tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35466051268694015612024-03-14T03:58:15.257-07:00ANY ~Qs<b>Story/Lines Intersect: Mathematics personified.</b>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-85346212642530810182023-12-25T14:10:00.000-08:002023-12-25T15:01:36.569-08:00Holiday Singalong 2023<p> <i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">QUICK VERSION:</i><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">The <b>13th annual</b> Christmath parody is linked here at: "<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/tpolys/specials/055-singalong-inequalities" target="_blank">Inequalities</a>".</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhxhs0UUrwrknqTmaoN5qhkLup-S4tjTkq6jk9PbdqSvc5kAWr_4MBSyuO6As8S2iQjMbeV2DyN8zKRfxlxacBgd-V8wBbXGZZADBdePwIj3EVuuHtM8QAf_AAquOHb1YoQX-Ync5xxCn8N0dnvJXwpVtv-nPcvcbLDfhKupEk8AAToGFheFoYfZ8-h-A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="1546" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhxhs0UUrwrknqTmaoN5qhkLup-S4tjTkq6jk9PbdqSvc5kAWr_4MBSyuO6As8S2iQjMbeV2DyN8zKRfxlxacBgd-V8wBbXGZZADBdePwIj3EVuuHtM8QAf_AAquOHb1YoQX-Ync5xxCn8N0dnvJXwpVtv-nPcvcbLDfhKupEk8AAToGFheFoYfZ8-h-A=w390-h329" width="390" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13px;"><i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">EXTENDED ASIDE VERSION:</i></p><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">Speaking of every year getting worse, I have Covid-19. Tested positive on Christmas Eve, fortunately before going to see the in-laws (though I'd been over there the previous day too, so fingers crossed... my wife and daughter are negative for now). This despite still masking with an N95 at work.<br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">Work itself is still part-time as I pick up my daughter at the school bus, but still feels like full-time as the Grade 11 course is being completely revamped to handle the destreamed cohort coming in. A big thanks to past me for all his efforts with the MHF 4U course, as it's occasionally been on auto-pilot because of that.<br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">More bad news, earlier this year, I started a new Epsilon Serial over <a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/angel-pasta-index/" target="_blank">at my other site</a>. November's post has zero plot votes thus far (after a stellar one vote the previous entry) so I guess I'm putting the pause on that for now. I'd hoped Angel Rusee as a new protagonist would fare better than more reruns.<br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">Some good news, <b>The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Volume 2</b> came out earlier this month, and I have <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPW9CH38" target="_blank">another short story</a> in that volume, "Plan V". Which has net me <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-Taylor/author/B0CNYJ96KT" target="_blank">an author page</a> on Amazon.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"> </span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">I also got my other math song parodies online back in September. One was included in The APeriodical <a href="https://www.infinitelyirrational.com/home/carnival-of-math" target="_blank">Carnival of Mathematics for October</a>, hosted on Infinitely Irrational. Look for the cool graphic they made:</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXP4PNkYAM3tgW6RnpKSbjVhy5aay4pq_LnCLy5tWnkfFNiqWHz4nII8BbtPn1M8xPtG0UjPsxqFouwguzrJhaOdBhI8vZLftqxHJ6rLpeCu83FkLe99duP19fMU83oTiSv_ah31cwPaDgoksJGuN9w4eIbH-AnG5kerBuoVOxodhKEOtufilcI-8OPso/s883/sing-570519_1280.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="883" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXP4PNkYAM3tgW6RnpKSbjVhy5aay4pq_LnCLy5tWnkfFNiqWHz4nII8BbtPn1M8xPtG0UjPsxqFouwguzrJhaOdBhI8vZLftqxHJ6rLpeCu83FkLe99duP19fMU83oTiSv_ah31cwPaDgoksJGuN9w4eIbH-AnG5kerBuoVOxodhKEOtufilcI-8OPso/w176-h176/sing-570519_1280.png" width="176" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">As to this year's parody, I literally finished it earlier this afternoon, after starting it on Saturday December 23rd. The pieces just came together, thankfully, and there wasn't much else to do this morning, being sick in bed. I was supposed to be driving today to see my parents, and had planned on finishing it in a few days. So that's something.<br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"> </span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">Hope you enjoy "Inequalities" to the tune of "Here Comes Santa Claus".</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">I have no illusions of 2024 being any improvement, particularly given politics of late. Let's hope for status quo, as horrible as that sounds. But for now, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all the best to you and yours. Thanks for reading.<br /></span></span></div><p></p>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-36343687545936316052022-12-25T13:55:00.002-08:002022-12-25T18:06:34.693-08:00Holiday Singalong 2022<p> <i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">QUICK VERSION:</i></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">The <b>12th annual</b> Christmath parody is linked here at: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/tpolys/specials/052-singalong-plane-geometry" target="_blank">"Plane Geometry"</a>.</span><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRlvSd053du9NCCegZFwwJ245nsQ_3o7oND8Mi0PxZHjJ0zyT0tusRVFWpXhdRxi2ieaX52lOkmaFLFoFoJiIemK3b1adYL8eOgEa_YQYwZH5ki8eXfpWxb2XoH-_-2O6aIOZUDuvFq9s3XYHdytAvrdJ7vVl_UBtQlNhQ7NbiJa8J_RcloYRs5oS/s758/XMasTri17_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="758" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRlvSd053du9NCCegZFwwJ245nsQ_3o7oND8Mi0PxZHjJ0zyT0tusRVFWpXhdRxi2ieaX52lOkmaFLFoFoJiIemK3b1adYL8eOgEa_YQYwZH5ki8eXfpWxb2XoH-_-2O6aIOZUDuvFq9s3XYHdytAvrdJ7vVl_UBtQlNhQ7NbiJa8J_RcloYRs5oS/w355-h355/XMasTri17_04.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13px;"><i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><br /></i></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13px;"><i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">EXTENDED ASIDE VERSION:</i></p><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div>HOW IS EVERY YEAR WORSE THAN THE LAST?</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div>I'm speaking only in terms of my stress levels and general availability of free time (for anything outside of teaching and parenting). Those two things keep getting worse. My <a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">serial site</a> continues to be queued up weeks in advance with old material. I've had to shift to part time work again to stay sane. And given Ontario elected Ford for another 4 years last June (by virtue of 50+% not voting) I'll probably stay that way. Nothing's going to get better without funding, which isn't happening.