I probably should have included an apology to Joni Mitchell in the alt text

"Students who disapprove are recommended to give up at once and take a reading course in Category Theory instead."

You must be talking about Reid.

Yep, one of the better articles in the issue. (Btw, I think Dave Carlson passed just last year.)

Absolutely fabulous
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7w...

I would boo both of you, but I'm just jealous I didn't think of either of those myself.

Very nice. I like it more than the traditional one.

I confess I didn't know Beck (Hanson) and Jeff Beck were different people until a couple of years ago. How could there be more than one musician with the same name?!?

Artist: Oof, I'm so sick of tangents. I think I've finally corrected all the unintentional ones in this drawing.

Algebraic geometry professor: Today we're going to learn how to use tangents to define a group structure on an elliptic curve

Artist: AAUGH!

You're welcome

I did end up going with productive, right before posting.

Fecund is quite a word. It is not etymologically related to fecal, but still triggers that association.

Not quite the same thing, but the Gilligan's Island version of "Hamlet" is one of the greatest sitcom episodes of all time.

Not if I don't have to.