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Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day!
The answer is "Happy Pi Day!" and it's brilliantly encoded in these four images. Top left shows molecular orbitals (π bonds), top right is a literal pie, bottom left features "Life of Pi" (the movie with the tiger and boy on a boat), and bottom right shows the mathematical constant π. It's like a nerdy rebus puzzle that makes mathematicians giggle uncontrollably while normal people wonder why March 14th (3/14) causes scientists to buy baked goods. Math enthusiasts celebrate this day with circular foods and decimal recitation competitions because apparently that's what passes for a wild party in STEM fields.

The Büchner Pie-nel

The Büchner Pie-nel
Behold, the infamous Büchner Pie-nel! Nothing says "I take my chemistry seriously but not myself" like filtering your reagents through a lattice crust. The perfect setup for when you need to separate your solutions but also have a bake sale to contribute to. Just imagine explaining to the department head why there's cinnamon in your precipitate. Twenty years in the lab and I've seen desperate grad students eat worse things at 3 AM while waiting for reactions to complete.

A Slice Of Mathematical Deliciousness

A Slice Of Mathematical Deliciousness
The only time mathematicians willingly mix their variables with food. On March 14th (3.14), we celebrate an irrational number with perfectly rational desserts. The irony of using a finite pie to represent an infinite decimal isn't lost on us. Some of my colleagues actually calculate how much pie to eat based on their body's circumference-to-diameter ratio. Nerds.