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the flip side, some very good things did happen this year, including:</div><div>-My daughter starting Kindergarten in the French Public system, and being eligible for a Covid19 vaccine. I was able to put together one single video of her this year, of her gymnastics course in Dec (plus a short clip set for Halloween).</div><div>-Another new parody I wrote and sung in class (Gayle's a-b-c-d-e-f(x) ) which I'll get online god knows when.</div><div>-Meeting some amazing Time Travel authors on Twitter in the summer (before Musk killed that website last month, by the way I'm <a href="https://wandering.shop/@mathtans" target="_blank">now on Mastodon</a>). In fact, we all published <b>The Accidental Time Travelers Collective</b>, a set of 12 short stories, which is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN55WWS9" target="_blank">currently available on Kindle</a>. Yes, I'm officially published now with my thanks to them!</div><div><br /></div><div>If you like writers who use time travel, you should definitely check them out: <a href="https://joshuadavidbellin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Joshua David Bellin</a>, <a href="https://www.juliebihn.com/" target="_blank">Julie Bihn</a>, <a href="https://www.paulchilds.co.uk/" target="_blank">Paul Childs</a>, <a href="https://susanjenniferhancock.com/" target="_blank">Susan Hancock</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcHennemann72" target="_blank">Marc Hennemann</a>, <a href="https://jennifermarchman.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer Marchman</a>, <a href="https://bio.site/Kiersten.Marcil" target="_blank">Kiersten Marcil</a>, <a href="https://amandapampuro.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Pampuro</a>, <a href="https://www.kathleenlsmall.com/" target="_blank">K.L. Small</a>, <a href="https://linktr.ee/janetrayestevens" target="_blank">Janet Raye Stevens</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/writernatswift" target="_blank">Nathaniel Swift</a> and <a href="https://www.latinelit.com/la-zona" target="_blank">W.O. Torres</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And then there's our annual math parody. I selected it late this year, Sat Dec 17th, and only finished it before midnight on the 23rd (with tweaks earlier today). "Winter Wonderland" felt like it would work for discussing the three types of "Plane Geometry", namely Euclidean (parabolic), Lobachevsky (hyperbolic) and Riemannian (elliptic). You'd have the option of singing all three, or repeating hyperbolic ("Parson Brown") twice.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then, after getting a start on it, I discovered there's BRIDGE verses that exist between the traditionally sung ones. Namely because the 1934 original just went "Chorus1 Chorus2 Chorus2". Then in 1947 they created the "circus clown" snowman to avoid "Parson Brown" going twice, meaning "Chorus1 Chorus2a Chorus2b"... and the version by Johnny Mathis put verses <i>in between</i> those.</div><div><br /></div><div>Obviously I went for maximum coverage, and included those as well, which help to bring in the history and the names of the people involved in the mathematics. The verses can be found in some other later versions (Eurythmics move them to the start, for instance), but you'd be forgiven for not knowing about them because there's some 200 different singers for "Winter Wonderland" out there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Seriously, that's more than 2 per year, who hasn't covered this? I guess what's key is that I now have. The original lyric origins are a bit of a sad story too... the research part of this continues to be interesting.</div><div><br /></div><div>As always, hope you enjoy it. Take care, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and here's to whatever avoids jinxing 2023.</div></span></div></div>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-24294118746867416722021-12-25T11:26:00.006-08:002021-12-25T12:56:38.271-08:00Holiday Singalong 2021<p> <i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">QUICK VERSION:</i></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: 13px;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;">The <b>11th annual</b> Christmath parody is linked here at: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/tpolys/specials/051-singalong-walkin-around-unit-circles" target="_blank">"Walkin' Around Unit Circles"</a>.</span><div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhasqcGIRDhuBrpleDB6qQHoKfXudVann4uI87HFDIMr17t9Lqw3p4H961klSP_ubGpkGAbe7FNO5XZr8yDkZ5-52TyQvh9nVS-eDmBI4wx5QW4kTMEahzWhctiB_lDfiCjLjNgENimqPIbaaCOBdfrRf6sqi4N38ps0-qrajvXAW7SL0wZBoyBJ95p=s1664" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1664" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhasqcGIRDhuBrpleDB6qQHoKfXudVann4uI87HFDIMr17t9Lqw3p4H961klSP_ubGpkGAbe7FNO5XZr8yDkZ5-52TyQvh9nVS-eDmBI4wx5QW4kTMEahzWhctiB_lDfiCjLjNgENimqPIbaaCOBdfrRf6sqi4N38ps0-qrajvXAW7SL0wZBoyBJ95p=s320" width="320" /></a></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><p style="color: black; font-family: Times;"> <i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">EXTENDED ASIDE VERSION:</i></p><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif">Holy freaking cats. I thought 2020 was problematic.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">We started Teaching 2021 doing remote learning in January, and ended it in June the same way. After an April Break (not March) because the Ontario government just does that stuff now. There was some in-class between, but not in quadmester four at all.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">The summer that followed actually wasn't terrible, I DID get my 2018 parodies online at last, and converted all the old Google Sites Personification Entires over into the new format (which took some time, the images were never placed right). I even wrote a new parody with logs.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">That last is NOT online yet, because in Sept 2021 I had to teach an entirely new course in a system where we're doing math on one week, then not the next, then back to math. (The province requires two classes, separated by a lunch.) So I'm dealing with making up lessons and doing them in this crazy system.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">I went part time. If I hadn't, I'm certain I would have needed medical leave, because the course I hadn't taught in six years (aside from during a quadmester) would have been back too, and I've needed every ounce (minute?) of prep to keep up. <a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">My other serial blog</a> had parody posts queued up in August, thank goodness.