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Monday, March 15, 2021

Dog Time (Awwww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week, and Teaching Pi(e)(Poetry Monday)

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We had Coda here this past week.  She's so fast, it's hard to take a picture of her, she loves to run and move.  Still, i managed to snap a few.













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Sparks, the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, is on hiatus, so here's an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.   



Your Positive Oasis



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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey is on a blog break and is sorely missed.   Charlotte/Mother Owl always participates, and now Karen at Baking in a Tornado is jumping in on occasion, too.  Spike's Best Mate often leaves a wonderful poem in the comments on one of our blogs.


This week the theme is Pi Day.                         


We sat there bored in math class,

And all of us wondered why

The teacher kept going on and on

About something called pi.


We were all so confused

Until the teacher did say,

"Let me use a visual aid"

And pulled out pies on a tray!


"The distance around the circle

Or the outside of anything round

Is called a circumference,

A word with a funny sound."


"Now the distance across the circle,"

She said as she sliced one in half

"That is the diameter."

We began to grin and laugh.


"When you divide the circumference

Of any circle of any size

By the diameter across it

The result won't be a surprise."


"That result will always be Pi,"

She said as she continued to slice.

"Pi never repeats and never ends,

But here is something nice."


"Even though Pi never ends,"

She said as she passed pie to eat

"You only need know 3.1415,

And now let's have a treat!"



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Today is:


1848 Revolution Day -- Hungary


Act Happy Week begins -- acting happy releases the body chemicals that aid health, mental and physical


Ag Day, Celebrating Our Bountiful Food Supply -- according to a foodie website


Birthday of Wenchang Wang, the God of Literature -- China


Brain Awareness Week begins-- the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research    


Brutus Day -- for obvious reasons; watch for backstabbers today, because they are as numerous now as they were in ancient Rome


Constitution Day -- Belarus


Dia de Benito Juarez -- Mexico (una Fiestas Patrias)


Dumbstruck Day -- Fairy Calendar


Everything You Think is Wrong Day -- begun by someone who wants you to keep an open mind, apparently


Fallas de Valencia -- Valencia, Spain (a five day carnival/fiesta of partying that ends with turning off all the city lights and setting fire to hundreds of massive papier-mache statues stuffed with fireworks to celebrate St. Joseph's Day; sometimes called Fallas de San Jose)


Great Lent begins-- a/k/a Clean Monday, Ash Monday, Pure Monday, Monday of Lent, Shrove Monday, Collop Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday, and (in Cypress) Green Monday -- Orthodox Christian


Honen Matsuri -- Tagata-jinja Shrine, Inuyama, Japan (festival for a good harvest and fertility)


Ides of March -- Ancient Roman Calendar; other observances

     Day Sacred to Anna Parenna and River Nymphs -- goddess of the returning year

     Day You Don't Want to Go Out if Your Name is Julius Caesar

     Festival of Attis and Cybele

     Guild Festival -- for guilds practicing the arts of Minerva, with weapons purified at her temple on this day


International Day Against Police Brutality


Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday -- Liberia


Kashiram Jayanti -- UP, India (birth anniversary of politician Kashi Ram)


National Pears Helene with Chocolate Sauce and Brandy Day


Offerings to Ra, Osiris, Horus, Ptah, Sokar, and Atum -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


St. Clement Mary Hofbauer's Day (Patron of Vienna, Austria)


St. Louise de Marillac's Day (Patron of disappointing children, loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, social workers, widows; Vincentian Service Corps)


Tagata Honen-Sai/Honen Matsuri -- Inuyama, Japan (fertility festival)


True Confessions Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, because confession is good for the soul; if you are afraid to confess to the world, there's always your mirror


Turkey Buzzards Day -- Hinckley, OH, US (Two theories about why the turkey buzzards return on this date each year have to do with either witchcraft of a hunting story; festival in honor of them will be held this coming Sunday)


Wellderly Day -- and the start of Wellderly Week, focusing on the health of the elderly


Workplace Napping Day -- on this, the Monday after DST begins, show your boss the studies that highlight the benefit of power naps

    some sites call it National Napping Day; either way, lie down and be counted!


