Large Hadron Collider

I'm too simple to know whether I should be excited or frightened by physicists seeking the "God particle" and other phenomenal phenomena. Scientists reassure us that creating black holes with the LHC is nothing to worry about. What do you think? Is September 10, 2008 going to be doomsday?

You can learn more on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89562587#share

Has the LHC destroyed the world yet?
http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

Large Hadron Rap:

Inklings

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Why I Read

rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read "The Hobbit" - my first foray into Tolkien - when I was about eleven years old. When reading this and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, I had the most fantastical and vivid dreams! I'm glad I discovered JRR Tolkien at this age because he fed my mind in such a way that I ever after approached all books with a desire to let myself fall into the world an author was creating for me with complete abandon. Certainly, not all writing is creating the kind of magical fantasy that Tolkien is. But cultivating this attitude relatively early in my reading life, has opened wonderful worlds to me beyond which even this incomparable author could not have envisaged. So, I thank JRR Tolkien for a book that sparked my imagination (and, I'm certain, the imaginations of millions!).


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Baby Steps

OK. So I'm admitting that I have no idea what I'm doing here. It just seems that this is the next method by which I am to communicate. Having long ago forgotten what a personal letter is, I'll just put myself out here for the whole world to see. Hopefully I'm banal enough that only friends & family care to linger or return. I've lost contact with too many of you and that makes me sad. I look forward to the possibility that we will reconnect out here in cyberspace (and then maintain our connections).

Just bear with me while I learn how to make this work.

Marti