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">This year's December song parody was selected and vaguely begun Sun Dec 12. Went for a shorter one, and it mentions "around" and "pie", so trig from the most recent unit was a fit. Set it aside until Sat Dec 18, when I resumed and managed to finish it. Not one of the best, but not bad, and keeps up the tradition.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hope you enjoy it. Not much else to say, just here hoping the 3 yr old has a cold and not a deadly disease. Please take care, everyone.</span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">As always, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, read through the archives and all the best for 2022.</span></span></div>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-73860158769731510582020-12-25T11:41:00.002-08:002020-12-27T18:44:56.556-08:00Holiday Singalong 2020<p> <i style="color: #01004e; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">QUICK VERSION:</i></p><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">The <b>10th annual</b> Christmath parody, "Solving for Unknowns", <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/048-singalongsolvingforunknowns" style="color: #666666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">can be found at this link</a>.</span><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And this year, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7EirgiqOy8" target="_blank">WE HAVE VIDEO</a> that you can see at that link.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8y0mbtmGKXJD-rHrNIbtIC1avNn4TnkkAhYybltTcQiHgT9nwCRHlnKsU_bm1hjpv16FO87ow0J2IZ6spkOl-cvnsD-bj5A-b72tMnPlrXBkoCGv26OfgK6ok3LJncsfGWYyzjWBB4A/s1413/XMas2020_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1353" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8y0mbtmGKXJD-rHrNIbtIC1avNn4TnkkAhYybltTcQiHgT9nwCRHlnKsU_bm1hjpv16FO87ow0J2IZ6spkOl-cvnsD-bj5A-b72tMnPlrXBkoCGv26OfgK6ok3LJncsfGWYyzjWBB4A/s320/XMas2020_1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: 13px;"></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: 13px;"></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><i>AUTHOR ASIDE:</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: 13px;"></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;">Well, THAT was a year.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;">I wasn't hit by 2020 to the same extent as many others, but I did start the year sick, then needed to find new Daycare while dealing with first semester exams in January, and then of course during March to June... I had to teach from home while my not-quite two year old daughter was here too.</span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;">I did not get those parodies from 2018 online. That's still on the list.</span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;">I DID get a banner done for 2019 (in the summer of 2020) using the tablet. But I've returned to hand-drawn for this year's parody and banner. It's just twenty times faster because it's what I'm used to (and I don't need my computer running to do it). For writing, <a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">my other blog</a> has been sputtering along with its serial, and more was done in "Time Untied".</span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">As to the annual math parody, I knew I'd keep the tradition going if at all possible. Given last year's holiday assembly, </span></span><i style="color: #01004e;">Frozen II</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"> was a natural source, more so once I saw how easy I could repurpose their main tune.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">Incidentally, </span></span><i style="color: #01004e;">Frozen II</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;">was the only movie I saw this past year (in January), and even then I had to pick up my daughter early owing to a fever, so it's lucky I went to the earliest show. (Wait, correction, saw the Star Wars movie the following week, whatever.)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweZmGHlDYTw7epTgJWhIoiFjpetJnmCkXzY7XptFXddJBCraVHd-LFAEasiZt4dnXtocGBjiysHkyMsf1exaG5SinGbC0uEzNam90cVB6UaZJwAbCuHM3lxZqZEfllSzQ627yg2dF0S0/s1144/XMas2020_2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweZmGHlDYTw7epTgJWhIoiFjpetJnmCkXzY7XptFXddJBCraVHd-LFAEasiZt4dnXtocGBjiysHkyMsf1exaG5SinGbC0uEzNam90cVB6UaZJwAbCuHM3lxZqZEfllSzQ627yg2dF0S0/s320/XMas2020_2.jpg" /></a></div>The form of the verses sort of crystallized through Oct/Nov and as usual I wrote it in the span of about a day, Saturday, December 12th. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #01004e;">I floated the option of recording it to our tech teacher at school who handles the morning announcements and the 'get to class' music, and he thought it was great. Something familiar in a year when we can't have the usual holiday assembly at school.</span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">I recorded it Monday, December 14th, around midnight. Hence why the backdrop looks as it does, I was in a remote corner of the house so as to not wake anyone up. (And as expected, every subsequent night was busy with quiz feedback and grading I wasn't getting to, so I'm glad I had the energy when I did.)</span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">It seemed to go over well, at least with some staff. I added the usual video conclusion to the final version yesterday, before putting it online today.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">I do not know where we're going now. Maybe I'll have time to catch up, but Ontario schools are abruptly shut down in January and we're being told to do things like combine cohorts even though they're in totally different places, so yay for anticipating doing the impossible for the I've-lost-count-time.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #01004e;"><span style="background-color: white;">But that's for later. For now, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, feel free to read through the archives, and all the best to you and yours for 2021.</span></span></div>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-66773198847821792762019-12-25T18:04:00.003-08:002021-04-17T07:25:25.860-07:00Holiday Singalong 2019<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;"><i>QUICK VERSION:</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: 13px;"></span><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">The 9th annual Christmath parody, "Three Things of Math", <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/047-singalongthreethingsofmath" style="color: #666666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">can be found at this link</a>.