Happy Pi Day!

It's National Pi Day!!!!! And we all know what that means! Pi for everyone! 3.14 rocks!

What, you're not a math geek? Only I took math classes for fun?

Well, who cares. It's Pi Day!!!!! And that means a huge celebration!

Unfortunately, the budget to celebrate National Pi Day isn't nearly what it was in 2011 when we were also celebrating Little Merry Sunshine's 1000th post. This year is more of a "do it yourself" celebration.

Pi Day requires snacks. Pie, of course. Here's a cool recipe for Pi shaped pie from Serious Eats (pic from here too).

And here are some jokes you can tell your friends (jokes from Pi Jokes):

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
A: Pumpkin pi.

Q: What do you get when you take a bovine and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Cow pi.

Q: What do you get when you take green cheese and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Moon pi.

Q:What do you get when you take a native Alaskan and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Eskimo pi.

Q:What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Pi in the sky.

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?
A: Pi a la mode.

Of course, you'll want some musical entertainment and here are some songs you may want to sing as you enjoy your Pi pie. Songs from The Everlasting Pi.

Happy Pi Day

Happy Pi day to you,

Happy Pi day to you,

Happy Pi day everybody,

Happy Pi day to you.

(to the tune of "Happy Birthday")

Oh Number Pi

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

Your digits are unending,

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

No pattern are you sending.

You're three point one four one five nine,

And even more if we had time,

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

For circle lengths unbending.

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

You are a number very sweet,

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

Your uses are so very neat.

There's 2 Pi r and Pi r squared,

A half a circle and you're there,

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

We know that Pi's a tasty treat.

(to the tune of "Oh Christmas Tree")

Pi Day Song

Refrain:

Pi day songs All day long.

Oh, what fun it is,

To sing a jolly pi day song

in a fun math class like this. (Repeat )

Verse: Circles in the snow,

Around and round we go.

How far did we have to run?

Diameter times pi! (Refrain )

(to the tune of "Jingle Bells")

Area of a Circle

The Area of a circle is Pi r squared

Pi r squared

Pi r squared

The Area of a circle is Pi r squared

No matter what

The circumference of a circle is 2 pi r

2 pi r

2 pi r

The circumference of a circle is 2 pi r

All around the circle

(To the tune of Wheels on the Bus)

Have a great Pi Day!

LMS's 1000th Post: Happy Pi Day!

Today Little Merry Sunshine is Party Central as we celebrate Pi Day (3/14 - get it? you'd better or I'm gonna sic my favorite Calculus professor on you) and Little Merry Sunshine's 1000th blog post (this is it!)!

To set the mood for this celebration, we'll need some music. So let's listen to what Pi sounds like. . .

Of course, we'll need some yummy food. What Pi party would be complete without pie? Fortunately, NPR has us covered.


Now that we've had some musical entertainment and filled our bellies with Pi pie, let's watch a movie.

Yes, seriously, in 1998, director Darren Aronofsky, released Pi, about "A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature." Go ahead, watch the trailer below. You know you want to.

Even the U.S. House of Representatives finds time to celebrate Pi Day! In 2009, the House passed a resolution praising Pi. Of course, I find it a bit disturbing that 10 Republican Congressmen voted against such an innocuous bill.

Every party needs a comedian, especially a Pi party, so I've brought in Al G. Bra for your Pi Day entertainment!

Now that we've been entertained with Pi jokes by Al G. Bra, it's time for party games! We'll follow the example of the San Francisco Exploratorium and walk around a Pi Shrine a little more than 3 times.

As our party winds down, I just want to tell you how much I appreciate that you keep returning to Little Merry Sunshine. If not for you, Little Merry Sunshine would never have reached 1000 blog posts on such a momentous day. Thank you for reading, commenting, following, and emailing me with your thoughts. Here's to another 1000 posts! And here's a little Pi party favor to remind you of our Pi Day party!

P.S. A very special shout out to Albert Einstein on his 132nd birthday! Happy Birthday Mr. Einstein! Thank you for the Theory of Relativity.