Higgs Boson: What Took So Long?
“They found the Higgs Boson?” Spence says.
“Yup,” say Admin.
“What is it?”
“Elementary particle. Missing link. Solves the mass problem in theoretical cosmology.”
“Huh?”
“Smooth sailing from here on out.”
Spence is quiet for a few moments. “If there was a ballplayer named Higgs,” he says, “he could suit up for the Boson Red Sox.”
“You’ve been drinking too much coffee.”
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8:31 am on July 5th, 2012
Happy Birthday, Macy!!!!!
We have no idea what that Boson thing is. Is it like Bison? Is Higgs a professor?
Whatever.
8:38 am on July 5th, 2012
Hey there, OHs! Greeting to all!
Anything scientific leaves me baffled. I just understand that this is a really BIG finding.
Rebecca: I hope all in you family stay safe.
Bear, your picture last night of the sunset was gorgeous. I would love to vacation with you and Masquers!!
Rio: Stay cool, and safe from those fires. BTW-Hot dog eating winners, Joey Chestnutt, and “The Black Widow” Thomas. That is the most disgusting thing to watch, especially when your are having dinner!
Yankees come from behind yesterday to WIN!!!
How did the Rockies do?
8:38 am on July 5th, 2012
Macy, hope your birthday is a very special one!!!! Hugs and kisses at you!!!
9:28 am on July 5th, 2012
Eureka! Pie for Spence!
MacyMinPin: Happy Birthday to a little ball of fire.
Good morning to all from some hotel somewhere.
9:51 am on July 5th, 2012
“Mass problem” or how elementary particles are able to form mass.
Good morning all.
9:53 am on July 5th, 2012
Happy birthday Macy!
10:05 am on July 5th, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACY!!
The Texas Rangers have won more games than any other team this year! The Yankees are only one game behind them in wins.
Rose, the Rockies lost.
10:11 am on July 5th, 2012
SiberH, lo siento.
10:12 am on July 5th, 2012
Oh, and for youse Breaking Bad fans, July 15th is your day.
10:13 am on July 5th, 2012
Happy birthday Macy!
10:22 am on July 5th, 2012
Melanie, I sent you a file on your SDD. I hope.
10:25 am on July 5th, 2012
And,
Happy Birthday Macy. I saw a Min-Pin at the bakery around the block. What a dainty doggie! I had never seen one in real life before.
10:54 am on July 5th, 2012
Hip Hip Hooray
Today is Macy’s Day
So sharp of vit
Vith funny pics
Ve love her jokes
They give us kicks
So say Hooray!!
For Special Birthday!
(Natasha is much better spy than poet)
10:58 am on July 5th, 2012
Happy Birthday Macy!!!!!
11:00 am on July 5th, 2012
Two birthdays! Happy birthday to Macy! Happy birthday to Golinka
11:01 am on July 5th, 2012
Our thoughts on Higgs Boson: Don’t fool around with Mother Nature.
The Large Hadron Collider experiments have been of concern to many since its inception. Nuclear research is a very dangerous pursuit – in our opinion.
Thank you, Rose. We here are looking forward to the last season of Breaking Bad. Sob.
The islands are very lovely this time of year. You know you have an open invitation to visit.
Happy Birthday to Macy & Company!
Happy Birthday to Golinka!
11:06 am on July 5th, 2012
Birthdays!…Happy Birthday everybody!…grunt!….Everyone is getting older at the same time around here…sneeze!
Rose!…Check your SDD!…huffle!puffle!
11:09 am on July 5th, 2012
Bear!…Be careful of those open invitations…sniff!…My friend is so desperate for a vacation she might just take you up on it…heh!heh!…All she’s done so far on this so-called vacation is cook and do dishes, cook and do dishes…sniff!…She just finished cleaning up breakfast stuff a few minutes ago…burp!
11:10 am on July 5th, 2012
Errands!…Now, because she mentioned she wanted to LEAVE the house and get her hair cut, she is loaded down with other errands to run…grumble!
11:18 am on July 5th, 2012
In our experience, spending one’s vacation on the home front is the same as having no vacation at all.
Well, Riö, tomorrow things will start to liven up for you, with the opening of the auction.
12:04 pm on July 5th, 2012
Dog have things been busy in the bakery! First, Rose (the dog, not the human) was sure in order to have plenty of cake we had to have a lot of Higgs Bosons. Jeez Louise, did that start things smashing around. Gracie and Katie had heard that you got them by crashing things together! There’s hardly a plate, pan or glass left in the house. Franklin and Mac blurred over to Geneva to gather some from those scientists out there. But they didn’t have any, those guys were just talking about this stuff and clapping a lot.