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: 13px;"></span><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">Well, that was a year.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">I've done some very preliminary drawing using my Wacom tablet, but nothing for personified math yet. I have a 2019 banner planned out and, yeah, running out of time to enact that. So no images for the parody yet either.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">If you missed it (because you don't <a href="https://twitter.com/mathtans" target="_blank">follow me on twitter</a>), I did write a personified math guest post for AlphaWordZ called "<a href="https://alphawordz.wordpress.com/2019/08/03/to-infinity-and-beyond/" target="_blank">To Infinity, and Beyond!</a>", back in July/August. I have since written two new math song parodies (before this special), but I haven't put them online yet, mostly due to wanting to have a new image to go with them.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">And that's everything. My "Any ~Qs" rerun on Tapas concluded at the end of June with 11 subscribers. Meanwhile, my "Cubic Formula" song on YouTube continues to get random comments that I haven't had time to properly research and respond to.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">Most of my writing in 2019 has been focussed on contributions to the Time Travel Nexus, including a <a href="http://timetravelnexus.com/category/franchises/steinsgate/" target="_blank">complete set of Steins;Gate reviews</a>, on edits to the story on my serial blog site "<a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/2019/01/27/virga-act-1a/" target="_blank">Balancing Act</a>" (featuring supernatural detective Melissa Virga), and on "Time Untied", the sequel to my first time travel serial on that site. This site has been very low priority.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">But, as I implied above, it's not completely forgotten.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #01004e; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">With "Frozen II" having come out last month, it made sense to make my holiday assembly song (when asked about it) <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/035-singalongpolarplot" target="_blank">a rerun of "Polar Plot"</a>. Any students who saw it in 2014 would have graduated by now. As such, I thought I would branch into the more religious Christmas music for a non-performance new piece (lest anyone take offence at turning Jesus into Math).</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #01004e; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">I do not recall why I decided to pair math bar notation with the three kings of the Christmas Carol. I do recall the initial draft focussed on the overline/macron, the vinculum, and absolute value bars... until I learned of the obelus (division symbol), which has a dual meaning as a small dagger symbol and thus pairs nicely with myrrh. Fraction bars aren't exactly vinculums anyway, unless there's operations involved. So there's a look at the creative process.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #01004e; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Where are we going in 2020? Well, assuming I manage to do some drawing, I'll get those prior parodies up. I do not see much more than that happening, with family life keeping me busy, but rest assured: I'm still keeping an eye on things. Feel free to read the archives. :)</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">As I said last year, </span><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #01004e; font-size: medium;">Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and hope you have a wonderful New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 8th annual Christmath parody, "Sequenced", <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/046-singalongsequenced">can be found at this link</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before this past weekend, I hadn't done any drawing for over 6 months. There's been a few reasons for that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>(1)</b> The most recent post here (the one ending Series 9) went up the same day my daughter was born. (Obviously I had it queued up in advance; the little one was induced and arrived in the wee hours of the morning.) So the new family dynamic's been taking up a lot of my time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>(2)</b> <a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/">My serial site</a> also finished its reruns late that June, and thus what time I've had for writing has been focussed there, cranking out a new part every two weeks based on audience votes. (Four votes is about average, if you want to feel like your vote matters somewhere.) Another priority has been putting effort into "Time Untied", the sequel time travel story for that site, in particular this past November. Oh, and I contribute monthly to <a href="http://timetravelnexus.com/jugheads-time-police-origins/">The Time Travel Nexus</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>(3)</b> I got a Wacom tablet as a gift last May (along with "Painter Essentials 6"), and thought I might start going digital. But my Mac OS hadn't been updated, to the point where even trying to download the current version wouldn't install, and of course it was incompatible with said tablet. Which was another thing to deal with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got that last sorted out in mid-September... which incidentally broke "Final Cut Express", so doing videos is going to be problematic going forwards. Also, September was when I was back at work, and so I had no time to play around. I FINALLY started tooling about with it only <i>two days ago</i>, Dec 23rd. I think I have a sense, but obviously ended up hand-drawing and scanning for this update (on the 23rd/24th), as per my usual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So that's me and my comic, how're things with you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's worth mentioning that I'd actually had a couple of students involved with the school holiday assembly ask if I'd be performing again this year, and a few other students make similar inquiries later on. I said I would, and FWIW t</span><span style="font-size: large;">his year's song parody was mostly completed on Sunday, December 16.