Tonight is the last four play-in teams. Tomorrow the real fun begins with half of the 68 teams in one of elimination games playing in the afternoon and evening over the next two days.
The Women’s games star tomorrow evening with the first time Play-in games.
Our partner and Chief Editor ek hornbeck is no longer with us to work his HTML magic for posts to keep up with all the games, men’s and women’s. It is now left to me and I hate HTML, plus I still have a full slate with my job. I am currently in Southeast Turkey. The Men’s and Women’s Brackets are out. The Women’s games begin Wednesday.
Today are the Play Ins. We are back to a two day schedule for the play ins. The first Round of 68 begins Thursday at 12 PM ET and Friday’s second round also starts at noon on CBS TRU, TBS and TNT. I still haven’t figured out how to deal with al those games. At the end of the day I will post the results as my time allows. ek hornbeck was a genius at this and fortunately, he left me an HTML road map. Enjoy some March Madness!
π (Pi), how could we live without it. So let’s celebrate π on it’s day 3.14, which now celebrated around the world.
As you remember from grammar school math, π is the mathematical constant consisting of the main numbers 3, 1 and 4. According to the Wikipedia of π, “it is the the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, and is approximately equal to 3.14159.”
It has been represented by the Greek letter “π” since the mid-18th century, though it is also sometimes written as pi. π is an irrational number, which means that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integers (such as 22/7 or other fractions that are commonly used to approximate π); consequently, its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanent repeating pattern. The digits appear to be randomly distributed, although no proof of this has yet been discovered. π is a transcendental number – a number that is not the root of any nonzero polynomial having rational coefficients. The transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straight-edge.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion lab only uses 15 digits to calculate interplanetary travel, while mathematician James Grime argues that just 39 digits of pi is enough to calculate the circumference of the known universe.
OK, enough of that. Let’s get on to the fun stuff.
It’s earliest known celebration was in California where in 1988 at the San Francisco Exploratorium physicist Larry Shaw along with the staff and the public marched around one of its circular spaces eating fruit pies. In 2009. The US House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution declaring 3.14 π (Pi) Day. And in 2010, a French computer scientist claimed to have calculated pi to almost 2.7 trillion digits. This year is no different. The party starts at 11 AM PT and all are invited and it’s FREE!! You can also watch on Facebook and YouTube;
Coincidentally, it is also the birthday of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. So at Princeton University in New Jersey there are numerous celebrations around both events that also include an Albert Einstein look alike contest.
Besides the partying at Princeton, here’s what is going on elsewhere to celebrate this mathematical necessity that drives mathematicians nuts.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology releases its undergraduate admissions decisions on Pi Day, and starting in 2012, it began sending the verdicts at 6:28 pm, or “Tau time,” for the mathematical equation 2π.
Today is the 36rd anniversary of Pi Day. In its honor of the 30th anniversary, Google created this doodle, although not as cool as the one at the top of this post but it may taste better. The doodle is based on a pi-inspired dish, salted caramel apple pie, courtesy of Cronut creator and pastry pioneer Dominique Ansel.
NASA is inviting math whizzes to compete in its “Pi in the Sky” challenge to solve a series of interplanetary math problems.
Check your local news and on line for specials on everything from pizza to deserts to geeky tee shirts, gadgets and memorabilia.
In 2010’s “Moment of Geek”, Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” featured a math student teacher, Teresa Miller, from the University of New Mexico with a hula hoop and a Rubic’s Cube that was quite amazing.
Now for your moment of Zen.
So, whatever you do today, every time you see a circle or a pie of any kind remember π. Happy Pi Day.
I now know how MSNBC host Rachel Maddow feels when she has to scrap a well prepared program for the latest insanity coming from the madhouse around the world. However, I am determined to do some lighter postings. You can ketch up with the chaos the news shows. March Madness 2023 begins tonight with the Men’s First Four. At least somethings are back to almost normal.
What’s your favorite? Mine is Lemon Meringue quickly followed by pumpkin, summer berries and apple, also quiche which can be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So here are my favorite recipes.
When I was a little girl, a family friend who was an executive chef, let me watch him make this pie. Every time I grate lemon peel, I’m that little girl again sitting on a stool in his kitchen.
There is no better recipe for pumpkin pie than the on on the side of the Libby’s canned pumpkin. The recipe dates back to 1950. Although you can use a pastry crust, I sometimes use the graham cracker crust used in the lemon meringue pie recipe. Nummmy
This is the French version of an apple pie. Calvados is an apple brandy from Normandy, France. The pie does use a pie plate and the circular buttery crust folds over the filling. Serve with creme fraiche or Calvados laced whipped cream, it is a treat and well worth the time to make it.
Even though this is a “Summer pie” with the availability of berries year round in supermarkets, it can be a treat even during the cold months of the year. I serve it with vanilla ice cream.
An Alsatian Quiche is a rich egg pie with bacon and hails from the mountainous region of Lorraine in northern France and is better known as a Quiche Lorraine.
Quiche Lorraine has been adapted over the years from a humble custard and bacon pie to the substantial cheese, bacon, and egg creation that it is known for today.
The quiche is more than enough for a filling meal in itself especially with a side salad, and simple enough for a quick lunch, snack or even for parties and picnics.
Although this recipe calls for four eggs, I use six. Some recipes also add a dash of cayenne for an little zip.
I’ll be making a quiche for breakfast and lunch. For dinner it’s Pizza from my favorite pizzeria and for desert a lemon meringue pie.
These are just a few of my favorites, I’m sure you have yours. So bake a pie for pie day or, if you prefer, pick one up from your favorite bake shop and enjoy it on Pie Day.
It’s earliest known celebration was in California where in 1988 at the San Francisco Exploratorium physicist Larry Shaw along with the staff and the public marched around one of its circular spaces eating fruit pies. In 2009. The US House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution declaring 3.14 π (Pi) Day. And in 2010, a French computer scientist claimed to have calculated pi to almost 2.7 trillion digits. This year is no different. The 
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