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Chad Orzel "Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." (anonymous student evaluation comment)

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Exhausted Dog Blogging

You have no idea how hard it is to be the Queen of Niskayuna. Between the talking about Relativity, and the people working on the house, and the nice weather, and the squirrels, and the cleaning service coming by, and...

Caw!

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

Shinto Love God

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...

Warning! Leering Demon Hand Zone!

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....

Let's Zen!

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...

Lab Porn: Plasma!

A couple more pretty pictures of the apparatus, to pass the time: This is the plasma discharge source that we use to make metastable atoms. We excite the gas using a RF coil (under the tinfoil) with a couple of...

Lab Porn: Doomsday!

Behold, the end of the world is at hand! They said I was mad-- mad!-- but now they'll pay... Well, ok, it's not actually a doomsday weapon. It's a shot of the main experiment chamber in my lab, taken in...

Young and Photogenic

Ladies and gentemen, one of the three worst pictures ever taken of me: There is, of course, a story behind this. It's not a particularly good story, but there is one......

Nice Beaver!

Yet another picture taken by Kate at the National Zoo. When we arrived at the beaver pen, a bunch of keepers were inside, posing for a picture. This little guy clearly thought that humans being in his enclosure indicated...

Panda!

Here's another picture Kate took at the National Zoo, showing one of their pandas (the male, I think, but I'm not sure) chowing down on a big branch of bamboo. As noted previously, they're deeply improbable creatures, but really...

Sloth-in-a-Box

A picture from the Small Mammal House at the National Zoo. This is a two-toed sloth (according to the sign on the cage, anyway) that has wedged itelf into a box mounted near the ceiling to take a nap....

Imperturbable Ducks

Mandarin ducks at the National Zoo's bird house. These guys were perched on a railing in the fligt area, and didn't move, even though people were passing no more than a few feet from them, taking pictures. (Picture by...

Vacation Dog Blogging #4

Today is the last day of our trip, so here's a shot of Her Majesty showing off her regal side. Of course, the snow on her muzzle kind of undercuts the dignified affect......

Vacation Dog Blogging #3

Day three of our vacation, and another Action Dog! shot: Here, Emmy demonstrates that among her other superlative qualities, she is exceptionally strong and stubborn. This is a good shot of the Kong Wubba, as well....

Vacation Dog Blogging #2

Another dog picture for you to admire while I'm out of town: It's a little tough to tell what she's doing here, but this is a play-bow-- she's stretched her paws out in front of her and brought the front...

Vacation Dog Blogging #1

Kate and I are going out of town for a few days. I may or may not check in and post some stuff while we're gone-- it will depend on how busy we are, and how good the Internet access...

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