They did hear that there were these 27 kilometers of tunnels under Switzerland and France that they need to check out because the scientists had run experiments there. Grace, Katie and Rosalyn all joined them in the hunt figuring it had to be cooler in the tunnels than here.
With the idiot brigade out of the way we were able to scrape up enough containers to make two cakes. Mattie and Ellie supervised and Patsy licked the bowls. I just wish she had licked them AFTER I had gotten the batter out.
Anyhoo: Two Birthday Cakes coming up!
Happy Birthday to the Royals’ Mum!
12:06 pm on July 5th, 2012
Happy Birthday Macy!
12:09 pm on July 5th, 2012
Melanie: A cake fit for a queen!
12:10 pm on July 5th, 2012
…..a clever Min-Pin (and others)
12:13 pm on July 5th, 2012
I love the stories that go along with the cakes.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Royal’s Mum.
12:13 pm on July 5th, 2012
RiverBears: You might be right about it being cooler in the tunnels…let us know what you find out (be on the look-out for Siber-H)
12:15 pm on July 5th, 2012
Good Morning, Siber-H. We posted at the same time. Heh!
12:17 pm on July 5th, 2012
A royally happy birthday to the Royal Mum. (I am curtsying in your honor!!
Melanie, Great cakes!!!
Bear, thank you for the invitation!
Rio, checked and responded to.
12:28 pm on July 5th, 2012
Happy birthday T&G’s mum.
Love the cakes.
12:53 pm on July 5th, 2012
Good Morning Bear!
Trigger, my hero, posted a photo on the blog yesterday.
I hope Trigger has been making good scores lately.
1:22 pm on July 5th, 2012
Wishing Macy and T&G’s Mom all the best on their respective birthdays. Lots of cake to go around too, thanks to Melanie.
Wookie
1:46 pm on July 5th, 2012
Happy Birthday Amalia!
1:52 pm on July 5th, 2012
Mmm…did somebody say cake? Our resident baker has been working overtime—great cakes, Melanie.
2:21 pm on July 5th, 2012
aw gee – Mama is sure blushing. Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Did we tell you that she got “card bombed” at the Big Event last week. The cards people found were just a riot, plus MPM had found the cutest solar powered bobble head Corgi. It is now on the dashboard of the Corgi-mobile so everyone knows it’s OUR car!
Thanks for the wonderful cake Melanie! Mama says we will cut it after dinner tonight. The “boys” are taking her out for a steak dinner, since neither one of them can cook, and especially not a perfectly (un) done rare steak! Wonder if we will get a doggie bag tonight???
2:50 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rose!…Check your SDD right away! Its an emergency!…grunt!
2:55 pm on July 5th, 2012
Siber-H: Hello my friend! Summer classes are in session. This time of the year is the Best for grabbing tasty bites. What with Bar-B-Ques agrill’n and folks chill’n out from the summer heat, it is a feast for all. I have found that after a few brews most of the two-leggeds are more than happy to pass some yummies under the table to our kind.
Have fun and stay cool everyone.
3:01 pm on July 5th, 2012
Maskers!….Yeah, right, she will still have to stick around here to help me catch all the bids…snort!…Not what she calls an exciting vacation….grunt!
Crash!…Earlier my friend was just pulling out of the gas station when the car in front of her stopped and Backed Up right into my old Subaru….grumble!….The old fart driving was confused and didn’t know how to get out of the parking lot…grumble!…Luckily the bumper was just scraped and you can hardly see it, but Boy oh Boy was someone MAD AS HELL!…grumble!….AFter dealing with him she had to stop and get a Fairy Box and then she came home and her mother told her it was 10:30 – well her hair appt was AT 10:30, so without even going in the house she zoom!zoom!zoomed to the hair place….wheeze!…She raced into the place and found out it was only 10:10am NOT TEN FREAKIN’ 30 like her mother told her….growl!…So she had to wait around for 30 minutes in the HOT!HOT!HOT! parking lot because the salon’s air conditioning wasn’t working and it was actually cooler in the parking lot…gasp!….Someone is just a tad ticked off right now…sniffle!
3:12 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio: I don’t know if this will make your friend feel better, but you should see the wonderful auction items. We even have a surprise submission from an unexpected source—Golinka’s pop and his dog Callie!
3:15 pm on July 5th, 2012
Sniffle!…grunt!
3:17 pm on July 5th, 2012
Question!…Someone needs to send these fairies to Rose, but she can’t remember if Rose and the Prof are going to be out of town this coming weekend..grunt!…If she mails them today it will get to Rose by Saturday…sniff!…Does anyone remember if they will be home then?…sneeze!
