Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Apr 2021

 Rory shows us how...

OK... Spring is showing
Me that my New Year's
Good Intentions
Haven't been enough.
Rory, here, offers
Reminder to add
More focus
More effort
More stretch.

I'll follow his lead,
Then...
And I"ll start with my
Hands and fingers.

OK?
...
Thank you Dennis for sharing Rory's first year with us.
...
If this isn't nice, what is?

              ~ Kurt Vonnegut, of course

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Happy Pi Day 2021

 You know you want to celebrate...

Bet you didn't know this though: Pi is represented by the lower case Greek letter, π, because it is the first letter of the Greek word περίμετρος, meaning perimeter. You pronounce it "per-REEM-eh-tos." Go here to hear it pronounced.

Some math nerds at MIT have a way to start big. HERE

Here are some other PI celebration ideas for the rest of us.

1. Curate your own Pi Playlist. Here's mine. Contents (OK you already know how old I am):

2. Crack some PI jokes:
  • 3.14% of the sailors around the world are “Pi”rates.
  • Divide the circumference of the sun by its diameter and you will get a Pi in the sky.
  • I tell you, do not talk to Pi. He never stops.
 3. Watch some PI movies:
4. Eat some circular PI foods:
  • Pies, sweet and savoury
  • Cookies
  • Pizzas
  • Sliced Pineapples (they've gotta be sliced to be circles!)

5. Click HERE below for a higher resolution of this Pi Day graphic to decorate your desktop for the day! 

How ever you decide to slice it, have a great day honouring how math is always looking for ways to explain nature.

The circle is just the beginning.

...
If this isn't nice, what is?