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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.
"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)
Emmy is a German Shepherd mix, and the Queen of Niskayuna. She likes treats, walks, chasing bunnies, and quantum physics.
Category: Physics
Over in Scientopia, Janet notes an interesting mis-statement from NPR, where Dina Temple-Raston said of the now-dead terrorist: [O]ne intelligence officials told us that nothing with an electron actually passed close to him, which in a way is one of...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 4:58 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I've been sticking to my "no Internet before writing something" quota fairly well the last several days, with a couple of exceptions: 1) writing or no writing, I read a bunch of RSS feeds on my phone when I'm putting...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:13 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
As usual, the most sensible commentary on the Southern organizations celebrating the 150th anniversary of secession comes from the Daily Show. Specifically, Larry Wilmore: The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe South's Secession Commemorationwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:30 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Kevin Drum posted an anti-rant about the TSA, which argues that the new scanners and pat-downs aren't an outrage because they really mean well: I'm not trying to defend everything TSA has put in place. Some of the stuff they...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:53 AM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I usually have ESPN on as background noise in the morning, but I turned it off today because their increasingly fulsome tributes to Veterans Day were getting on my nerves. I'm all in favor of honoring the sacrifices made by...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:52 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I've never thought of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. I haven't had to, since I don't live in The City, so about all I remember about him is that his choice of party back when he was first running...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:23 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Here's a partial list of Important Events from my lifetime that I've heard at least one person use in a "I remember where I was when ______" type essay or discussion. Which of them do you remember that way?
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:47 AM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogs
Theorem: The worthiness of a blog post on a political or social topic is inversely proportional to the number of times derisive nicknames are used to refer to the author's opponents....
Posted by Chad Orzel at 5:05 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
I almost forgot about yesterday's anniversary-- I didn't think of it at all until the fulsome tribute before Thursday night's football game. I actually waffled for a bit about whether to put up the annual moment-of-silence post. It's been eight...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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