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I got positive feedback after the fact too. I guess the parody is entrenched in tradition now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will there be any updates in 2019? I honestly don't know. I might try doing a few one-shot panel updates. A lot of this stuff does depend on whether there's actual interest out there for it (you'll notice I stopped doing videos even before my new OS broke "Final Cut Express"). So let me know. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and hope you have a wonderful New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a rundown of the past 8 years, with the newest song as the last link:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/006-singalongdecimal">(2011) "Decimal"</a> </b>(tune of "Deck the Hall")</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One of my earlier math parodies. Not much to say about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/023-singalongasquaredsong"><b>(2012) "A Squared Song"</b></a> (tune of "Jingle Bells")</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The year of my most prolific songwriting, and the first one I performed at a school assembly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/034-singalongofactortree">(2013) "O Factor Tree"</a></b></u> (tune of "O Christmas Tree")</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Also one performed at an assembly. Again, not much to say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/035-singalongpolarplot">(2014) "Polar Plot"</a></b></u> (tune of "Let It Go")</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My web serial had folded by this point, but I went all out for the performance. Created a video to go along with <i>both</i> versions of the tune. As of today, four years later, the Idina Menzel version (played at the assembly) has managed 94 views on YouTube.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/040-singalonglikeabell">(2015) "Like a Bell"</a></u></b> (tune of Pachelbel's Canon)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My web comic had stared up by then. The assembly was scaling back though, I would have been the only video performance, so I tried without a video. It didn't go that great; bad year to experiment. Someone (a teacher?) prompted people to wave phones back and forth though, so that made it into the video when I did finish it. It presently has 53 views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/043-singalongdowehaveasquarehere">(2016) "Do We Have a Square Here?"</a></u></b> (tune of "Do You Hear What I Hear?")</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'd largely shied away from religious themed music, but I was on leave from teaching, so gave it a try. No performance (I did go back to the school to watch the assembly) but there was a video, which presently has 36 views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/045-singalongtrianglesrock">(2017) "Triangles Rock"</a></u></b> (tune of "Jingle Bell Rock")</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was coming off a comic hiatus in part due to medical leave. A colleague asked me if I was doing a performance, and I tentatively put my name forward. I printed out a bunch of lyric sheets this time (no video made at all), and it went well enough to get a mention in the Yearbook.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/specials/046-singalongsequenced">*(2018)* "Sequenced"</a></u></b> (tune of "Sleigh Ride")</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I talked about this one above. Hard to believe it's been eight years. Hope you enjoy.</span>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-46144371805017500462018-06-18T04:00:00.000-07:002018-06-18T04:00:02.788-07:00S9.340 - Light Switch<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the end of Series 9... and the last strip for an undetermined amount of time. That's been the plan since mid-April, because my wife is about to/has given birth, so my priorities are 'switching'. Plus, I got a wacom tablet for my birthday, so maybe if/when I return I'll have gone digital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Very tentative plan might be a plot in Fractal City. Let me know if there's any interest in that. Or any at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for reading! Peace out.
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<b>QELLY</b>: I think we’ve reached a turning point.<br />
<b>QEXPONA</b>: I have none of those.<br />
<b>QSINE</b>: We need processing time.<br />
<b>GAMMA</b>: I could give CS a call.<br />
<b>ROOT</b>: Where are we all headed?<br />
<b>PARA</b>: I’m not sure even TBTP know.<br />
<b>CANTOR</b>: I suspect there will be puns.<br />
<b>SLOPE</b>: Are you trying to get a rise out of me?GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-90368109738038997022018-06-04T04:00:00.000-07:002018-06-18T07:09:46.206-07:00S9.339 - One Good Turn<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, it’s actually been a deliberate plot point to never draw the characters in profile. Given the name of Series 9 (recall "volution" at the index), and me mentioning that fact in the CTP Discord chat last February, this seemed a good enough time for that revelation. Almost as if I planned it.</span></div>
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<b>QLYN</b>: We’ve finally cracked our code. Observe!<br />
<b>LYN</b> (standing vertical)<br />
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<b><i>Crowd</i></b>: ‘What?’ ‘She’s GONE.’ ‘Invisible!’ ‘It’s mirrors...’<br />
<b>LYN</b> (back): It’s a revolution in two dimensional thinking.<br />
<b>MAUD</b>: Let me try that.<br />
<b>MAUD</b> (in profile): ...I hurt something.<br />
<b>QCOTAN</b>: Ahh, a cyclops!GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-85191721017182223772018-05-21T04:30:00.000-07:002018-06-04T04:15:53.411-07:00S9.338 - Loose Change<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope Elly does change it, her headpiece is a pain to draw. So, can you think of any different outfits for the cast?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, QQuinn wasn't lying when she said she <a href="https://mathtans.blogspot.ca/2017/05/s9302-sixth-sense.html">didn't steal anything</a>... has anyone been suspicious of CanTor since <a href="https://mathtans.blogspot.ca/2016/07/s8270-unit-vector.html">Comic #48</a>?</span></div>
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<b>ELLY</b>: You put the flaw in Versine’s virus. You got ArcSin’s science stuff to QQuinn, who cured it. You gave Gamma the tourism idea too. CanTor, you're not as innocent as you look.</div>
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<b>ELLY</b>: I have considered changing my hairband.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/cone-of-uncertainty" target="_blank">Uncertainty Cone</a> is probably more interesting than the pine cone or traffic cone. Meanwhile, the interesting things you discover as you research comics: A UK Woman has <a href="https://futurism.com/uk-woman-extra-cone-cell-her-eyes-can-see-more-colors/" target="_blank">an extra cone cell</a> in her eyes.</span></div>
