3.14

Happy Pi Day!

Now for those out there in internet land who don't know--I'm not a math geek. I am however a classicist. Pi is one of the letters of the Ancient Greek alphabet and today is 3/14...or in math terms 3.14 (π).

The Ancient Greek philosophers had this thing with math and the divine. Somehow they figured out that a number relatively equal to 3.14 would help us figure out the dimensions of circles and spheres. How they figured this out is beyond me and my 26 year old gray matter processor. However, the Ancient Greek philosophers were also responsible for things like figuring out the space between notes in music, the golden ratio, and the foundations of the Fibonacci sequence as seen in nature. So, Happy Pi Day and thank you Ancient Greek philosophers--if it weren't for you, I'd likely have no random bits of useless knowledge to make me sound interesting.

...when in Texas...

Winter?

I walked out the flat this morning not wearing a jacket! I walked into work happy to have the nice weather. It got nicer as the day went on. :) For reasons beyond me, I find warm weather to be most pleasing. 80 degrees is perfect weather for the likes of me.

Work is as always--quite entertaining and interesting. the BHA facebook page has been periodically updated and most recently, Charlie Barkeep has gotten a facebook page. Charlie Barkeep is one of the two manikins at the Crixell Saloon in the museum. He's something of a fly on the wall and a silent witness to all of the programs and the like.

...when in Texas...