An odd kind of day.

For all you math fans out there: today you have reason to celebrate, because today (May 7, 2009, or 5/7/9) is Odd Day. According to the official Odd Day website:

Three consecutive odd numbers make up the date only six times in a century. This day marks the half-way point in this parade of Odd Days which began with 1/3/5. The previous stretch of six dates like this started with 1/3/1905---13 months after the Wright Brothers' flight.

We are awed by this phenomenon. We would be even more awed if some of our clever S&T students, alumni or faculty came up with an especially zealous, and odd, way to commemorate this occasion. The Odd Day website folks will give away $579 to be distributed to winning entries. There's even a Facebook event for this day.

So, what are you waiting for? July 9, 2011? Get your odd on today.