Where DOES the time go! It was just yesterday, wasn’t it, that it was a hot July afternoon when I was trying to figure out a name for my little business. Really hot! Pepper hot! Paprika hot (okay, so maybe paprika isn’t real hot, but work with me for a minute).

It’s hard to come up with a name for a business or a product and probably, even for a kid. In years past, we’d sit around the conference table trying to think of new names for unique medical devices. Thank goodness we only ever used real names; none of that crazy naming lexicon found in Big Pharma. Escort, Prism, stuff like that. All good.

So here I was, trying to figure out what to name this new little company of mine where I was making stuff from polymer clay. First I focused on little scissor fobs, cute little dangles for your needlepoint scissors. Each one told a story. It was fun! But I still needed a name so I could be official, file a DBA, sell things, collect taxes, have business cards.

Paprika was a good start, but not enough. And then - it was like a sign - July 22nd is also known as Pi Approximation Day. And the day when I was worrying this to death was (of course) July 22nd. That was it! Paprika Pi. I loved it!

So happy Pi Approximation Day to everyone, and Happy Birthday PaprikaPi to us!