Monday, March 17, 2008

Enjoy some Pi.

Pi day is celebrated on March 14th. (Again, just like Helvetica, these things do in fact exist, I am not making it up!) On this day, geeks around the world (especially at MIT) celebrate the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. (You still here? Did I lose you? Hang on it gets better...)

Every good Pi celebration includes, well, pie.



Rhubarb, apple, pear, cherry, peach etc. March 14th is also Albert Einstein's birthday, so I suppose you can also have some birthday cake on Pi day.

Looking for a laugh? Go ask someone how they celebrated Pi day. Act shocked when they have no idea what you are talking about and then sit back and enjoy the feeling of knowing some geeky thing that others don't. (Unless of course they read this blog too.)

(Did you forget to celebrate? It's not too late. Send a e-card!)

12 comments:

Groovy Mom said...

Wow. I ALWAYS learn something new when I come here. :-)

Lilacspecs said...

Yeah yeah yeah, I SO wrote a limerick for Pi Day, so that makes me dorkier than you! Nyah nyah...wait a second...

Dapoppins said...

Okay I know another funny geek who blogs and she said something about pi- day and I was like...huh?

holly said...

if i had only known *on the day* that it was pi day. what good is it to me now?

oh pi, i hardly knew you.

now i will weep softly.

Scott said...

Have you ever seen the movie PI? Just like Helvetica (Although not a documentary) someone took the time to make a movie about PI (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704). A little weird but interesting.

donpdonp said...

you . r such a nerdy majordomo

mielikki said...

excellent. Pi day. I was too busy trying to hide from the Ides of March. Failed. Miserably.
I could use some Pi.

Kimberly said...

And I had pi in the freezer and everything...dang.

meleah rebeccah said...

Oh man...I LOVE PIE.

missburrows said...

groovy: Yes, this is the place for useless drivel!

lilacspecs: Yes, yes, you are much dorkier than I am.

dapoppins: I bet you ran and impressed your husband with this info!

holly: It is never too late for Pi. Or pie.

scott: Umm, no. (Laughing at your geekiness.)

donpdonp: Oh yeah? C'mere and I will kick you in the major domo! ;)

mielikki: How about the pies of march! No need to hide from them!

kimberly: See comment to mielikki (above).

meleah: See comment to mielikki (above).

stephanie said...

My *cough*geek* husband was incredulous last week because I looked confused when he said "Happy Pi Day!"

This is what happens when the engineer marries the English major. Your pie looks delicious, too bad it's not infinite. (Hey, look, English majors can know math stuff occasionally!)

missburrows said...

stephanie: Infinite pie? Yes please! (PS-I didn't make that pie. But I could if I really wanted to.)