I didn’t post this on Monday, because today is my actual birthday.  I am actually 42, which is a nice number, and it seems like an important one.  After all, it is “the Almighty Answer to the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.”  And yet, I still have so many questions….

Sometimes I write comics about things that have already happened.  However, this time, the comic was written first.

Kyler had his very first basketball game later that same day, but when he realized that his team was losing, he stormed off the court crying, and we couldn’t get him to play for the rest of the game.

Other parents were supportive and said that it happens to everyone, and we’ve since talked to Kyler, so hopefully it will go better at the next game.

The lesson for me is this: Be careful what you write, because sometimes life imitates mathematically-driven amateur pseudo-art.

Thank you to Karie Kosh for using this joke in a workshop last week. Karie is my IB Math teammate at Coppell High School, and together, we make our students love math and hate puns.

Yes, this actually happened!!