Happy Pi Approximation Day

pi pronounced as pie (though a bit more dryly and geekly - yes dear, i know it's geeky but it doesn't rhyme with dryly), and not to be mixed up with the darren aronofsky's identically named psychological thriller from 1998, is a very important number.
how important i have forgotten but good old wikipedia knows. hurraa! :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi


hrm... not this one!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html
 

 äitisuomennos: eläköön pii!

Tourist on Monday in Tampere???

some tips for what to do on summer mondays in tampere if you are a tourist
(and when quite a few museums are closed)

1) lenin museum is one of the few museums open on mondays. the museum is literally about him. 

2) go swimming! the lakes are always open. 

3) have a picnic in pyynikki. the ridge is naturally beautiful and the cafe by näkötorni always welcoming with famous finnish "doughnuts" called munkki. (the one licking the sugar from his/her lips first loses!) 

4) ride buses around the city and the suburbs. monday is anyway better for that than sunday. don't forget your 24 h buscard! 

5) take a walk in the arboretum, the botanical garden of hatanpää. on a sunny day preferable time is in the evening from 7 p.m. when it's not too hot anymore. 

6) go shopping. even the smallest specialized shops are open on mondays (besides you'll avoid the saturday crowd). 

7) read a book. you can get a free library card from any of the city's libraries. 

8) count all the shirtless men roaming the streets.

9) count all the corners which smell like urine.

10) relax. you're on a holiday, right?!?


äitisuomennos: ja suomalaisethan ei mitään vinkkejä kaipaile!

Winter in July :P

Runon ja suven päivä

Ruislinnun laulu korvissani,  tähkäpäiden päällä täysi kuu;  kesä-yön on onni omanani,  kaskisavuun laaksot verhouu. En ma iloitse, en sure, huokaa;  mutta metsän tummuus mulle tuokaa,  puunto pilven, johon päivä hukkuu,  siinto vaaran tuulisen, mi nukkuu,  tuoksut vanamon ja varjot veen;  niistä sydämeni laulun teen.   --  aika seisoo, nukkuu tuuliviiri;  edessäni hämäräinen tie tuntemattomahan tupaan vie. -Eino Leino: Nocturne 1903-

(koko runo nähtävissä: http://www.kainuuneinoleinoseura.fi/) http://www.finnguide.fi/calendar/flagdayinfo.asp?month=7&p=52