3:24 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rose said that their trip was postponed because of her being busy at work.
3:27 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio: I remember the same thing as SiberH so it must be true.
3:31 pm on July 5th, 2012
OMD! We forgot which day was The Royal Mum’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Golinka!
Mom & Pop left us high and dry. They went to Chesapeake City for lunch. Our mom loves Maryland!
3:34 pm on July 5th, 2012
Weekend!…I thought I remember her saying she was going to miss the Auction – is this not true anymore???…snort!
3:56 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio, have seen and responded to your SDD. The Prof and I are at home, home, home. Rats! It was too busy at the busy place to go away.
Sorry to hear about all this bad stuff happening to your friend.
3:56 pm on July 5th, 2012
Yippee!…I heard from Rose so we are off to the post office right now!…sneeze!
3:57 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio! I won’t need a proxy for the auction! Yipee!
3:58 pm on July 5th, 2012
Melanie: Please check your email.
4:11 pm on July 5th, 2012
WoooHooo! We here are getting excited to see all the wonderful items to be auctioned off.
Riö: Please tell your friend the Plunderers do appreciate her assistance. We couldn’t do it without youse.
4:22 pm on July 5th, 2012
Checked and responded, B.Stover.
Went and picked up the Subaru. This was after already making a trip down the hills this morning and then cleaning the pool. Last five miles home I SANG as LOUD as I could to stop falling asleep.
5:23 pm on July 5th, 2012
Traveling!…Well, Shirley and Laverne are on their way to New York…heh!heh!…My friend made Rose two Fairies fluttering in a garden instead of two Pugs drinking beer…sniff!…She says, “Fairies – Pugs, whats the difference?”
5:56 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio: I am very excited to receive the fairies! You will have to tell me which one is Shirley and which one is Laverne.
5:57 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rose!…Laverne is the blonde and Shirley is the brunette….grunt!…Didn’t you ever watch that show with Squiggy?….heh!
5:59 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio, I wasn’t a fan…
6:33 pm on July 5th, 2012
Bella, please check SDD.
I believe I have gotten all the pictures back to the people they came from to begin with. (heh, heh, how about that for prepositions?)
Now it is time to rest. Unless there is a major mistake about pictures I will be settin’ myself down there on the heating pad.
6:36 pm on July 5th, 2012
Melanie!…Thanks dudette for all your awesome help…snorkel!
7:23 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio: Please check your SDD.
7:29 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rebecca!…Got it!…snort!…The Excitement is builing!….heh!heh!
7:53 pm on July 5th, 2012
Bad!…Breaking! We are watching last season again thanks to ON DEMAND…grunt!…Its more exciting the second time because of all the little things we see now, that we didn’t see before that build up to those incredible last 4 or 5 episodes!…Wheeze!…What an amazing show! What amazing writing!…wow!
8:08 pm on July 5th, 2012
I was going to put up a song about my achy breaky back. But they don’t have one!
So . . Thanks, Riö 9taking a bow and then bent over making my way upstairs)
TTFN
8:14 pm on July 5th, 2012
Melanie: Assume the sore back position—staring at the ceiling and feet up.
8:21 pm on July 5th, 2012
Backs!…We here are sick of bad backs…grunt!wuffle!
8:26 pm on July 5th, 2012
Albuquerque now has trolly rides that take fans around to different locations in the city where Breaking Bad was filmed.
The cost is $60 but that includes some food.
8:30 pm on July 5th, 2012
SiberH!…We are IN!..snort!
8:36 pm on July 5th, 2012
We couldn’t wait for last season’s Breaking Bad to come out on DVD, so ended up buying the latest episodes on Amazon Prime…BB Junkies for sure.
8:44 pm on July 5th, 2012
Speaking of food, Bev made corn on the cob for dinner. She wouldn’t let me help which is good because I probably would have ruined it. Yum! Corn! Burp!
8:44 pm on July 5th, 2012
Junkie!…hmmmm! Great description for loving that show…heh!…Have you seen the whole last season Bear? If not what episode are you on?….snort
8:49 pm on July 5th, 2012
Food!…wow!….I’ve never seen my friend make so much food day after day after day, but she did…burp!gurgle!…O’Brother finally left late this afternoon and I’m sure he weighed less than when he came even though he ate really good not to mention all the beer he drank…snort!..The heat made him sweat the pounds right off while he worked outside for 4 days straight in almost 100 degree temps…sniff!…I don’t know how he did it. Beau wanted to stay out with him, but couldn’t. He would get over-heated and have to come in to cool off…heh!
8:50 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rebecca!….Quite eating Corn and go get the Auction room decorated…grump!
