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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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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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Companions in Zealous Research

Category: Conferences

Blogging has been light of late because I was in the Houston area for the weekend, at the annual meeting of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society (think Phi Beta Kappa, but for science nerds). Every chapter is required...

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Cranky Toddler Poll

Category: Personal

SteelyKid had a check-up yesterday, and got three shots (chicken pox, MMR, and seasonal flu). This may or may not be related to her high fever and general misery last night; whatever the cause, she was not a happy camper....

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An Important Public Service Announcement

Category: Pop Culture

If you want to be a musician, there are some simple rules you must follow: And now you know......

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Where Were You When...?

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?

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Sportz Is Hurting America

Category: Sports

Over at the Mid-Majority, Kyle Whelliston (formerly of espn.com) has a great essay on the "Sportz" phenomenon: Sports are great. Actual participation is awesome, but watching other people do sports can still be pretty good too. These days, people can...

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I Know They Show Beer Commercials in Hell

Category: Polls

It's fall, which means that the major American sports are all ramping up (baseball is in its brief period of being interesting, the NFL is nearing the middle of its season, the NBA has just gotten underway, which means that...

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Flash Forward, Left Behind

Category: Television

I've watched the first few episodes of "Flash Forward" more or less as they aired-- I've been DVR-ing them, but watching not long after they start, so I can fast-forward through the commercials, and still see it. I could just...

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Stargate: Universe and the Myth of the Lone Genius

Category: Television

Robert Carlyle plays a deeply creepy genius, who is basically the Shamwow of scientists. He solves thousand-year-old math problems! He translates ancient languages! He knows how to fix aeons-old carbon scrubbers! He soaks up six times his weight in liquid!

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Don't Be Such a Scientist by Randy Olson

Category: Books

This book is, in some ways, a complement to Unscientific America. Subtitled "Talking Substance in an Age of Style," this is a book talking about what scientists need to do to improve the communication of science to the general public....

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Worldcon Talk: How to Effectively Talk About Science to Non-Scientists

Category: Academia

My talk was Friday morning at 10am, on the title given above. This wasn't my choice-- when I volunteered to be on programming, I said some general areas that I'd be willing to talk about, and left it at that....

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