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<b>HYPER</b>: Do the magic abilities Sigma gives us count as powers? Most ‘tans can’t even interface.<br />
<b>QT</b>: Doubt it. If Nisano’s science doesn’t count, Sigma’s magic doesn’t either.<br />
<b>PARAB</b>: You did once control a cone by yourself.<br />
<b>HYPER</b>: True. Could I gain power over ice cream next? Or cone cells?<br />
<b>PARAB</b>: How about a pine? Traffic? Uncertainty?<br />
<b>HYPER</b>: I would smack you if I could.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-72342688174258883672018-04-23T04:00:00.000-07:002018-05-07T04:09:07.551-07:00S9.336 - Compose Yourself<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The notation "f o g" is used for the composition of two functions. ArcCos isn't kidding either, if I start blending functions together, we'll lose half the cast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, we're back! And this is <b>post #300</b> to the blog! And Angelic Empress gave the comic <a href="http://bit.ly/2HitCqZ">a RealTime Reaction</a>, so check that out. Current plan is something here every two weeks. Oh, and if you're reading this via archives, you may have missed the <a href="https://mathtans.blogspot.ca/2018/04/s9335b-art-aside-easter-2018.html">Easter Art Special</a>.</span></div>
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<b>COUNT VON BEAT</b>: Thanks for the hospitality. We may come back again.<br />
<b>ARCCOS</b>: Wonderful.<br />
<b>ARCCOS</b>: By the way, do you know anything about personifications gaining powers?<br />
<b>AYEL YEW</b>: CompSci once built mechs. They combine into an adder.<br />
<b>ARCCOS</b>: Anything less artificial?<br />
<b>COUNT VON BEAT</b>: Some of us in music are gifted in composition.<br />
<b>ARCCOS</b>: Math could get lost in that f o g.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-13511406093917583022018-04-02T04:00:00.000-07:002018-04-22T17:43:55.928-07:00S9.335b - Art Aside Easter 2018<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's art is courtesy of an initiative on the StArt Faire Discord channel from back in February. Artists would decorate one half of an egg (or heart) and then the results would be combined. On the right, I elected to have Sine (as president), Versine (as helper/nemesis, either holding the paint or throwing it) and Para (because bunny).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the left are Tori, Terry and Thea, characters from Tenor's comic: "<b>My Dad is a Magical Girl</b>". You can check that out <a href="http://startfaire.com/">in StArt Faire</a>, or where it's <a href="http://ift.tt/2apZsTs">mirrored on Tapas</a>. (Really, check it out - what if parents knew about what their daughters did? FWIW, Tenor's a parent too.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As far as updates for this comic go, I may try for every other week? It's weird, this lack of motivation is rather a new thing for me. Has the last six years meant anything? Anyway, as always, thanks for reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A steppe being a large, flat, grassland plain (it’s where Maud’s step-sister lives) while they’re a plane, in spirit. More on <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/taylorspolynomials/series-2/47-surfacenormal">Hyper’s ZPM</a> at that link (and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plyk9zGnJX8">Stargate’s ZPM</a> there). Thanks to John Golden for the shortest distance comment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may have noticed the lack of an update last week. I’m struggling a bit to close off Series 9 properly, plus I want to devote efforts to <a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/">my serial</a> “Time Untied” before our child is born in June. So updates will be a bit random going forward.</span></div>
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<b>QLYN</b>: Found anything?</div>
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<b>LYN</b>: Maybe. I’ve realized our standard form, x - y = 0, is a plane equation.</div>
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<b>QLYN</b>: With a z-coefficient of zero. Nice.</div>
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<b>LYN</b>: Our Hyper once had a Z-Axis Points Module. That’s what created ParaB. So with Hyper’s notes...</div>
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<b>QLYN</b>: Sure, one steppe at a time.</div>
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<b>PARA</b>: Oh, wait. I did gain flight! ... By almost dying.<br />
<b>QELLY</b>: Elly meditated for her power change.<br />
<b>ARCTAN</b>: Maybe it’s different for everyone.<br />
<b>GAMMA</b>: What will you try then?<br />
('Tans look at each other)<br />
<b>QLYN</b>: I’ll go look in books.<br />
<b>GAMMA</b>: Novel idea.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-2221080894891324712018-02-26T04:00:00.000-08:002018-03-05T04:11:24.872-08:00S9.333 - Power Failure<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I honestly don’t remember if I’ve used the derivative joke before, but it’s likely. Feel free to refresh my memory.</span></div>
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<b>TESSIE</b>: Sure, we can make something for you. Arts also does crafts.</div>
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<b>QLYN</b>: A power-up would make me into Para. It’s the virus all over again.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's comic is a shout-out to topics in StArt Faire's "Comic Tea Party" on Discord last Thursday. In case you thought I was working with a buffer. If you missed it, you can <a href="https://t.co/t6G6F4VRsy">see a transcript here</a>. (I'm still open to suggestion.)</span></div>
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<b>QELLY</b> (thinks): Wait... I sense future echoes. How is that even possible?<br />
<b>ELLY</b>: Our history holds the key to our future. Join me.<br />
<b>QELLY</b>: Pffft. The real shipping isn't us, it's Expona with herself.<br />
<b>ELLY</b>: ...What?<br />
<b>QELLY</b>: Shouldn’t our future become formulaic? With added dimensionality?<br />
<b>ELLY</b>: You're missing my points.<br />
<b>QELLY</b>: Oh, Ayel gave me a CompSci soda. Have a C-Plus plus.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-62907781220976936842018-02-12T04:00:00.000-08:002018-02-19T04:54:24.756-08:00S9.331 - Home Economics<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ever feel like no matter how much promotion you do, people only find you through random chance? Anyway, lemmas, Slope’s hunger and tourism all came together nicely at last. Last reminder about StArt Faire's <a href="http://goo.gl/c4KvO1">Discord Chat</a> <i>this Thursday</i>, 8pm EST!</span></div>
