Happy Square Root Day
From the Associated Press:
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Dust off the slide rules and recharge the calculators. Square Root Day is upon us.
The math-buffs’ holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, falls on Tuesday — 3/3/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine).
“These days are like calendar comets, you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day — and poof — they’re gone,” said Ron Gordon, a Redwood City teacher who started a contest meant to get people excited about the event.
The winner gets, of course, $339 for having the biggest Square Root Day event.
Gordon’s daughter even set up a Facebook page — one of a half-dozen or so dedicated to the holiday — and hundreds of people had signed up with plans to celebrate in some way. Celebrations are as varied: Some cutroot vegetables into squares, others make food in the shape of a square root symbol.
The last such day was five years ago, Feb. 2, 2004, which coincided with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016.
Discount Code for Christian Book Expo
If you’re planning to attend the Christian Book Expo, use the code cbe5off for a $5 discount on your online pre-registration admission. And, while there, make sure you stop by and say hello. Here’s my itinerary:
Thursday, March 19:
Christian Book Awards Banquet
Doors open at 6pm, 7pm Dinner and programming
Dallas Convention Center, Ballroom C (Exhibit Level)
Friday, March 20:
Baker Publishing Group In-booth Signing, 10:00-10:45am
Dallas Convention Center, Booth # 831
ACFW In-booth Signing, 1:00-2:00pm
Dallas Convention Center, Booth # 428
Lifeway Christian Bookstore Signing (with Deeanne Gist and Lauraine Snelling), 3:30pm- 4:30pm
Alpha Parkway Plaza, Dallas Parkway, Suite F, Dallas, TX
Family Christian Stores Signing (With Moody author Bill Carmichael), 6:00-7:30pm
904 Melbourne Rd, Hurst, TX
Saturday, March 21:
Mardel Christian Stores Signing (with Lisa Wingate and Deeanne Gist), 10:30-11:30am
2308 N. Galloway, Mesquite, TX
Baker Publishing Group In-booth Signing, 12:00-12:45pm
Dallas Convention Center, Booth # 831
Lifeway Christian Stores (with Lisa Wingate), 3:30pm-4:30pm
Southwest Crossing, 5900 Southwest Loop 820, Fort Worth, TX
