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[ruleroftheweird]

I like the concept of Pi Day (3.14). I really do. I'm all for celebrating irrational, mathematical constants

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[bluefate]

That sounds really fun., the Ravenscroft tradition.
Someone mentioned it being the Ides of March in class, and since my celebration is just acknowledging it, I'd say I celebrated them the same amount.
Actually doing something sounds interesting too.

What are the Ides of March besides a fateful day for Ceasar?

[ruleroftheweird]

The Roman calendar marks the first day of each month - Kalends - the fifth (or seventh) - Nones - and the thirteenth (or fifteenth, as in March) - the Ides. The Ides were supposed to be the celebration of the full moon - a lucky day.

[crtlion]

... except for Caesar, of course. That's the irony, right? I haven't studied Roman history/Shakespeare's Caesar since middle school.

[ruleroftheweird]

I heard a story once that, since the Ides were "pay your debts day," that was why Caesar was at the Senate. Which is tremendous poetry, really; he went to the Senate to settle his debts - and they were settled, 23 times. Entirely untrue, of course - the Kalends were when debts were due (like rent, on the first of the month), and Caesar was at the Senate because he was dictator for life. Of course he was at the Senate.