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[xp_hawkeye]

Happy Holidays, mansion folk.

In addition to being unable to move right now thanks to copious amounts of food (don't worry, Matt, I'm totally prepped for Midnight Mass, I've got like two hours until I have to be mobile), I felt the need to share with you all the fact that I woke up this morning with tickets for a tour of the Hadron Collider taped to my forehead. I know who you are, sneaky person who also taped a note to my face, and I wanted to say thank you because this is epic.

Also, Darcy, why are Doc Foster and I tied? I am totally better at feeding myself without being reminded that she is!

Hope all of you are having a great time, too.

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[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

Oh man, you're killing me, Doc. It's the world's largest and most powerful particle collider, the largest, most complex experimental facility ever built, and the largest single machine in the world. Basically, it allows physicists to test the predictions of different theories of particle physics and high-energy physics. In particular, it lets us further test the properties of the Higgs boson and the large family of new particles predicted by supersymmetric theories. Also, loads of other unsolved questions of physics.

[x-barrier.livejournal.com]

You know what's unsolved? Cancer. And the function of the human appendix.

Point being, I've got plenty of mysteries to contemplate. Practical ones.

[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

Seriously, what the hell are appendixes even for, Doc?

[x-barrier.livejournal.com]

Bacterial garage is the best guess.

[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

Gross.

Physics is so much better.

[x-wallflower-.livejournal.com]

Which cancer though? The problem is that any cure would need to be focused on the particular cancer so an overall cure is impossible.

Interestingly, there's been some recent thoughts on the appendix being a repository for good bacteria - used to reboot the digestive system after things like cholera and the like.

(Apologies for the shop talk - I've been diving into the books again in view of my continued schooling)