Today is a Geek Holiday: Happy pi Day!
Hip hip hooray! Today is PI DAY!
Okay, I don't really get that excited about mathematical constants, but I didn't think I could let the day go by without an acknowledgement. Pi, which is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle, is approximately 3.14. At least, that's the way most of us learned it in school.
If you have continued your education beyond high school, you may have memorized a few more digits for pi, such as 3.14159. And if you're a complete genius (freak?), you might know even more, such as 3.14159265358979323846...
My husband pointed out to me that the ultimate pi day will be March 14, 2015 (the first five digits being 3.1415), although an argument could be made for the following year, March 14, 2016 (rounding up from 3.14159 to 3.1416) being a truer representation of the value of pi. Either way, I'll be using it as an excuse to wear a geeky t-shirt and eating some extra pie!
If you were hosting the ultimate pi day party, what kinds of pie would you serve?
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Happy Pi day to you too!
We totally forgot to celebrate “c” day…ya know…the speed of light! c=3*10^8
And mark your calendar…September 08 is “g” month (the strength of Earth’s gravitational filed) 9.8 m/s^2
Sorry…geeky-ness has been pouring over today.
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I haven’t got a clue about all that mathematical stuff, but I do love pie. Chicken and Mushroom for me.
I didn’t know there was a such thing as Pi Day. Anyway…Happy Pi Day!!
At my Pi party, I would serve some sort of choclate pie. Oh, and a peach pie!
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You two sound like the “discussions” my hubby and I have…with the finer points about rounding and such.
But regardless, any excuse to eat pie is a good one if you ask me!
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Pie is good! Salmon pie, chicken pie, steak pie, cherry pie, apple pie, lemon meringue pie… I’d find it hard to choose just one!
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I’d have to agree with you -/14/2016 would be the better choice.
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Nerds are the best!! Hehe. Nice to see you being “out” with it!
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Oh definitely apple pie with a slice of cheddar cheese!
Yum!!
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huhuhu apple pie …….. yum! but without cheese ..
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This is making me really crave some pie! I might have to whip up a pumpkin pie tonight. It’s chilly outside again, and we even had a few snowflakes this afternoon. Pie would sure warm things up!
@Lisa - Speaking of apple pie with cheese, we had friends in Wisconsin who had been married for years. She always brought him his apple pie warm, with a slice of cheese. After she died, he was having apple pie, and my parents commented on it, like “don’t you want a slice of cheese?” He confessed he had never liked it that way, but he always ate it, because he didn’t want to hurt her feelings. She thought it was his favorite!
My kids had to bring in pie for math class that day. And who can forget the great MIT football cheer:
3.14159
Cosine cosine cosine sine!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Ah, bright college days…
Barbara
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