So, it’s this kind of day today… …which always makes me introspective.  Consider the following… About 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe came into existence, for whatever reason you choose to believe.  During that event, all of the energy that was, is, and ever will be spewed forth.  Some of it, after some time, coalesced […]

Seems that three months have passed since I last wrote anything about anything here.  Turns out that actually participating in science is a time consuming endeavor.  Actually, it’s been a little over 3 months…3.19 months, actually…which is pretty close to… Today is also Pi Day in the United states, as well as Albert Einstein’s b-day, […]

So…the physics building in which I work was shut down for the day due to a frozen helium dewar in one of the basement labs, turning it into a potential explosion hazard.   I felt compelled to tell you (and by “you”, I mean anyone that gives a crap enough to keep reading, especially through this […]