did you have a glaucoma test or are your students full-blown?''

Pass?

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Yes, they say "testses". I've heard it every year.

alt. alt. text: That was be a "Pass" Fail!

So I Had a Moment Like This Today

So I had a moment like this today . . . Someone decided to have a snack, spilled some on the floor, didn't do anything about it, and I don't know anything until I'm walking through it . . . and all I can think (and I'll only publicly admit to "thinking" it) can be summed up in one sentence:

There wasn't really any more to say after that.

IFF

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If you cross BFF and IFF, you get BIFF, which appeared in a lot of fight scenes on TV's "Batman".

Happy New Years Eve 2013

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40 log sin(x)

This might explain it better.
Happy New Year 2013