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It turns out that I’m far from the only person to use Pi Day as an impetus for a pie in the face, which is actually kind of nice to learn. I mean, I want to be weird, but not ridiculously out there, if you know what I mean. Anyway, here are a few examples of folks who put their faces on the line for mathematically-initiated silliness! A reporter makes a bet with the quarterback of the Tennessee football team as to how many digits of Pi he can rattle off. He wins. Two guys offer a demonstration. This isDown the rabbit hole….

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Yes, today is Pi Day! I don’t usually do much to observe Pi Day, but this year’s is a special edition, since this is the only year in this century when the digits will line up so perfectly. And how would a goof like me mark the occasion? Well, it would start with this: And end like this: Long live Pi, and pie! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

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Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Nifty video footage of the Atlantic Ocean Road in Norway. I’m not sure the video lives up the “OMG this road is an insane trek of DEATH!!!” that the surrounding article portrays, but it’s still a very cool-looking drive. Yes, I’d drive it! :: Twenty lesser-known travel destinations you should see. I had to look up the first one, a lake in Iceland that the article claims straddles the boundary between Europe and North America. It turns out that this lake is a rift-valley lake, and that valley lies where the North American and EurasianDown the rabbit hole….

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I’m on vacation now, so I won’t be posting until Sunday at the earliest and Monday at the likeliest! Anyhow, a couple of things: :: Hecklers can ruin comedy shows — but sometimes comedians get the last laugh. (Salty language alert!) :: Inside Steven Spielberg’s JAWS vault. A look at ephemera from the making of the movie. Awesome! :: Interesting video about hot sauce and hot sauce labels: For the record, my favorite hot sauces are Franks, Cholula, and Sriracha with the rooster on the bottle. I have no use for Tabasco. It tastes funny to me. :: All 32Down the rabbit hole….

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Stuff! :: I like to think I won’t be too incensed when any of my books gets a bad review or two on the Internet. In fact, I’m planning to read as few reviews as possible…but just in case I need a reminder of how not to respond to a negative review, here’s just such a reminder. The review is the body of the post, and then the author shows up in the comments. And by “shows up”, I mean, he moves in with a couch and everything. :: If the kids in Stand By Me had thought of this,Down the rabbit hole….

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Just a grab-bag of some thoughts on stuff going on…. :: I posted the following on a Facebook exchange debating the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. This wasn’t really in response to anything anyone specifically said, but more in response to some more general negativity I’ve seen about it. (As such, it was probably out-of-place on that particular friend’s feed, for which I feel a tad guilty.) Here’s my thing: fundraising of every kind, everywhere, is more successful when there’s something “fun” involved. It’s why charities have big galas and parties. It’s why churches and small town organization have chicken barbecues.Down the rabbit hole….

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Time to clear the decks of some stuff I’ve been saving up! Some of this stuff has been lingering in my Bookmarks folder for a while, and I’ve long-since lost track of the sites from which I originally filched the links. :: The Uncomfortable, an art project described thusly: The goal is to re- design useful objects making them uncomfortable but usable and maintain the semiotics of the original item. :: My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection, in which a woman is listening and reviewing her way through her husband’s record collection. Despite the word “stupid” in the blog title, sheDown the rabbit hole….

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Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Secret passage bookshelves. I dig this notion. :: I note with sadness the passing of Geoff Edwards, who was a staple of my teevee watching as a kid, because he was…a game show host! As a kid, I loved me some game show hosts. Bob Barker, Bill Cullen, Jack Barry, Wink Martindale, Bert Convy…those guys were awesome. So was Geoff Edwards, who hosted a show I loved called The New Treasure Hunt. This show featured a whole lot of goofiness, with Edwards often ad-libbing to ratchet up as much tension as possible; producers were veryDown the rabbit hole….