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"Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. Physics, politics, pop culture, and occasional conversations with his dog.

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FutureBaby Betting Pool Winner

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A few weeks back, I started a betting pool, inviting people to guess the birth date and sex of FutureBaby (now SteelyKid). Looking back over the entries, the winner was Kylinn, who correctly guessed August 7th and female. Kylinn wins,...

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Meet SteelyKid

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FutureBaby becomes ActualBaby, and is, of course, the cutest baby EVAR.

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Correlation and Causation

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Around 20% of women who go into labor do so after eating Chinese food. Another 17% or so go into labor after eating Indian food. True facts....

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Reader Request: Parenthood

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In the Reader Request thread, Mary Kay writes: I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on becoming a father. Both before and after the actual event. I mentioned this to Kate, and she asked whether I thought there was a...

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Why Don't They Predict That?

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Why doesn't the projected delivery date for FutureBaby reflect the average gestation time for a first-time mother?

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FutureBaby Betting Pool

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Guess the delivery date and sex of FutureBaby, win a prize.

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Project Nursery

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The garage remodel is dragging on a bit-- the room is usable, but not all of the shelves are in yet. We have, however, cleared enough space to set up some of the piles of baby things we've acquired: A...

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Theme From FutureBaby!

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Being a Baby of the Future, FutureBaby obviously needs to have a theme song. Sadly, Kate and I don't have the cash on hand to commission John Williams to write one. So, then, we shall Ask the Internets: What (already...

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Arbitrary Numerical Signifier

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Six years ago today, to within a few hours: It's been good so far, I think we'll stick with it a while longer... If you'd like to see more evidence that Kate's way too good to me, here's a picture...

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Percentiles and Perspective

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Kate's doctor called back after the ultrasound Tuesday, and this time the news was all good-- FutureBaby appears very healthy, and everything is as it should be. There was one interesting little quirk, though, having to do with the weight....

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