disappointment - Noah's Archipelago

The Cooking Lesson

February 7, 2024November 7, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Noah tries, unsuccessfully, to coach Ursula into learning to cook.

In Ursula’s defence, some of us didn’t learn to cook til we were in our 30s.

The Dad Tax

February 7, 2024November 1, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Ursula comes to Noah looking for candy, only to find Noah's been eating her Halloween haul.

Today’s the day that Ursula learns about taxation. And the Dad Tax is always worse when you question his tales of his own trick-or-treat efforts as a kid.

Daddy’s Printer Ink

February 7, 2024October 28, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Miss Fardemar is annoyed by Ursula's nasty cartoon of her, but Noah finds it funny.

Noah’s gonna have to keep his cartridges locked up.

Ursula’s Reading Habits

February 7, 2024October 27, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Noah's parent-teacher conference with Ursula's teacher Ms. Fardemar continues. Ms. Fardemar says "I'm also concerned about Ursula's reading. She—" Noah interrupts her, saying "What? Ursula's a great reader!" Ms. Fardemar continues "Reading material, not ability. She's done book reports on 'The Anarchist Cookbook,' 'The Art of War,' and 'The End of School." Noah retorts "So?" Ms. Fardemar adds, "She also keeps asking when we'll learn to make C4 in science class." Completely missing the point, Noah says "I told her 100 times: C4 is the middle note on the piano."

When I was in school, back when the internet was just bulletin boards, one of my pals had a printout of what was supposed to be The Anarchist Cookbook.

The Parent-Teacher Conference

February 5, 2024October 25, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Duty Over Rehearsal

February 5, 2024October 24, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Who Came Second?

February 5, 2024October 22, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Caligula’s Horse For Prez

February 5, 2024October 15, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Noah’s Laundry Blues

June 12, 2024October 12, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Noah wants to streamline the laundry procress.

Noah seeks to streamline the laundry drudgery, but Ruth won’t let him.

Ruth’s Ticket Strikeout

June 12, 2024October 8, 2022 by Pyra Draculea

Ruth can't get tickets to Bono's book tour and Noah has to rub it in.

Noah never misses a chance to bug Ruth about her massive U2 fandom, so he bugs her with song title puns when she can’t score tickets to Bono’s book tour.