By the Numbers

I suppose it all depends on how you define "story problems." Moses had a lot he was dealing with!
 

For your benefit and learning

I'm sure everyone has a subject that just doesn't make as much sense to them as they would like. I liked algebra because we got to make pictures. Well, line drawings and Battleship and Utah addresses. And I loved geometry because we went from lines to shapes. But beyond that, I don't think even a Urim and Thummim could have helped me! 
 

The upward spiral

It seems somehow appropriate, don't you think?

 

For good measure

Every time I read those chapters in Alma, I have flashbacks of elementary school math class!
 

By the numbers

Have a safe and happy Pi Day. Don’t do anything irrational. Or should we?
 

For your own protection

I should have had one of these for my trig class in high school. Maybe that would have helped.
 

Life is but a dream

It probably would have helped my GPA had I stayed awake in math class more often!

He's a tricky one!

Happy Pi Day! Celebrate circumspectly!

867-5309. No, that's not it...

Does that mean she cares?

Everybody wave!

It's a missionary math gag — and I mean gag! (At least I didn't go off on a tangent).

Thank you for your patience. We're almost done with Geek Week. Just one day more!

Problem stories

I usually figured there was something wrong when I got the answers right!

It's Pi Day (approximately)

I always preferred 22 divided by 7 because it was a lot easier for me to remember than 3.141592...

It's all about the base

...and that's what Pi Day is all about, Charlie Brown!

Monday Sketchbook: Bazinga!

Welcome once again to Geek Week, an arbitrary week chosen due to its proximity to March 14, sometimes known in geekier circles as Pi Day — 3.14!

Cartoons this week will run toward the geeky side of the continuum (or nerdy, we're not that particular), and will likely include science or math jokes, or things of that ilk. This year, in honor of the passing of Leonard Nimoy, I'm also going to rerun a few of my favorite Star Trek gags.

Stay tuned and enjoy!

P.S. Happy birthday, Dad! You taught me that being a geek can be cool!

Monday Sketchbook: St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day! In keeping with the Geek Week theme, and continuing with the math jokes (at least it's not another pi gag!), we move into the world of geometry! Blame my son.

Hey, if you have a minute, can you try this link for me? It's supposed to allow you to download a sampler ebook of some of my cartoons called, "Cubs, Scouts and Zombies." Let me know if/how it works for you. Thanks!

More Geek Week

I couldn't fit all the Pi Day cartoons into one day (that would just be wrong!), so here's another as we continue our celebration of Geek Week.

This one has a slight "think about it" pause. I'm sorry!

Pi Day!

Yes, it's Geek Week once again! Geek Week corresponds (more or less) with Pi Day, or 3.14 as some prefer to call it. (It may just be me, but does anyone else find it an unnerving coincidence that Geek Week follows hot on the trail of the bullying series from Zarahemla Times?)

Be that as it me, let's kick off our celebration of Geek Week with our first nerdy cartoon!

So, what is Fibonacci? Find out here.

Each in his own tongue

I remember being in a few lectures where my notes made absolutely no sense when I reviewed them after class, but I don't think there's ever any way that math formulas would find their way into my scriptures!

Ed. note: There may be one exception.

Transferrable skills

Math classes are usually when I prayed the most!