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What are Henry and Maurice doing these days?

Paragon and Renegade - At home with Dale and Marigold

The Roomba Collective

Clinnn-tonnn and Emily

Steve and Cossette - The never-seen normal famly

Wil and Penelope

Do lovesick AIs dream of electronic cupids?

Just what does Mrs Augustus do when her kids are away?

Jeph will go back to Claire and Marten, Bubbles and Faye or Dora and Tai

[BenRG]

Vote for the top three that you'd like to see this week!

I voted for Dale and Marigold (because it's likely), Clinton and Emily (because I'm genuinely interested) and Cossette and Steve (because they're rarely seen but still seem to be so strongly together).

[Rghfrgl]

Jim's cousin Sean introduced in mondays comic. Dies by wednesday at the latest.

[Kugai]

It's in his contract

[chaospersonified]

Come on. 'Steve-Cosette, the normal family?' Cosette is, canonically, as coordinated as a drunken chimpanzee, capable of causing destruction to life and limb every time she walks down the street, and  Steve is a secret government agent. If he's in the relationship, regardless of Cosette's relative normality, the relationship will not be normal.

Tortura is pretty much 'same old, same old,' in Steve's words.

[ankhtahr]

I really miss our poor misunderstood poet bartender. I really want Wil to be more than just the person tending the bar again.

[Nepiophage]

I'd like to see some interaction in the shop between Emily and Hannelore. Given they are both highly intelligent and mathematically inclined, I can see them, one slow afternoon, proving Goldbach's conjecture* on the blackboard -- and then wiping it off and thinking no more about it.
(hey, it's my headcanon . . . )

* every even number is the sum of two primes.  This has been shown for every even number up to 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 and everyone believes it is true but no-one has managed to prove it.

[Storel]

Fermat's Last Theorem would work, too. 

[Akima]

Fermat's Last Theorem was proved back in 1994.

[Tova]

Fermat's Last Theorem was proved back in 1994.

A proof that fits on the cafe's blackboard would still be pretty impressive.

[Is it cold in here?]

Marginally.

[Truec]

I'm kinda starting to wonder if Jim actually owns more than one shirt.  Have we ever seen him wear any other shirt? Archive binging, I see what appears to be this same white shirt with a few different jackets, blazers, yadda yadda, but no other shirts.

[Tova]

There's something to be said for a wardrobe full of white shirts.

[Penquin47]

Can I go live with Sam?  Random snakes make life fun!

[Zebediah]

What's more interesting is that Veronica actually seems to be afraid of the snakes. That's a new one - I don't recall her showing fear of anything before.

[Skewbrow]

I'd like to see some interaction in the shop between Emily and Hannelore. Given they are both highly intelligent and mathematically inclined, I can see them, one slow afternoon, proving Goldbach's conjecture* on the blackboard -- and then wiping it off and thinking no more about it.
(hey, it's my headcanon . . . )

* every even number is the sum of two primes.  This has been shown for every even number up to 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 and everyone believes it is true but no-one has managed to prove it.

The weak form of Goldbach (we can write any odd number larger than seven as a sum of three odd primes) seems to have fallen. They guy who did it gave a talk about it at our department a bit over a year ago. It was known from some astronomical number onwards by methods of analytic number theory, and up to some very large but less astronomical number by computer check (intelligent brute force), so this huge gap remained.  He had new ideas for doing the analysis more carefully, bringing that astronomical upper edge of the gap down. He also had new ideas for doing the brute force search more intelligently (using what is known about strong Goldbach as a stepping stone). Then he got access to massive amount of CPU time, and managed to close the gap. The talk went over my head - needless to say.

[HauntingPoem]

More Hannelore please and thank you. <3

[BenRG]

As I noted last week, a bored or curious teenager with an Internet connection is a dangerous thing! Still, it seems Sam is fairly cool with Veronica for now. Kids can often be very disruptive and even quite viciously conniving in these circumstances; a lack of histrionics augers well for acceptance of her father's relationship

What's more interesting is that Veronica actually seems to be afraid of the snakes. That's a new one - I don't recall her showing fear of anything before.