8:57 pm on July 5th, 2012
Sidenote!…My friend misses the Girls…sniff!…She worked on them for so long and they were always here at our side in the evening baseball game after baseball game…sniff!…Now they are gone. Off to their new adventure in New York…wuffle!…I bet their hair will frizzle out just like Rose’s…heh!heh!
9:00 pm on July 5th, 2012
I hope the auction rules are once again going to be up on Snowhook’s website. I need guidance.
9:07 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rules!…Yes the Rules and Regulations will indeed be posted in large print for all of those with bad eye-sight…heh!…Remember, don’t Look for the link until Noon Alaskan time because any early emails with bids will duly be deleted…..sniff!…I bet Rebecca will post the link to the site the minute Noon strikes in her state. Which will be late afternoon for most of us. This is good. She can make sure everything is just so and all the remodeling bugs are snuffed out…chuffle!
9:14 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio: Do you think I should put a little bling on the gavel or go with the traditional look?
9:15 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio, ha ha the Girls are on their way to being Yankee fans. Go A-rod.
9:26 pm on July 5th, 2012
Bella, please check your SDD. Pictures and descriptions have been sent.
Hello plunderers and greetings from the middle of the mitten. Still hot as the dickens here, so we are sitting in our wonderfully cool apartment and watching the sprinklers try to revive the parched lawn.
Happy birthday Macy.
9:29 pm on July 5th, 2012
Jasper: Checked! I will add the Jasper tested items to the mix. Oh, bidders are in for a treat!
9:40 pm on July 5th, 2012
So = do we look different, huh, huh? Do we?
We’re typing this on Mama’s BRAND NEW ‘Puter!! Hahahahha – no more old Agatha computer that takes at least 5 minutes to boot up! Mama says that once the old tower stuff is transfered to this here laptop, she won’t dread having to open the “big computer” to do stuff.
And she had a great big, whopping steak for dinner! AND a sugar free birthday cake! Tell ya what, it doesn’t get much better than this!
(Gilly and I didn’t get doggie bags after all, but we got new birthday necklaces, AND we got cake, so life is good.
9:55 pm on July 5th, 2012
I bet Aunt Melanie can post a pic of the new necklaces.
10:03 pm on July 5th, 2012
Walks!…We are back from our respective walks…wheeze!…She took us one at a time tonight just because it is so much easier…heh!heh!…
Sammie!…I never thought of that!….Grunt!…The Girls might become Yankee or Mets fans…gasp!wheeze!….Oh no, say it isn’t so…..sob!
10:11 pm on July 5th, 2012
HOt! We here in Minn. think it is too darn HOT. Dawson will be in misery when she gets back if it gets this hot again. She has Alaskan weather in her veins now. Staff can barely stand it.
Maggie is cold a lot and LOVES the hot weather. She doesn’t want the AC on in her bedroom! The downstairs stays comfortable but the upstairs is HOT! The heat is supposed to break here tomorrow, thank Dog. WE are not used to 100 degrees. I don’t know how Rio and Beau can stand it. Whew.
Starting tomorrow it is supposed to get lower every day until it is in the low to middle 80’s
10:20 pm on July 5th, 2012
The girls will be watching the Yankess play ball on tv.
I could make a smart remark and say at least the girls will be watching a winning team play ball.
10:25 pm on July 5th, 2012
SiberH!…grunt!
Birthdays!…I am supposed to give the two birthday girls this card because my friend misses her fairies…wuffle!..She picked th card, but I got to write the text…heh!heh!burp!
http://www.americangreetings.com/ecards/view.pd?i=569453838&m=9432&rr=y&source=aggoogle999&c=emag63458
10:25 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio: Every episode of Season 4 has been watched many moons ago. Waiting patiently now for July 15th. Not!
Off to rest up before the auction tomorrow. The paws must be ready to fly across the keys.
See Everyone then – Bear
10:28 pm on July 5th, 2012
Bear!…ha!…Paws flying across keys…snort!…Good one! heh!
10:32 pm on July 5th, 2012
Maggie called for transport to bed before I finished the sentence above.
It was supposed to end with…
“until it is in the low to middle 80’s when Dawson gets back.”
10:33 pm on July 5th, 2012
Staff!… We have been miserable forever it seems…gasp!…But tonight some cool air has moved into our city…sniff!sniff!…No rain, but at least cooler air…woooooo!… It is supposed to be cooler for the next four days with RAIN…snort!…That would really help those poor fire fighters out if it rained a few days in a row…gurgle!
