I actually drew this on my blackboard first. In chalk. And I didn't have a camera on me. Sigh.
Oddest part: we weren't talking about Pythagorean Theorem. We were Completing the Square, but that's (b/2)2, which doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Scary moment is when a student says, ''Don't worry, Mr. Burke. I got this.'' as they run toward the edge. You hope they can fly. And some of them soar!
And other times ... you're just glad it's Friday. Regroup for Monday.
On a side note: Today is 22 / 23 / 24, which (like most of these curious dates) happens only once per century although 32 / 33 / 34 will occur on 9/27/81. I can't guarantee I'll still be making these at that point.
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FYI: that's not a weird baseball score. That's a double play. Or three sides of a triangle.
Baseball has always been a classy game, being played on a Diamond, and not on a Square.
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Shoutout to Jason Deeble's Monster Haiku. I met Jason up at Lunacon.
Best part about it was that I hadn't quite made it over to his table in the Dealers Room when he called me over, recognized me and remembered me from (x, why?). Made my day, and I gave him one of first of my first-ever (x, why?) bookmarks. Next day, he calls me over, and we're deriving the formula for the surface area of a sphere with another dealer. The life of math teachers!
I met Jason two years ago (and maybe the year before that, too). I had given him a sheet with some of my comics on it, and he had actually already seen it somewhere in the hotel, near the freebies table. And he remembered me two years later, so ... Cool Guy.
And check out Monster Haiku. (Not an April Fools prank!)
I thought about switching comics with someone, but that trope is getting kinda old, which is to say that I got the idea way to late to actually arrange it.
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He'll be right on the trail. Hopping on down the bunny trail.
Happy Easter!
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At least I didn't make a 'multiplying' joke.
Funny thing is how easily they copy & paste when they're lined up like that!
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It's a sine that I'm hungry!
Next up: Another Sherlock Holmes spoof of The Sine of the Fork.
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Obviously, they're imaginary! The spuds, that is.
Don't let historical inaccuracies (like letters walking across the beach) spoil a good comic!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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I say "Usually" because: a) I don't always blog about it, and b) last year, there was no Lunacon because of reorganization (to put it kindly). Part of that reorganization saw me getting involved with the con that I've enjoyed for a quarter-century now. And that meant eventually volunteering for something, some committee or other. Well, they also needed people to appear on the panels. I've had others (not committee members) suggest to me that I should, and I've been reluctant to. Who, me?
Well, this year, I volunteered. I have to remind myself sometimes that I am, in fact, a published author, even if I'm not as prolific as those I usually go to see. Hey, at least my bio won't be boring.
In case anyone can make it to Rye Brook this weekend, here is my schedule (barring the unforeseen):
No "web comics" panel, but there is always the option to "make your own panel". Maybe on Sunday morning, since Saturday is so crazy. We could call it Webcomics for Fun and ... Well, Just Fun, Really.
If I'm not mistaken "Westchester Ballroom D4" has been part of the Dealers Room for the past bunch of years. I don't remember that designation for any panels. That would mean that they've shaken things up a bit, or at least rearranged things.
But Change is Good! (Like volunteering after all these years!)
EDIT: It turns out that I misunderstood my email because of the way it was formatted. It listed a couple that I was interested in, but was not included in. I didn't realize this until I viewed the program. I doubt I'm needed as an alternate -- both of those panels have 4 or 5 panels on them already.
Beware. Their music is deadly!
Happy Pi Day!
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It's a minimum here. It's a maximum there. Here a min. There a max. Everywhere a turning point!
Long-time readers are asking, What's a Parabola?.
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Flush! He was going to say 'flush'. And you know what that would make Henry, right? Don't go there.
For the record, numerics in that society would not debase any others by assigning numerical values to operations performed in the john.
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