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Robin the Hood Cartoon
Read more: Robin the Hood CartoonRobin Hood is in the news this week because Robinhood the online “free commission and investing app” is in the news because a group of redditors got one over on big hedge funds looking to short the stock. For the uninformed this article has a great explanation of what shorting a stock is. One of […]
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Crabby Old Fart PSA
Read more: Crabby Old Fart PSAThe Crabby Old Fart blog is written by the fictional, fabricated, imaginary great Donald Mills. He uses his remaining days on earth to lambast young people and their ways. Just the other day he was complaining about the lack of romance among young people. To which I responded that obviously there was such little romance…
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Bearman Cartoons: John Hughes Tribute
Read more: Bearman Cartoons: John Hughes TributeWriter/Director John Hughes past away this week. Many know that he had a hand in Pretty in Pink, the Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles (which I really wasn’t into any of those) but you may be surprised that he wrote Home Alone and the original Vacation with Chevy Chase. Personally my favorite was Ferris Bueller. …
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What are the odds of winning Rock, Paper, Scissors?
Read more: What are the odds of winning Rock, Paper, Scissors?The other day I posted that the odds of flipping a coin heads every time weren’t necessarily 50%. In the comments I was harassed by YNB and the Friggin Loon to provide insight into the odds of winning at Rock, Paper, Scissors (or as FL likes to say Scissors, Paper, Rock for some reason). Well…
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What is the probability of getting heads in a coin toss?
Read more: What is the probability of getting heads in a coin toss?If you answered 50%, you wouldn’t be as smart as 9 year old me. You see research has come out that essentially says that we all pretty much toss a coin the same way every time. So there is actually a 51% chance that the coin will turn up the same side that you initially…
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Bearman Cartoon: Tuition Refunds
Read more: Bearman Cartoon: Tuition RefundsSo while reading the Friggin Loon the other day, I notice a story about a woman named Trina Thompson who is suing her alma mater Monroe College because she has not been able to get a job. Her claim is that it is the universities fault and she would like a refund of her $70,000…
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Bearman Made Famous in Words
Read more: Bearman Made Famous in WordsMany of my cartoonist friends brag when their cartoon character ends up with a guest appearance in another artist’s cartoon. Well I don’t have characters (besides I could never draw the same one twice if I tried). Then I realized that I am a character. And much like David Hasselhoff, my appeal is stronger overseas…