Do you know why today is called “Pi Day”? It’s because today’s date is 3.14. Get it? You need pi to calculate, um, things in math. Now I’ve tutored kids through learning how to calculate the circumference of a circle – but here’s my question – have you ever had to do it in real life? I can’t ever recall whipping out my pi knowledge outside of a classroom or tutoring situation.
On the other hand, PIE knowledge comes in handy all the time. Yum. Pie. Now we’re talking “¦
Discuss amongst yourselves.
39 replies on “Open Thread: National Pi Day Edition”
I’d really like some hot apple pie right now. Or Pecan, that also sounds great. I’d happily fly over to the States for that. California, preferably.
Man, 2011 is kicking my ass. To wit:
– Was asked to withdraw from my honours thesis
– Petitioned for late withdrawal from the course with full support from my department
– Found out that the petition wasn’t granted right on Friday morning right before I had to go to the emergency room for a broken wrist on my writing hand. Am now casted up for 4-6 weeks- just in time to write exams.
Shiiiit, 2011, why you gotta play like this?
Wow. I’m sorry :(. Can you get some sort of sick leave or write the exams later if they don’t let you out? I don’t know how it works at other universities, but in Denmark that’s usually not a problem.
*Hugs* from here!
I’m going to talk to the one prof whose exam will definitely be before the cast comes off and see if she’ll give me some extra time to write it- not days, but maybe an extra hour.
I’m still graduating, that’s all I can make myself focus on right now.
Good morning guys! How are you all doing? I’m back with researching the Finnish market and slowly I start to recognize some words.
And I’m slowly getting nervous about my contract negotiations on Friday….
I’m still in trouble with my grandmother for making my pies with butter instead of shortening. I don’t criticize her crusts to anyone in the family, and I don’t bring my pies to family events (as the sole vegetarian, my job is always vegetarian protein). But, man, I told her I made pie with butter one time two years ago and that I liked it, and I haven’t heard the end of it since.
So, P’neers, shortening or butter crusts? I find the former lacks flavor and tends to get mushy, but the latter requires a bit more preparation and speed to keep the butter cold. Sooo worth the effort, though.
I’ve always used shortening. I don’t have anything against using butter per se, maybe I should try it.
I do not like shortening crusts. They are bland and icky.
and come to think of it, shortening crusts are VERY likely the source of my discontent with pie in general.
I had a pizza pie today. Does that count? I only like pies for the filling or if the crust is of the non-pastry variety.
Anyone celebrate Mole Day?
I celebrate Mole Day both 6 Feb and 2 June, usually by going out to get Mexican food and margaritas. Lots of margaritas. You?
Also, pizza totally counts, especially if it’s of the deep-dish variety.
I remember celebrating mole day in HS chem class. We got extra credit if we made a stuffed mole and I’ll be honest, I can remember the pattern for the stuffed mole, but don’t know what the number represents.
oh man, we made stuffed moles too. It was fun! But I don’t remember what a numerical mole is, at all. Sad.
Avogadro’s Number! 6.022×10^23
I don’t know how I remembered any of that.
We all had to make a stuffed mole, and they had to have a personality and stuff. Mine was Molecasso, and he wore a beret and had an easel that I made out of chopsticks.
We had to draw mole cartoons. Mine was “Who Wants to be a Mole-ionaire?”. The prize was 6.02 x 10^23 dollars. I love bad puns.
Hi everyone! Longtime lurker, first time poster. I did not have any pie today for Pi day, but I did have some red velvet cake, and it was, sigh, disapointing. I’ve been spoiled by homemade red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting my entire life, and the store bought cake was a poor substitute :(
LOVE red velvet cake. Trying to get Mr Lizzie to consider red velvet cupcakes for our wedding dinner.
Well, not the actual DINNER. :) But the dessert anyway!
I think red velvet cupcakes for your wedding dessert is a great idea! I think life can always use more cupcakes.
Life can always use more cupcakes
:) That should be a bumper sticker or something.
Ha! From my POV, red velvet cupcakes for dinner sounds like epic win. ;)
Thanks, that makes me feel better about the fact that my dinner tonight was leftover rice…and 3 cookies :)
We had cupcakes for the dessert at our wedding dinner and they were amazing! We did a few different flavors (including red velvet) so everyone could pick one that they liked. They were a huge hit.
That is a most excellent idea- different flavors! I love it.
BIG APOLOGIES to everyone whose story didn’t run when they expected it to run today. Our server and the blog were battling each other trying to figure out what time it really was, and nobody was winning. I think (extra emphasis on think) everything is working the way it should now.
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I celebrated in high school. This year, though, I haven’t been in the mood. :-/
Damn it! I didn’t even think of the date. I have these awesome pi symbol earrings and I didn’t get to wear them today.
Will I be immediately shunned if I reveal my disdain for pie? It’s just not my bag. I’m not keen on crusts.
I should hope not. This isn’t Jezebel. Either way, I’m not a big pie fan, unless I’m very much in the mood for it.
Of course not. In fact, I like to have as many pie-haters in my presence as possible. That way, nobody objects when I devour the whole thing by myself. I can deal with the appalled stares, but I don’t like competition. ;)
I love me some pie, but I’ll be honest, I put up with the crust just so I can eat the filling. I have been known to make apple pie filling and just eat that.
I’m not a huge dessert person, but I looove pumpkin pie. And for some reason, the crust is my favorite part. I will eat all of the filling, and then the crust.
When you’re not a pastry fan, graham cracker crusts are the way to go. Pumpkin pie with that kind of crust is AMAZING.
That’s ok. MORE PIE FOR MEEEEEEEE!
This reminds me to perform my annual eye treat, looking up in Google images “pi pie.” Nerdelicious. So many cute pi pies!
Love it! I’ve lived through many a 3.14’s ,but I don’t remember hearing about this celebration before :)
One of my friends from high school went on to be a math major, and she has a Pi Day party every stinking year! It’s funny. This year, I went all out and baked pie for the office. There was none left.