Blargh.

The cold I brought home from Atlanta is slowly getting better... I didn't wake up at 3:30 this morning hacking up a lung like I did the night before. And the headache I had last night has gone away, though my neck is sore tonight... I must be getting old. :(

For those few of you who haven't heard the news, today the CERN supercollider was switched on. It'll be interesting to see what happens when they actually start doing some real science with it, as opposed to just letting it warm up like they did today. Personally, I think the fears people have been expressing about it causing the end of the world are just a tad overblown. If I remember my physics correctly (and nexstarman or kipron can correct me if I'm wrong), even if the particles being smashed together did cause a black hole to form, it would be so small that it would evaporate almost instantly.

Unfortunately, I suspect that we won't be having flashforwards as in Rob Sawyer's novel. :(

So if any of you have been worrying, here's a convenient website to update you on the status of the experiment:

Has the Large Hadron Collector Destroyed The World Yet?

And another, just in case you're still unsure:

Has The LHC Destroyed The Earth?

In other news, it has been officially determined that I am, in fact, insane. Right, travellingone? ;)

And now, from travellingone...

You post the answers, but not the questions. It's a 30 questions meme! If you want to play, comment and I'll return a screened reply of the questions. Then you have to post your own answers to them.

1. whitesangria, mutarada
2. dagibbs, james_nicoll, bcholmes, the_nita, thespian
3. msvu20, nexstarman
4. indefatigable42
5. cuteteenboy, evil_admiral
6. I don't think this one really applies to anyone on my friendslist.
7. cuteteenboy, mutarada
8. crusherdisciple, ghostleegirl, rosemary_ca, twiddler
9. I'm assuming this doesn't apply to people with whom I've already done this, so... ghstlght74, evil_admiral, kipron, saintrobert, lizblackdog, stargate2077. If we're including people with whom we've already done it, add cuteteenboy, dx4, and Declan to that list.
10. rockgoddes, huntingdon
11. cuteteenboy
12. I can't narrow this down... so many of you are beautiful in every way possible.
13. gnumoose, mutarada
14. travellingone and yellow_freshia; neoengel
15. I can't say I've ever wanted to do that to anyone in particular.
16. whitesangria, rockgoddes
17. cuteteenboy
18. kaelsu2
19. whitesangria, gurudata, rockgoddes, huntingdon, msvu20
20. lizblackdog
21. I don't know what this means. Google returned pages about cathode ray tubes, stars, dogs and amino acids...
22. See #21.
23. I don't think this applies to anyone here. whitesangria would be closest.
24. whitesangria
25. dx4, ghstlght74, kevinlc
26. Circumstances require me to plead the Fifth. *grin*
27. ghstlght74
28. I'm assuming this refers to someone who doesn't already do it. kosst_amojan, evil_admiral
29. See #26.
30. My life would be much poorer without each of you being a part of it.