Hot Head
I really do think about that when I go outside with my glasses.
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If you’re short-sighted, though, there’s nothing to worry about. (ie you have trouble seeing far-away things) The lenses for short-sighted people are diverging (convex) lenses, while a magnifying glass (and far-sighted glasses) is a converging lense. You need a converging lense to focus the sun’s rays into burning something.
Hi, Cemalidor! I don’t want to burn a hole in my head NOR my hat! *grin*
Celtic Minstrel: LOL! Blind me with science, why don’t you? My lenses are, in fact, magnifiers. But I think the distance to the burning focal point is not the same as the distance from lens to top of my head. If my hair every truly catches fire, you KNOW I will have to do a comic about it.
Good toon. Very funny. I must say your art has always been good but you seem to have stepped it up a bit. I know you improved some hardware but are you usingthe same programs as before?
Hi, Barry! Thanks a lot for saying that. I’ve been trying to regain lost ground in the art department. Only software change is that I’m now using Photoshop CS3 on Vista, but I don’t think that is that big of a change. I think the big difference is that when I’m drawing, I’m paying more attention because of upgrading.
OMG, what is it doing to my eyes when I wear mine outside??!! I would have no idea how you do the things you do but I agree, your comics are looking really good. The grass is so pretty and realistic, the colors are so vibrant, the shading you do, just everything amazes me.
Here’s a bit of literary trivia for you: in the novel, “Lord of the Flies”, by William Golding, the stranded school boys use Piggy’s glasses to start a fire. However, he was nearsighted and, as mentioned above, the lenses would have diverged the rays, so no fire. Being nearsighted myself, I never have to worry about my glasses setting anything on fire. 
I wonder what would happen if you are neither nearsighted or farsighted. I have astigmatism in both eyes and every time I go to the Dr. I have a fight on my hands. The last time I went they had to redo my prescription 3 times just to get it right.
Back on topic, I bet if I did try to set fire to something, it would miss and set fire to whatever is next to it.
Hahah at you all. I think we should all do an experiment and try to ignite a leaf with our glasses (get it on video, of course.)
^^ ‘You can leave your hat on’?