Category: Pictures

Father’s Day 2014

according to SteelyKid I am as tall as a seeling (ceiling) and as strong as a grilau (gorilla).

Today is Father’s Day in the US, so I got a bunch of little gifts from the kids. The Pip’s was just a construction-paper card mostly made by his teachers, with a bit of scribble on it. SteelyKid’s, though, included a fill-in-the-blank booklet that she wrote on and drew pictures to go with. Some of… Continue reading Father’s Day 2014

Kickin’ Back

The Pip relaxing with some cartoons.

Made it home Friday evening after another bout of airline nonsense– they had replaced the plane for my flight into Albany with a smaller aircraft, so my email boarding pass assigned me to a nonexistent seat. Which had been corrected in their computer, but was never communicated to me, or to several other passengers who… Continue reading Kickin’ Back

May I Be Excused? My Brain Is Full.

Note from a student in my class, who had second thoughts about attending on Friday. I ate half the donut before I thought to take a picture.

I’ve had a lot of weird things happen in the time I’ve been teaching, but the above image is my new favorite message from a student. We gave an exam Thursday night, so a couple of my colleagues canceled class on Friday, but I’m going to be at DAMOP the last week of class, so… Continue reading May I Be Excused? My Brain Is Full.

Go Fly a Kite

SteelyKid, flying a kite.

The kids spent last week at Grandma and Grandpa’s, as school was closed for Passover/Easter (best wishes for each of those holidays to those who celebrate them), and Kate and I went down there for the weekend. During which trip we went up on top of the flood control dam in town, and flew a… Continue reading Go Fly a Kite

Happy Birthday, Mr. Einstein

Charcoal drawing of Einstein giving a talk in Schenectady in 1939. The original is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy office, donated by Carl George, who I think got it from the artist originally.

The other big nerd event of today is that it’s Einstein’s birthday, on this date back in 1879. I keep meaning to take and post a photo of the cool picture of Einstein we have in the department’s collection of stuff, and this is as good an excuse as any. If not for him, we… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Mr. Einstein

Long Overdue Snow Physics Post

Snow hanging off the edge of SteelyKid's playset.

Ages and ages ago, I posted the picture that’s the “featured image” above, and asked people to submit physics comments about it. Then I got distracted by a series of shiny things, and never did anything with the handful of responses I got. Because I’m a Terrible Person. Anyway, it’s long overdue, but here are… Continue reading Long Overdue Snow Physics Post

Super Pip!

The Pip in his fuzzy green superhero cape.

SteelyKid’s gotten a bunch of press here recently, so it’s time to give her brother his due. So here’s a cute picture of The Pip from this afternoon (as the “featured image”– if you read via RSS, you’ll have to click through). He’s wearing a “superhero cape” made from a fuzzy blanket, because SteelyKid was… Continue reading Super Pip!

SteelyKid and the Big Telescope

SteelyKid looking through the Union College Observatory's telescope.

SteelyKid’s class at her after-school day care has been learning about space for the last month or two (the program is very flexible– the teachers ask the kids what they want to learn about, and then they spend however long on that topic the kids like), so we’ve been getting a lot of tidbits about… Continue reading SteelyKid and the Big Telescope