All these cartoons are released with a Creative Commons Zero (CC-0) license so you can make the most of them.
Laughter is optional; rolling of the eyes is an acceptable response.
2011 - Your good fortune is that this is as far back as you need to go.
December 31, 2011 - Happy New Year
December 28, 2011
December 17, 2011
December 14, 2011 - Click the word SOPA to learn more.
SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act passes more control of our Internet into the hands of corporations. It is a poorly conceived bill and should be stopped. Please contact your legislators. Ask them to oppose SOPA.
December 10, 2011
December 3, 2011
November 24, 2011 (Thanksgiving Day in the US)
November 19, 2011
October 14, 2011
October 12, 2011
October 10, 2011
Happy Columbus Day!
October 6, 2011
September 29, 2011
September 23, 2011
September 16, 2011
Every field has its special vocabulary.
"The Flipped Classroom" describes students listening to lectures at
home (not classic homework) online or recorded, and the practice,
question/answer time in class.
September 12, 2011
Long trips are both exciting (typically going somewhere unusual) and also a little boring (mile after mile of road with those white dashes to mark the lanes). Snacks can break up the time. They can also help keep me awake. Some munching and crunching followed by a swig of soda breaks the miles into manageable blocks. Of course, too much snacking can require a pit stop, too. But then, the pit stop allows for replenishing the snack supply, doesn't it?
September 9, 2011
Though I fell asleep before halftime, I enjoyed what I saw. Now, I'll have a good excuse to nap all weekend. The Patriots are playing Monday night. Fortunately, their game starts at Seven instead of Eight-thirty. What snacks have you organized for your opening weekend game party?
September 4, 2011 (More Labor Day Weekend)
Nappus interuptus
A nice weekend, longer than normal. It's a great time to sneak in a little nap. What makes us ask the wrong question, anyway?
September 3, 2011 (Labor Day Weekend)
It is fun to take a long drive to visit relatives in Pennsylvania. The scenery changes from flat to hilly to mountainous. In Massachusetts, you can't see farmers' fields much, going west along the Turnpike. But then, when you get south of Albany, New York, the vistas open and mile after mile of fields mix with the wooded slopes. In August there are long rows of round, plastic-wrapped hay bales. They look like giant marshmallows waiting to be toasted on a campfire. You pass towns with names you don't see near home; Schoharie, Cobleskill, Schenevus, Hop Bottom. You wonder what they look like up close, but generally you only see them flash by from the Interstate.
August 26, 2011
August 23, 2011
August 19. 2011
August 15, 2011
August 10, 2011
August 5, 2011
August 4, 2011
August 2, 2011
July 25, 2011
Real life has a strange way of creeping
into everything one does. Urologists sometimes quote the proverb, "This
too shall pass." which the Wikipedia article ascribes to the Persians of old.
July 21, 2011
July 18, 2011
July 15, 2011
July 12, 2011
July 9, 2011
Thanks to @tordotcom on Twitter for the comparison.
July 4, 2011
June 29, 2011
June 27, 2011
June 24, 2011
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June 19, 2011
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June 13, 2010
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June 8, 2011
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June 3, 2011
June 1, 2011
Special thanks to Leo Loikkannen and Máirín Duffy for their inspiration.
Being self-centered may not be an official affliction, but it is a common state.
Feel free to adopt this logo, especially where YOU matter. I have.
Released, like everything else here, CCZero. Take it. It's yours.
Click the logo image above to get just the circle full of I.
Comics created using the wonderful vector graphic program Inkscape.
If you want to explore making vector graphic cartoons on your own, download and install Inkscape which works with Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It won't cost you anything. It is Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
Then, if you want, download one of two design templates listed below. Right click and choose the "Save link as..." option.
Basic betty'n'bob template - three panel cartoon template and some starter characters.
Instructions template - three panel template surrounded by some instruction material for how to do new characters and cartoon elements.
(Right click and choose the "Save link as..." option. Templates [SVG format] require a program like Inkscape.)
Have fun. Learning is a game that pays you many benefits.
If you want to explore making vector graphic cartoons on your own, download and install Inkscape which works with Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It won't cost you anything. It is Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
Then, if you want, download one of two design templates listed below. Right click and choose the "Save link as..." option.
Basic betty'n'bob template - three panel cartoon template and some starter characters.
Instructions template - three panel template surrounded by some instruction material for how to do new characters and cartoon elements.
(Right click and choose the "Save link as..." option. Templates [SVG format] require a program like Inkscape.)
Have fun. Learning is a game that pays you many benefits.