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On Pi Day eve, Ann Arbor planning commissioner Diane Giannola brings two pies to the commission’s work session: apple carmel and four berry. City planner Matt Kowalski reveals he can recite pi through six decimal places. Susan Pollay, DDA executive director, declares it her new favorite holiday.

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8 Comments

  1. March 13, 2012 at 7:16 pm | permalink

    in keeping with the dda’s parking pricing policy, I would expect the representative from that august body to round pi up to 4.

  2. March 13, 2012 at 7:19 pm | permalink

    I now would like the ability to favorite comments, p;ease Mister Editor.

  3. By TJ
    March 13, 2012 at 7:43 pm | permalink

    Only 6 places? My 8th grader would scoff at that paltry performance!

  4. By Jeff Gaynor
    March 13, 2012 at 8:18 pm | permalink

    Oh Yeah? Well my kid could …

    As though even the 4th decimal place of anything is meaningful to anyone but physicists and such. (And yes, I’m a math teacher.)

    But the pies work for me, for sure; and I’ll *like* Ed’s comment as well, just for pure snarkiness.

  5. March 13, 2012 at 8:29 pm | permalink

    Does apple carmel contain caramel? Or is it a new umami flavor?

  6. March 13, 2012 at 11:33 pm | permalink

    I would like to nominate #1 as Comment of the Year.

  7. By johnboy
    March 14, 2012 at 3:51 am | permalink

    I will second the above nomination. I wonder if anyone on the DDA realize how much they have angered many of the people of Ann Arbor. Yes, angered many even beyond those who leave snarky comments in the media. Oh wait, they are going to have a puppet in the Festifools parade. That makes it all better. Typical DDA response.

  8. By TJ
    March 14, 2012 at 11:07 am | permalink

    Jeff, the 8th grader is aware of that, but it’s still a geek badge of honor to be able to win Pi-digit-reciting contests!