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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
On Being Twice a Square
The last time my age was twice a square, I got married.
The time before that, I became of legal age.
This time around, my wife Anna decorated a finite automaton cake to celebrate. I shared it with my 4th year class on formal languages and parsing.
Nice. Happy birthday. I don't seem to remember ever getting cake when I took your formal languages class, but I suppose your prime number birthdays are not quite as special.
Which means that you are...OK, I won't give away the answer (but I did the same back in June). Let's just say I hope the cake was high-fibre ;-).
ReplyDeleteI love that cake. I hope your class enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteA while back I said to my then partner: “I just realized that I was born in a square year!” He responded, “I realized that shortly after meeting you.”
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday.
ReplyDeleteI like the odd implication for all mathematicians if you moved the acceptor state to the other circle :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy 22nd annual 29th birthday.
ReplyDeleteNice. Happy birthday. I don't seem to remember ever getting cake when I took your formal languages class, but I suppose your prime number birthdays are not quite as special.
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ReplyDelete... There. It even is accepted. :)
I should come to class more often. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday!