Pi day greetings

Pi day (3.14) snuck up on TPP, as did St. Patrick's day.  But while TPP was messing around making chicken-tortilla soup, Mrs. Phactor was making a bourbon-pecan pie, and while it took forever to bake, the result was pleasing to both eye and palate.  This is especially good for breakfast maybe because the bitterness of coffee helps offset the slightly cloying sweetness.  Happy Pi day everyone!

Quote for Pi day

“It's Pi Day. Mathematicians around the world celebrate Pi Day on 3/14. I admit, I'm a fan, too.

But I also find it interesting how Pi is a lot like the obstructionist agenda in this Republican Congress -- it’s irrational and never-ending.”  Senator Al Franken.

Pi Day - Something nerdy for you

Actually TPP missed it. Pi day was yesterday, but it's a special Pi day because it's 2015, so 3/14/15 gives you 2 more decimal places, 3.1415. This is very useful if you want to know the ratio of a circle's diameter to its circumference. Supposedly if you celebrated at a particular time, you got even more decimal places but it really doesn't matter all that much because supposedly they go on forever. There's a lot more nerdy Pi stuff at the link. As a kid it always bothered TPP that Pi didn't come out even when it seemed like it should; it was like someone had made a mistake with the universe. To heck with the math, how does somebody get the symbol for Pi in a blog anyways?