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<b>QSINE</b>: We thought your group brought them here.</div>
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<b>COUNT_B</b>: That Slope girl seemed to be obsessing about the food you had in math. We thought we’d check the place out, and found all this.</div>
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<b>COUNT_B</b>: Nice myth about alcohol proofs.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's the mouse rollover message, and then the fact that if GPS were looking at browser history, Latti would be making a more obvious reference to the latest ‘Doctor Who’ special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(A reminder that the StArt Faire <a href="http://goo.gl/c4KvO1">Discord channel</a> will be talking about Any ~Qs on Feb 15th!)</span></div>
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<b>QLOGAN</b>: Good work, Rhys. GPS proved himself, so we’re free.<br />
<b>RHYS</b>: I’m good at more than making tea.<br />
<b>ELLY</b>: Let’s return to math. Maybe I can help other tans to evolve like me.<br />
<b>SIGNUM</b>: You sure you can leave geography?<br />
<b>ELLY</b>: Yeah. I even gave GPS a new super visor.<br />
<b>GPS</b><i> (wearing Visor)</i>: Check out my new add visory services.<br />
<b>LATTI</b>: I love it. Never take it off.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-20879551364846046252018-01-29T04:00:00.000-08:002018-02-05T04:28:45.286-08:00S9.329 - O-Car-In-A Ditch<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" is a long way to go for this joke. Hope you felt it was worth the journey.</span></div>
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<b>RHYS</b>: Listen, we only want our friends back.<br />
<b>GPS</b>: You listen. If you leave now, I’ll see that you get them.<br />
<b>QCUBI</b>: What if we don't leave?<br />
<b>GPS</b>: Watch out. You can’t ditch me. I’ll nag you constantly.<br />
<b>GPS</b>: I’ll stay by your side saying ‘Hey, Listen!’<br />
<b>SLOPE</b>: We could hide?<br />
<b>GPS</b>: I’d find you.<br />
<b>GPS</b>: I have a Navi gate ability.<br />
<b>RHYS</b>: I see his link. We should go.<br />
<b>EARTH-TAN</b>: Yay, GPS!GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-25081793770824337502018-01-25T04:00:00.000-08:002018-01-25T04:00:00.412-08:00S9.328b - Art Aside ParaB<span style="font-size: large;">It's a Thursday at the end of the month! Granted, the last Art Aside we had then was at the <a href="https://mathtans.blogspot.ca/2017/05/s9304b-art-aside-sine.html">end of May 2017</a>, but whatever. Recently, I've been participating in weekly comic chats on the <a href="http://startfaire.com/">StArt Faire</a> Discord channel. This included sign ups for a Holiday Swap in December, for drawing the art of other original characters. I suggested that whoever got me draw one of the Conics, or Logan, should a male be preferred.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out the cool drawing of ParaB ice skating, by Ellie!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So great! (I think the green gloves and leggings are a nice touch, given her dress. What about you?) Ellie even did a preliminary sketch of ParaB in another pose, which she shared with me as well:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can check out more of Ellie's work at <a href="http://tapas.io/series/The-Tower">"The Tower"</a>. As for me, I drew characters from the comic <a href="http://tapas.io/series/My-Friends-in-Distantland">"My Friends in Distantland"</a>, by Jen, and you can see her series at that link. Trust me, this image makes more sense when you have the context of her webcomic:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for checking out another <i>Art Aside</i>. Feel free to comment down below if there's other characters you want to see in the future. Also, if you haven't seen the new 2018 banner for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mathstans/">the Facebook Page</a> yet, go have a look (and maybe even like the page while you're there).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next update should go Monday. I really should work on having a buffer, maybe.</span>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-69254492248332441622018-01-22T04:00:00.000-08:002018-01-29T04:10:20.057-08:00S9.328 - Wait a Spell<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "protec" and "attac" thing is <a href="https://www.memecenter.com/search/protec%20attac" target="_blank">another meme</a>. I should stop overusing those. The better wordplay is on trying to angle late.</span><br />
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<b>SLOPE</b> (to Rhys): He protects.<br />
<b>CUBI</b> (to Rhys): But he also attacks.<br />
<b>RHYS</b>: Oh dear.<br />
<b>GPS</b>: Hey, listen. My hypnotic tones will convince you to turn around.<br />
<b>GPS</b>: Wrong turn. Wrong turn. Wrong turn.<br />
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<b>GPS</b>: Hold on, let me triangulate.<br />
<b>EARTH-TAN</b>: GPS, maybe you should try angle early?GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-51495352510840536842018-01-15T04:00:00.000-08:002018-01-22T04:07:31.759-08:00S9.327 - Left Out<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Earth-Chan is <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/earth-chan">popular these days</a>, so here's a variation. I'm not sure whether she lives in Geography and visits Science, or vice versa. Feel free to offer up an opinion.</span></div>
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<b>CUBI</b>: Unauthorized detainment. And your use of the term ‘graphy’.</div>
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GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-5243230785787869312018-01-08T04:00:00.000-08:002018-01-15T04:12:42.009-08:00S9.326 - Sticky Situation<script>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Math-on-a-Stick is an annual <a href="http://www.mnstatefair.org/entertainment/math_on-a-stick.html" target="_blank">Minnesota State Fair event</a>. Shoutout to @Trianglemancsd for his involvement there - and on Twitter he was also Tangent last Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you came here direct from the last comic, you may have missed <a href="https://mathtans.blogspot.ca/2017/10/halloween-2017.html">the Halloween</a> and <a href="https://mathtans.blogspot.ca/2017/12/holiday-singalong-2017.html">Christmas</a> posts for 2017. There was also an <a href="https://mathtans.blogspot.ca/2018/01/comic-roundup.html">educational comic roundup</a>. I'm hoping to have regular updates again going forwards.</span><br />