I'm not sure if she is afraid or if she's just not comfortable. She had no problem with underwear drawer snake, after all!

FWIW, I wonder if Sam may be exaggerating, just to test her stepmother-in-effect's 'worthiness'.

[hedgie]

I like Sam, but gawds, that girl needs a bath.

[DonInKansas]

There are MFing snakes in this MFing house!

[BenRG]

There are MFing snakes in this MFing house!

You forgot the "[/sljackson]" tag!

[osaka]

Jim seems to be tired of 'em too.

Honestly, I guess that as long as it's just the Wikipedia page she knows about Veronica, things shouldn't get too weird. I would be looking forward to the pic of Sam with the large dildo and the "my mommy spanks people" tee but she's probably too old for that (compared to when Marten had it taken)

[ankhtahr]

At home we have geckos. Leopard and crested ones. We had runaway geckos several times. It's not as much fun as one might think. Luckily they usually find their way to the nearest bowl of water and food in under a week. Crested geckos are a little bit easier, because they eat fruit. On the other hand they can run around the apartment in three dimensions, so there's that.

We have runaway crickets and or grasshoppers every other week though. You quickly learn to älways check your shoes after crushing one trying to put your shoes on. Cricket goo is icky.

[hakko504]

What's more interesting is that Veronica actually seems to be afraid of the snakes. That's a new one - I don't recall her showing fear of anything before.

I'm not sure if she is afraid or if she's just not comfortable. She had no problem with underwear drawer snake, after all!

Might just be that she isn't actually afraid of snakes, it's just the thought that they are loose in the house and might appear at any time without notice that makes her uncomfortable. Being woken up by a snake sliding over your face/legs/whatever can make anyone scream.

We have runaway crickets and or grasshoppers every other week though. You quickly learn to always check your shoes after crushing one trying to put your shoes on. Cricket goo is icky.

Probably isn't very fun to find a snake in your shoes either.

[USS Martenclaire]

Did anyone else spot the picture of Sam posing with Froglord? 

[BenRG]

I missed this on my first viewing (and second) but did anyone else notice the way Veronica is hugging Jim's arm in panels 2 & 3? Especially how they're looking at each other with silent communication in panel 2! It's kind of heart-warming that they have that sort of bond between them and it augurs well for the future of their relationship.

MARTEN: "Three dads? Hell, yeah! Why not?"

SAM: "Just remember: I called dibs on the shotgun seat!"

[osaka]

Marten's always been a fan of the overabundance of dads.

[gopher]

3 more couple and we can close the strip down.

[Method of Madness]

There are motherfucking snakes in this motherfucking house!

Apparently so. At least three!

every even number is the sum of two primes.  This has been shown for every even number up to 4,000,000,000,000,000,000

Except for two and four

[TinPenguin]

Did anyone else spot the picture of Sam posing with Froglord? 

Far too puny to be Froglord! Frogsquire, maybe.

There are motherfucking snakes in this motherfucking house!

Apparently so. At least three!

The snakes did what?! Is that on her Wikipedia article too?

[Mad Cat]

Did anyone else spot the picture of Sam posing with Froglord? 

I was too transfixed by the portrait of Sam on the wall opposite the doorway. What parent would hang such a picture of their kid?

[Method of Madness]

It was probably the best one he got.

[themacnut]

Yeah Sam doesn't strike me as the "pose nicely for pictures" type. I'd bet she's even proud of that picture...at least until she gets older, like 14-15 or so, at which point she'll try to quietly dispose of it.

Only to find out to her utter horror that Dad has copies. Embarrassing the hell out of teenagers - one of the few perks of parenthood. Teenagers tend to be embarrassed by their parents' very existence anyway, so might as well get some mileage out of it. 

[Timemaster]

I am intrigued by todays artwork again. So much detail in the backround, Jeph ist getting better and better the last months since he changed to Manga Studio 5.

