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Express yourself!
Drop us a line! Head on over to The Rockwood Mailbag at any time to leave us a message! It's easy!
Consider it an experiment in web interactivity. Or, consider it a way to artificially inflate our hit count. Either way, just write in!
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Updated on April 18, 2006
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April 11, 2006,
I was sorting through stuff in my basement the other day and found my original Colledge strips from the Oklahoma Daily for the first couple of Engineers Weeks. I'm sure they're incredibly rare, and that the National Archives or the Smithsonian or someone is looking for them but had long ago despaired of ever finding them. Well, I'm here to save the day! Where can I collect my reward?
--Jonathan
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Well, Jonathon, you can try contacting The Smithsonian, but we don't think you'll have a lot of luck there. In the meantime, if you want to send us a check, we'll gladly sell you a copy of the 1993 Rockwood Calendar. The dates will be valid again in 2010!
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April 11, 2006,
There you go: http://www.frappr.com/rockwoodcomic
Please feel free to make any changes to the description or links as you like! I've got some other Rockwood support pages out there, but I've been working on a more organized approach to them...
Enjoy, change what you like!
--Brian #3
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Thanks, Brian #3! We haven't really had time to mess with it yet, given that we've been pretty busy getting all of the comics posted up late, but we'll see what we can do with that Frappr page in the future!
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April 12, 2006,
Well, obviously, there are reasons why I'm in the chemistry field and not astronomy.
Wish I could blame the faulty intel on Wikipedia or US Military Intelligence but no, I just can't keep my planets straight and forgot Neptune. Hope Neptune doesn't feel slighted. The last thing I need is a Roman god angry with me.
--Mikki
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A wise choice, Mikki, although, with Neptune, as long as you stay away from the sea you should probably be okay.
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April 12, 2006,
What's the big deal with naming your child Moses? I know several people named Moses and even have a friend named Apple. They are not unusual names, they are, in fact, very English names. If you want to make fun of people naming their children, how about the American practice of naming children after oneself... sorry I guess that would be a cheap Bush joke.
--Simon Lepik-Wookey
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Well, Simon, although our computer is named Apple, we've never heard of another human named that other than Baby Paltrow. Furthermore, neither has this baby name website. However, that same site says that "Moses" is far more common than we imagined it was. Guess we don't know everything.
But the naming-after-yourself tradition is actually more British-- as in Revolutionary-War-loser King George IV-- than American. If you want a good American name, try "Seven."
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April 12, 2006,
afraggingHEM! You may now FOAD.
--MOSES Lambert
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You'd think someone who had spent 40 years wandering the desert would have thicker skin. Sigh... we're a comic strip, people! It's just a joke!
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April 13, 2006,
Loved Wednesday's comic. Now I feel I relate to Al. Didn't know he was a Survivor fan. Though I'm sure we relate in other ways, like putting off taxes until the last minute. Gotta go, taxes due!
--Tony J. Moyer
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Are there people who aren't Survivor fans? We suppose there must be. Hopefully, you're not still working on those taxes, Tony. They were due yesterday!
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April 14, 2006,
Hello Brian,
I was hoping you could tell us if you've heard from Jack Miller, late of AtAT. I'm hoping that the family and job gig is keeping him too busy, but his being totally offline for all this while is worrisome.
Many thanks for your time and and the great strips!
--Nick
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Although Team Rockwood has had a unique relationship with As the Apple Turns in the past, we, too, are out of the loop about the mysterious disappearance of Jack, Nick. We wish we had some kind of news to tell you, but the truth is we know nothing.
Of course, the truth has never stopped Jack Miller before, why should it stop us? Let the speculation fly!
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April 17, 2006,
I'm bored. Here's a letter.
--leif
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Yeah? Well, here are 26 letters:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Enjoy!
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April 17, 2006,
I think I have an solution to the Middle East (unfortunately it's not economically feasible), but I can't figure out this problem:
If a chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how long will it take six chickens to lay six eggs?
Can you help?
--Kenny B.
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Can we help? Absolutely, Kenny! What kind of geeks would we be if we couldn't?
The answer? A day-and-a-half! We know that seems counterintuitive, but bear with us. It's easier if you write this out like this:
1.5 chickens produce 1.5 eggs per 1.5 days, or even more mathematically:
(1.5 chickens)/(1.5 days) = 1.5 eggs
Written like that, "chickens" and "eggs" are the numerators, and "days" is the denominator. Thus, if we multiply the whole thing by four, we get six chickens that produce six eggs. The denominator, 1.5 days, doesn't change.
Hmm... maybe it's these half chickens that would lead to Middle East peace? We'll have to do the math on that one and get back to you, okay Kenny?
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