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<i>(Image shot of... fairgrounds?)</i><br />
<b>QSINE</b>: It’s no math-on-a-stick, but we can amuse tourists.<br />
<b>CANTOR</b>: I’m impressed. Good work.<br />
<i>QPARA (background): Don't dox me!</i><br />
<b>QSINE</b>: Hopefully QLogan’s crew will bring someone here to see it.<br />
<b>ARCCOS</b>: I’m sure that’s working out.<br />
<b>RHYS</b>: <i>(to Slope)</i> Just heard we’re at war with geography. Take the gazebo in, to get our people back.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-78778251797019937852018-01-05T15:15:00.001-08:002018-01-06T17:20:18.559-08:00Comic Roundup<span style="font-size: large;">Last year (2017), Ben Orlin of <b><a href="https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/" target="_blank">"Math with Bad Drawings"</a></b> did a reader survey. One of the questions he asked was <i>“What other web site do you consider most similar to ‘Math with Bad Drawings’”</i>. You can find the <a href="https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/" target="_blank">results of that question posted at his site</a>. Anything that got less then three mentions was relegated to itemized lists at the bottom, which is where this post of mine comes in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After 6+ years of personifying mathematics, first as a serial ("light novel"), then as a webcomic, it's felt like an uphill battle to find any sort of audience at all. To the point where I've given up multiple times. Only to return.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thing is, I'm sure I'm not the only one fighting to be seen by anyone, ANYONE at all. So, I figured, to start 2018, I'd offer a window into some of the other people out there trying to make a go of funny "educational-style" webcomics. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe you'll find something you like out of the following list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, if you're inclined to stick around after, I've also got a huge backlog of talking parabola bunnies here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the websites that were directly compared to Ben Orlin's blog (and had two or less mentions), which he listed under the category "<u>webcomics</u>". There's some I already knew about, but some I didn't, so you get the full set. Items in quotation marks were taken from the websites' own "about" page. Almost all of them are drawn in single panel or 4-panel style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>“A little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others.”</i> Currently running (since 2006). Left handed artist. Math related.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>“A comic drawn by Courtney Gibbons ... updated for 3 or so years before fizzling out. The archives remain for your viewing pleasure.”</i> Began 2006, and despite ending in 2012, it has a few 2017 updates. Math related.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>“A webcomic ... that is all.”</i> alternately described as <i>“Strip cartoon about math, science, and geek culture.”</i> Nebulous beginnings. Existed in 2010, it stopped updating in 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those above websites themselves had some links going out, which seemed to match the tone of "comics that educate". Plus there's a few I know of that haven't been mentioned yet. So here's a section for those one degree separated from Ben Orlin.</span></div>
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<i>“A webcomic focusing on a group of physics graduate students in a fictional version of Oklahoma.”</i> Has time travel. Pretty sure it’s currently running (since 2012).</div>
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<i>“Cultivating curiosity and appreciation for science and nature one giggle at a time.”</i> Currently running (since 2009).</div>
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Also, Joseph Nebus reads the comics (as in ones you'd see in newspapers) and highlights neat math details on a regular basis. <a href="https://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/category/comic-strips/" target="_blank">Check that out</a> too.<br />
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And then, of course, there's this site. <b>Any ~Qs</b>, formerly <b>Taylor's Polynomials</b>. Began in July 2011, now at entry #325. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mathstans/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> with 33 likes. My comic from October has 8 page views total. My pinned Twitter page from April has 0 retweets. This post may not be much of a signal boost for anyone. ^^;</div>
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My comics are returning next week. Because even though others have managed a much greater reception in less time, there's also others who have been at this much longer than I have, who are still at it. Might as well keep falling forwards.</div>
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Know of a great hidden gem out there that I missed? Feel free to mention it in the comments, someone may thank you for it. As always, thank you for reading.</div>
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GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689711881670288362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546605126869401561.post-59497269169237110892017-12-25T19:15:00.001-08:002017-12-25T19:15:14.924-08:00Holiday Singalong 2017<i><span style="font-size: large;">AUTHOR ASIDE:</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just when you thought there wouldn't be an aside in 2017, here we are. I took medical leave in mid-October, ultimately <a href="https://mathtans.wordpress.com/">resumed my serial</a>, and with it wrapping up yesterday, I plan to return to the comic next month (while my serial website airs some reruns, and I work on "Time Untied" in the background). Maybe I can even create a backlog before second semester, plus there's a Discord chat for Any ~Qs coming up in February.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As to the yearly tradition of a Christmath parody? It survives. I wrote one Saturday Dec 16th (after a few false starts), and performed it at the school holiday assembly with a measure of success. There is no video for it at this point, and I'm not sure if I'll do one. It's rather a lot of effort for what's been very little payoff. Let let me know if you think it's worth it, I suppose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With all that said, looking forward to seeing you in 2018. Here is "Triangles Rock".</span><br />
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