Is anyone else creeped out by the “Higgs” character in the Symmetry Magazine photoshop contest [1]? I am. All I can think of is Towlie from “South Park,” because they look a lot alike. All I hear is Higgsie saying, “You guys wanna get high (pT)?” I know this, by […]
Yesterday, a high court in the U.S. ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of regulatory power to put constraints on greenhouse gas emission (since EPA judged them a threat to public health). The high court’s ruling [1] included this gem of a statement: “It makes no difference […]
I enjoy cooking, more for the experimental aspects than anything else. Tonight, I decided to make a lot of pasta for dinners for the week. It starts with simmering garlic and onions in olive oil. Then add peppers and tomatoes. Then add starchy water from the pasta that I’ve boiled. […]
It’s a Mt. Blanc kinda morning – clear and blue, with an easy (if slightly hazy) view of this daunting mountain in the distance. Nibbling at my pain au chocolate from a local patisserie, sipping my cup of coffee, and surrounded by mountains – it’s Saturday morning in St. Genis.
I had the most surreal experience tonight. I got off the Y bus at Lion and began walking back to the apartment. As I started down the Rue de Bordeau, I started to hear music. At first, it was quiet. I looked around to try to see where it was […]
This is my first night since I traveled to CERN where know I don’t have an early commitment the next day. I am enjoying the evening by sitting near the balcony and watching the Germany v. Greece match in EURO 2012.
The world’s press seems too timid to say it, so I am just going to make this plain and clear. Tonight’s Eurocup match-up between Germany and Greece WILL determine the outcome of the EU. Elections? Pah. Financial legislation? Please. High-level meetings of the G20? It’s a show. Anyone can do […]
After a short rain storm, we were treated to this delightful sight. Unfortunately, the camera on my European mobile phone doesn’t capture the incredible color brilliance of this particular rainbows. The colors were so crisp, and even the blues and purples so vibrant, you could swear they were stained glass […]
I am saddened by the news that South Carolina’s governor has chosen a path of scientific and medical ignorance and vetoed a bill that would have provided young girls free access to the HPV vaccine, which is recommended for girls as young as 12 to head off the possible transmission […]
Today is my last day of Trigger Desk shifts this week. I have one more block of shifts next week. When I went to sign up for shifts 3 months ago, only these two blocks of Trigger shifts were left. In ATLAS, you take what you can get. I hope […]