In my general relativity class, there is this Russian girl, Tatianna, who is from the Anna Kournikova/Maria Sharapova mould of Russian chicks. Blondes aren't my type, but I hear that when the semester first started, the physics students (the GR class is in the physics department) were drooling over her, in part because she was one of only 4 girls out of the incoming class of 24 physics students.

Pretty soon, however, it turned out that this girl is married.

And has a baby boy.

It seems that her husband is also a Russian physics student in the 3rd or 4th year, and is working with Ed Witten, one of the top theoretical physicists in the world. I was in a conversation last week with a bunch of physics students, and one was saying to the other, 'We'd better make our mark and accomplish everything we want to do within 20 years, because once their kid grows up and gets his PhD, there's nothing left for us to do.'

I actually got to meet little Sergei last week when his mum came over to the grad college for Friday night drinks. He tried to eat my hand.