World Consumer Rights Day -- International   


Youth Day -- Palau



Anniversaries Today:


Richard Burton marries Elizabeth Taylor, 1964

The University of Toronto is chartered, 1827

Maine becomes the 23rd US state, 1820



Birthdays Today:


Kellan Lutz, 1985

Sean Biggerstaff, 1983

Eva Longoria, 1975

Kim Raver, 1969

Mark McGrath, 1968

Bret Michaels, 1963

Fabio, 1961

Mary Carillo, 1957

Park Overall, 1957

Dee Snyder, 1955

Craig Wilson, 1954

Sly Stone, 1944

Mike Love, 1941

Phil Lesh, 1940

Judd Hirsch, 1935

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933

Alan Bean, 1932

Norm Van Brocklin, 1926

Harry James, 1916

Joe E. Ross, 1914

Macdonald Carey, 1913

Samuel "Lightnin" Hopkins, 1912

Andrew Jackson, 1767



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"The Wonder Years"(TV), 1988

"Eight is Enough"(TV), 1977

"Three's Company"(TV), 1977

"The Godfather"(Film), 1972

"Purlie"(Musical), 1970

"Lady Madonna"(Music single), 1968

"My Fair Lady"(Musical), 1956

"Rapsodie Espagnole"(Ravel's Orchestral rapsody), 1908

"Caesar and Cleopatra,"(Play), 1899

"She Stoops to Conquer"(Comedy), 1773



Today in History:


Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March, BC44

Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty, 221

A Jew hating Monk in Seville, Spain stirs up people in that city to attack Jews, 1391

Christopher Columbus arrives back in Spain after his first trip to the New World, 1493

The first meeting of the Council of Trent, 1545

South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government, 1776

In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy; the plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place, 1783

A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party, 1848

Jesse W. Reno patents an "inclined elevator" (escalator), 1892*

Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated, 1906

Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar, 1917

Symbolics.com registers the very first Internet domain name, 1985

Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union, 1990

French President Jacques Chirac signs the law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools, commonly known as the "headscarf ban", 2004

Lazarus Project scientists reveal that they successfully recovered frozen tissue from the 1970's and rejuvenated the cells of Rheobatrachus silus, a species of frog that has been extinct since 1983, 2013

French fashion house Givenchy appoints it first female designer, Englishwoman Clare Waight Keller, 2017

Toys ‘R Us announces it will close all of its stores, 2018

More European countries impose restrictions on travel and borders to try to combat Covid19, while the US Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to near zero in an attempt to support the economy, 2020


*The first actual working model, at Coney Island, was built four years later.

19 comments:

  1. I can see the Coda has beautiful black fur. Interesting maths lesson that ends with free pie treat for the students.

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  2. Love your poem - and wish that Pi had been taught that way when I was at school.

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  3. Number 1 skill: not giving up.

    Number 2 skill: knowing when to give up.

    God bless.

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  4. Aww! Cosa looks cute well done for snapping some captures of her

    I agree with that quote good one

    Have a quotetastic Monday 👍😷😷😷

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  5. Koda looks like she was quite busy investigating a lot of smells! Love the quote about not giving up.

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  6. What a nice maths teacher ;) I'm sure we all would learn better if more teachers were like that.
    and of course a well-wrought poem from you!

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  7. I love this poem. As a teacher I did something like that and the students really understood Pi. We all enjoyed the class that's why I love this poem. Thanks Mimi.

    Cruisin Paul

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  8. How I wish I'd been in that Maths class - pie for learning about Pi, what a treat! Well done, Mimi. You would have made a great Maths teacher.

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  9. Mimi,

    If I had had that Pi lesson in school then I would never forget the importance of it. :) DH was really disappointed yesterday that I didn't have any pie on hand for Pi Day. Poor fella!

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  10. Coda is such a handsome dog ~ great photos ~

    Thank you for prayers about my back ~ they are working ~ hope you will continue them ~ Xox

    Living moment by moment,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  11. Coda is such a good looking pup. Full of energy is a good thing.

    Love the quote and love the poem on Pi. Well done.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Big hug, my friend. ♥

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  12. Coda is such a cutie!
    Brilliant teacher and brilliant poem! (Why couldn't MY teachers have been as creative?!)

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  13. Coda looks like a lovely dog! and your Pi poem is spot on as is the Spark! Have an awwwsome day!

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  14. Beautiful Coda! I love that spark, so very true. What a great way to teach pi - bravo!

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  15. love your dog,I just want to give it a hug!!

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  16. Cute shots of Coda. Great spark and poem. I wish we had celebrated pi day in school. :)

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  17. Coda is so pretty with such beautiful furs. We sure enjoyed that math class!!!

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  18. Coda is a gorgeous dog! And we LOVE your Spark. Your Pi Poem ROCKS! Mimi, you are awesome! Have a marvellously happy day!

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  19. That's a really great way to learn what Pi is :)
    Coda is so beautiful.

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