10:36 pm on July 5th, 2012
Wookie!…After the Rockies play this last game with the Cardinals, they are headed your way to Washington to play the Nationals….yeep!yeep!…I will get to see your baseball park, that is so Koool!…heh!heh!
10:52 pm on July 5th, 2012
Quilts!…If i read Jaspers post correctly there will be some Quilts up for Auction tomorrow!….Wooooooo!….We here Love!love!love! quilts, but someone says she can never afford them…whatever!grump!cheap-ass!
10:58 pm on July 5th, 2012
Rio – Mama sure enjoyed your card. So did we – we were chasing those little fairies all over the place. They were almost as pretty as the fairies you made. Laverne and Shirley – snort!
We will be heading off to bed in a little bit, but Mama and Dad are going out in the backyard for late night prayers. They are sending up prayers that all those brave firefighters out there get home safely to their families very soon. And (stereotypes aside) they are praying for RAIN – RAIN – RAIN for all the dry country.
Good night all.
11:00 pm on July 5th, 2012
oops – we lost our avatar there for a minute. Must have had too much catnip.
11:08 pm on July 5th, 2012
I am going to bed also. Tired out today. Took Dad to the Credit Union to roll over his IRA and then we came home and napped. Well Dad napped. Sniff. The Turtleman stayed with Mom while we were away. What a good brother.
Night all.
tomorrow I get the morning off and I am going to IKEA and the Container Store. Bliss.
11:09 pm on July 5th, 2012
Ikea!…No IKEA in sight around these here parts…grump!
11:10 pm on July 5th, 2012
That is right! We will get to see Wookie’s baseball park.
We are turning in. We had a rough night last night because we were in the middle of war zone.
Night All
11:10 pm on July 5th, 2012
Forgot!…Goodnight Staff!…snort!…Stay Koool and drink lots of water…dammit!
11:12 pm on July 5th, 2012
We must not have an IKEA either because I don’t know what it is.
11:12 pm on July 5th, 2012
SiberH!….I thought you had finished digging out that sound-proof cellar just for last night…shucks!…At least the worst of it is over, maybe…grunt!
11:14 pm on July 5th, 2012
BooBear here. Everyone say a little prayer for Gus tonight. He has had a heart condition since he was born. Mom adopted him at about 6 months of age and was told he may make a year. That was about 5 or 6 years ago. He’s been doing great, but tonight he is showing signs of going into distress. Labored breathing and no energy. This has happened before and he has come through it but his heart function doesn’t return to it’s previous status. Tuck the quilt tight.
BooBear
11:16 pm on July 5th, 2012
Gah!….sob!sob!sob!…Gus, you have to get better buddy…sniffle!…BooBear be strong for Gus. Oh, this is just so scary…sniff!…Please keep us all posted Mr. Boo.
11:35 pm on July 5th, 2012
Puss N’ Boots!…There can be no Boots without Puss…sniffle!…Lord please let us keep Gus for awhile longer. I know you have better plans for him. No pain, no suffering, no tears, but Lord we will miss him. If you do take him we know he will be in kind gentle hands and his body restored….amen.
11:35 pm on July 5th, 2012
Last minute check in – We are going back outside to say a prayer for Gus.
And then we are going to bed for sure.
11:35 pm on July 5th, 2012
Cool Things!
*The weather in northern BC
*Sam’s new collar
*Rose’s new angels
*Melanie’s cakes
*Quilts
*The Plunderers
*Snowhook Kennels
*Auctions
11:42 pm on July 5th, 2012
DearBooBear: Prayers being said for your best friend, Gus.
11:42 pm on July 5th, 2012
Kool!…Dawson is right, there are a lot of Kool things going on right now…snort!…..But the Good always has its counterpart to deal with….sob!….Gus, hang in there buddy.
11:44 pm on July 5th, 2012
BooBear: Please take care of Gus as he is in distress. If the veil is thin tonight between both sides of the Bridge as it usually is, I have no doubt that Bridger is keeping a watchful eye on Gus. He is his brother’s keeper, cat or canine.
Creator: Please bless and keep Gus. Please calm and comfort him and those who care for him. Amen.
11:55 pm on July 5th, 2012
Goodnight!…I will be thinking of ole Gus tonight when I am in my soft cool bed…sniff!…He will be who I think about as I fall asleep…wuffle!…Goodnight Gus, and God Bless.
12:11 am on July 6th, 2012
Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes, and pug card, and Melanie cake. I am late because Mom and Dad went out tonight, without me, on MY birthday. hmmph
Melanie, the hills were aliiiiiive, with the sound of music.
Happy Birthday ms. 4 Hawks.
Loving thoughts for Gus, our Texas neighbor. Be strong Boo.
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