I know the last panel is the money panel in today's strip, but most of our readers don't have access to the splash panels on Sunday and I wanted to share. This is the first time I remember seeing this view of Local University. It really is breathtaking with its mountain peaks towering over the dramatic Santa Royale skyline. And apparently, this is just the gymnasium!
This isn't one of those hoiyt-toiyty universities where everyone is formal in a suit and tie all the time. I mean, I wouldn't lecture my class wearing a tie and sweater vest under my suit jacket. Oh wait, yes I would. But this is YOGA! And we wear our jammies!
"No pain no gain. Wherever you are, begin. Boldness has magic in it. A year from now you may wish that you started today. People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain."
Dawn, it is not necessary to gesture when you are not communicating with someone. It makes others curious about you.
Oh, sure, it all starts out innocent enough... but then something INTERESTING happens and before you know it, substitute professor Harlan Jones is stretched out on a yoga mat in a green sweat suit imagining he's Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel and converts to Catholicism.
And like the rest of humanity, I have interest in only one subject. For me, it is Mary Worth. That's it. And the more wonderful this dialog becomes, the more interested I am. It's inspiring.
It's not as incongruous as it sounds. Da Vinci does make a popular brand of yoga mat:
"I'm glad you were inspired today by my class on Da Vinci. And I appreciate that you've taken the time to express to me that you were inspired by my class on Da Vinci. I was very anxious -- as a substitute professor -- about my class on Da Vinci, and your positive feedback assures me that my class on Da Vinci was inspiring. As I hoped it would be."
Boy, if this is what it takes to inspire students these days -- green suit, engaging multimedia -- I'm not sure it's even worth being a substitute professor anymore.
