You didn’t even know it, did you?  I bet you had no clue whatsoever.  Well, neither did I.

Apparently, to the chagrin of math nuts like me, March 14 is Pi Day.  Why?  Pi is 3.14159265358979323846264… (the important part being 3.14) and today is 3/14.  I know.  I am a major geek, yet even I was unaware that something so totally nerdish could be real.  It’s embarrassing.  Were I to find every possible correlation between some numerical factoid and a date, surely I could fill the calendar with such nonsense, and don’t get me started on physics…

I’m writing this post for fellow mathematicians and scientists who somehow believe Pi Day is of any relevance or interest outside of a calculator.  It’s not.  It’s terribly silly and undeniably nerdy — too nerdy, in fact.  And you wonder why we’re looked upon as socially inept misfits unable to dress ourselves without pocket protectors.  Please, drop it already.