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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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Mike Hoye rides the Tokyo subway and takes a picture of it: Here's my view of the same scene (from this Flickr set): I really hope he was sitting down when he took that....

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Caw!

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In honor of the Japanese crow story in today's Links Dump, here's a filler post with a picture of a Japanese crow:...

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Shinto Love God

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I'm kicking myself for not using this as a filler post a couple of weeks back when it was Easter: This is from one of the shrines at Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto-- the temple with the gigantic wooden platform looking out...

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The Japanese Directions Theory of Pedagogy

Category: Japan

It occurred to me this morning, that in some senses, what I'm trying to do with lab pedagogy is rather like giving directions in Japan.

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Warning! Leering Demon Hand Zone!

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Lest you think that people in the US are uniquely alarmist about threats to Chiiiiillllllldrruuuun, a picture from last summer's trip to Japan: I have absolutely no idea what that says, but it sure is lurid....

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Let's Zen!

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Wow. I'm cranky today. I really need to be more Zen about things. Here's a picture to meditate on: This is the famous "Crane and Turtle" garden at Konchi-in in Kyoto. It's one of very few gardens absolutely known to...

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Japan Photo Albums

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As a Christmas present for her grandparents, Kate put together a coupld of albums of pictures from our Japan trip, including this shot of What Japanese Commuter Trains Look Like to Me: (That was taken standing up looking straight ahead...

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Pow!

Category: Japan

In the same basic spirit as yesterday's knit cephalopod picture, here's a sign from Takayama that we really liked: I'm not sure exactly why the octopus has punched the fish to the moon, Ralph Kramden style, but Kate and I...

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Kate and the Dragon

Category: Japan

There's a chance that, if I make a serious push this week, I can have a first pass through the book complete before Christmas. So, of course, I'm procrastinating madly. I understand it's traditional to post pictures in these circumstances,...

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Non-Dorky Poll: Distressing Public Art

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Which of these statues seen on the street in Japan is more disturbing?

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