Brand New Physicist
By Christopher Moore
On Tuesday January 30th, we welcomed a brand new physicist to the family. At 2:17 pm Christopher Balin Moore was born and immediately began studying gravity and parabolic motion. Unfortunately, my flight from Pittsburgh to Richmond landed at 2:22 pm. I may have missed the actual birth, but at least I have the rest of my life (hopefully) to spend with this little guy.
I’ve been out of town on job interviews for several weeks. Since Balin’s due date was not until Feb. 12th I scheduled all of my interviews to end by the 30th of January. That should have left plenty of time to make sure I was there for the birth, right? Nope. Thankfully the physics faculty at the small college where I was interviewing were understanding and worked hard to get me to the airport early. Balin was itching to come out, though, so I missed him by about half an hour.
Notice the rocket ships on his shirt. We begin calculus lessons in a few weeks!
Here are the stats:
Weight - 6 lbs. 13 ounces
Length - 19.5 inches
