Yes, I'm a nerd

A friend from church pointed out that if he were born on 3/14, he would be a "pi baby". At first I dismissed this as a mere contrivance, but the thought nagged a bit. To be fair, this friend is not particularly nerdy, but was pointing it out to her preteen son who happened to be working on math homework.

Now, I won't do Camden (btw: thanks, Howells) the disservice of making him think this is cool, as it would probably lead to him getting beat up if he went bragging about it at school. Yet I couldn't keep myself from secretly, kind-of wishing that if he were born on 3/14, it would be at 1:59. He was born at 12:51, so at least we got that fourth digit, but five and six would have been complete, in a way (yes, here is where I broadcast my OCD tendencies to the world. Poor Adrian Monk - I'm not nearly that bad, but deep down I just get him.) So Chris, don't feel too bad about the logarithmic percentages comment you posted - it actually crossed my mind, although I didn't go so far as to actually calculate it.

Now, those of you out there even nerdier than I, who know Pi past 5 decimals, I'm sure will be unable to resist posting ways I could have taken this even further than a 1:59 time of birth. Doubtlessly it would involve height, weight, or some other birth statistic and allow for completely arbitrary use of units--grams, furlongs, troy ounces--to achieve the desired string of numbers.