I imediately noticed Veronica taking Jims arm in panel two. I hope we´re in for something lasting with the two of them.
Three dads for Marten? Why not.

And telling a teenager not to google someone specific is the best way to send her running straight for her computer. But I suppose Sam has already seen more of Veronica than just her Wikipedia entry. And she doesn´t seem to to care much.

TM

[Morituri]

Did anyone else spot the picture of Sam posing with Froglord? 

I was too transfixed by the portrait of Sam on the wall opposite the doorway. What parent would hang such a picture of their kid?

Me.  Totally.  I love it when kids are individual and do things other kids wouldn't.  She wasn't hurting anybody and it made a photo that gives me a grin.  If she ever doesn't like the photo in the future, she'll think about what is and isn't something she wants to leave a record of herself doing and that decision will stick because she made it for herself and for her own reasons.  And if she goes on liking the photo, then it remains awesome (and I remain an awesome dad for posting it) forever. 

As far as I can see, this is win/win/win.  For me there's a huge difference between acting out in harmful ways (you bean somebody with your textbook or disrupt class by mouthing off to the teacher and you're in serious trobule) and acting out in harmless ways (Oh, hey, that picture is FUN!)  and kids really need you to discriminate sharply between them to learn the difference.

[miados]

Did anyone else spot the picture of Sam posing with Froglord? 

I was too transfixed by the portrait of Sam on the wall opposite the doorway. What parent would hang such a picture of their kid?

same with me. I mean come on thats the picture you tell your kid not to do not the one typically hung up.

[War Sparrow]

I think you would have to have a pretty good sense of humour to deal with a kid like Sam. So maybe she was goofing off and one of her parents' snapped a photo and liked it.

Or Jeph likes drawing Sam goofing off.

[Is it cold in here?]

Four is the sum of two primes.

[Method of Madness]

It's the sum of one prime and itself. Does that count?

[Mr_Rose]

Yeah, don't they have to be different primes to count for Goldbach?

[Method of Madness]

I just realized, it's either just two that doesn't apply or two, four and six, since six is also one prime number added to itself.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

The thought came to mind that Jim better hope Sam doesn't get into tattoos, or she could end up being Sam, the gal with the snake on her face.
http://www.sctvguide.ca/programs/a_harry.htm

[Kugai]

Not to mention Froglords Court which now meets weekly in Sams closet

[DSL]

Also duly noted: An individual who can leave Veronica discomfited, even if only slightly.

Also, count me as one more who'd absolutely frame and display a "picture like that" of my kid (if I had a kid). Except we'd both be in there, with one of us taking the selfie.

[oeoek]

hmmm, this forum seems to be missing a crazy rogues gallery with participant selfies, I think...
(or at least I have not come across it yet)

[Method of Madness]

You mean this?

[Tova]

Did anyone else spot the picture of Sam posing with Froglord? 

I was too transfixed by the portrait of Sam on the wall opposite the doorway. What parent would hang such a picture of their kid?

A proud parent!

[Is it cold in here?]

I'm wrong!

A Goldbach number is a positive integer that can be expressed as the sum of two odd primes.[4] Since four is the only even number greater than two that requires the even prime 2 to be written as the sum of two primes, another form of the statement of Goldbach's conjecture is that all even integers greater than 4 are Goldbach numbers.

[Method of Madness]

We're both wrong! Apparently the duplication isn't an issue, otherwise six wouldn't be a Goldbach number either.

[Gladstone]

MARTEN: "Three dads? Hell, yeah! Why not?"

SAM: "Just remember: I called dibs on the shotgun seat!"

CLAIRE: "Eeeee little sister!"

(That's one thing that annoyed me about the time-skip.  We never got to see Sam and Claire meet for the first time!)

[Perfectly Reasonable]

Did anyone else spot the picture of Sam posing with Froglord? 

I was too transfixed by the portrait of Sam on the wall opposite the doorway. What parent would hang such a picture of their kid?

A proud parent!

Sam does not have her own Wikipedia page. But it's only a matter of time.