tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70464685740758904982024-10-24T10:47:46.927-07:00Hmm, another stick-figure webcomic, looking eerily like xkcd... You are right! Inspired by the-honorably-mentioned, this, too, talks about romance, math, sarcasm, language, and how about, just random thoughts....TThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313793859964988671noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046468574075890498.post-8726089198607767132012-06-30T11:00:00.000-07:002012-06-30T19:52:12.760-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="We have so much in common!" border="0" height="192" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee378/xkcdi/commoninterest.png" title="" width="640" /></div> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">RomanceMath is Now on G+! https://plus.google.com/u/0/116171847840762458328/posts</div>TThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313793859964988671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046468574075890498.post-24876591292369474532012-06-27T23:17:00.001-07:002012-06-27T23:18:13.712-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img alt="The next time you get soapy over smug old love, just remember, they might be dating too!" border="0" height="301" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee378/xkcdi/oldcouple.png" title="" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">RomanceMath is Now on G+! 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Pareto!" border="0" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee378/xkcdi/ParetoKnows.png" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Alt-text: If only he did not spread it out! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle">Pareto</a>!</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">RomanceMath is Now on G+! https://plus.google.com/u/0/116171847840762458328/posts</div>TThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313793859964988671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046468574075890498.post-72678886732899478182011-09-06T22:31:00.000-07:002011-09-08T22:30:08.125-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="And I mean, you are not a stalker..." border="0" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee378/xkcdi/boyfriend_detector-1.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;Alt: and I mean, you are not a stalker...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">RomanceMath is Now on G+! https://plus.google.com/u/0/116171847840762458328/posts</div>TThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313793859964988671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046468574075890498.post-45716020699426590212011-08-17T09:02:00.000-07:002011-09-08T22:29:56.322-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="arghhh... die" border="0" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee378/xkcdi/heartbreak.png" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">RomanceMath is Now on G+! 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