March 14th was International Pi Day.
Every year March 14—3.14—celebrates the irrational number that we use to explain the relationship between a circle’s circumference and diameter, bringing joy to the nerds everywhere. Although pi, whose symbol is the Greek letter π, goes on forever, International Pi Day does not—I hope you enjoyed the day. However, please forgive me for not mentioning it yesterday... I was busy eating Pie.
I was going to throw a party for my Calculus friends but they said they could not drink and derive!
That was smart because when I put a root beer in a square glass it became just BEER! :-)
Now today... The Ides of March is upon us...
March 15 is considered unlucky. This goes back to ancient times.
You may have heard the phrase "the ides of March" quoted from a famous line in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar: "Beware the ides of March." The phrase, spoken twice by a psychic, warning Caesar he had an impending assassination.
The Ides, were days of settling debts (which were on the fifteenth of March, May, July, and October, and on the thirteenth of the other months.) actually tax day was certainly unlucky or so it seems for Caesar, who we know was actually was killed on that day.
If the numerology superstitions are true, presumably an Ides that falls on Friday the Thirteenth would be incredibly unlucky. Fortunately, it is very rare.
However, on the safe side I have my fingers crossed anyway. I wish everyone a safe and wonderful Ides of March!
Nana
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