Why not?
March 14th is becoming known as Pi Day, and not in the nerdy circles I run. I posted a Happy Pi Day post on the first Pi Day I had on this blog (3/14/2010), but now my mom is explaining it people she meets at the blood bank.
The ignorant blood bank worker had mentioned that my mom was the third person who'd wished her a "Happy Pi Day".
That seems more significant---ladies on a Saturday running errands mentioning in passing a mathematical/calendar oddity---than math nerds spreading the math-gospel to each other a dozen years ago.
The "cool" people beat the "squares" in the 50s-60s-70s era and the "nerds" have beat the "jocks" in the 80s-90s-00s era.
I'll let Dan lobby for the May 4th Star Wars Day recognition.
Also,
Happy Pi Day 2011
Happy Pi Day 2012
Happy Pi Day 2013
Happy Pi Day 2014
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