Pies for Pi Day

Today did not go as I planned and hoped. But I still managed to eat pie. 

We got a pizza pie as a back up dinner plan. Since I hadn't planned on pizza, I got two half-pies earlier today from Geresbeck's (though I hate going to the grocery store on the weekend.) The lemon and peach pies were terrific. 

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day!

So I'm a day late. Jeff and I had a piece of pie yesterday to celebrate Pi Day and wish Albert Einstein a happy birthday.

Happy Pi Day!

Thanks Jeff for getting this blueberry pie to celebrate. (sorry for bad photo--I was too lazy to re-shoot it--I wanted to eat it.)

Here's more on Pi Day.

Happy Pi Day!

It didn't click when I wrote the date in today's journal entry. I must have needed more coffee. When I pulled out my workout notebook at the gym, I realized it's the 30th anniversary of Pi Day

It's also Albert Einstein's birthday, and this year marks the death of Stephen Hawking.

Math Madness and Reading Rigor

The redesigned SAT will be launched in March 2016. Because I'm an active tutor, I'm among the first group in my company to be trained for the new test. I'm glad because the live training will be in the second half of June, a traditionally slow time. Unfortunately the flip side is that I have to take a redesigned SAT practice test now when I'm busy with SAT and ACT students prepping for tests in early June.

I mistakenly thought this test would be relatively easy for me because I'm already certified to teach the ACT. The writing is similar to the ACT, but the rest is different. The new SAT math is tougher than the ACT's. Apparently, the reading is also tough: I've only finished one passage.That means SAT reading is on my agenda for today. And the redesigned essay.

What fun.

Oh, Sweet Mystery of Pi

It takes me a few days (or more) to work my way through The Sunday New York Times. This morning I read this. "We should celebrate pi's combination of utility and enigma."

Once in a Century Pi Day

Happy Pi Day!

And not just any Pi Day. Today, 3-14-15 at 9:26:53, Jeff and I toasted to the first 10 digits of pi.

We didn't eat pie of any kind. I didn't think of it until late afternoon. It was raining and foggy and I didn't want to make any extra stops on my way home from tutoring. I did some geometry problems with a student today, and pi made its appearance.

Here are some more pi facts.

Happy Pi Day!

A special day for all the math/geometry lovers.

Enjoy some pi pie.

Happy Pi Day (3-14)

Damn I forgot until now and I even tutored geometry today. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/03/14/pi.tau.math/index.html?hpt=Sbin