Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for June 22, 2024

Can we not un-imagine Phoebe’s dad’s conversations?

Any shape can be defined with math complicated enough. Even something like an entire Guided Busway, which is a type of road that allows specially modified automobiles to drive on them at high speed without the need for the driver to actively steer.

Remember the computing language LOGO? Repeat 360 [Fd 1 Rt 1} End

Nerds have a tendency to be nerdy and to be proud of it.

Also known as organic shapes. They’re non-uniform and lack consistency i.e. most clouds are non geometric.

Members of the mutual admiration society !

Then there’s non-Euclidean shapes. They aren’t all there to us 3D types.

A pleasant day to you and everyone you run across!

What about a Dodecahedron?

This is why one generally likes her father—he’s an amusing fellow.

I know things and drink apple juice and ride unicorns. It’s what I do.

Sometimes I wish I were her dad.

Well it came in handy, didn’t it?

I looked up the definition of non geometric shape and couldn’t find anything rigorous. Some of the examples seemed to be perfectly capable of being mathematically defined. Irregular isn’t enough.

Isn’t “non-geometric shape” another name for “blob”?

My brain just died