Botanist sues to stop CERN hurling Earth into parallel universe:

A lawsuit has been filed in Hawaii in an attempt to hold up the start of operations by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) atom-smasher on the French-Swiss border.

A colourful American botanist, teacher, former biologist and sometime physicist says (in outline) that the LHC may rip a hole in the fabric of the space-time continuum and so destroy the Earth. He wants the US government to act now and delay the LHC's startup while a new safety review is carried out.

Walter L Wagner and his fellow Hawaiian Luis Sancho, according to a report on MSNBC, filed suit in the Hawaii federal court last Friday. The men are worried about one of several planet-busting physicists' nightmares being unleashed in the LHC's bowels deep beneath the Franco-Swiss countryside. (According to Wagner's website, as of publication, the LHC is located "near Generva, Switzerland".)

Firstly Wagner is concerned that careless atom boffins might slip up and create a miniature black hole. This would then suck in surrounding mass, gaining unstoppably in size and power in a runaway process until it had engulfed the entire Earth and packed it down inside its swelling, unescapable event horizon.

While we're on the subject of crazy ideas...

watch this video it pretty much sums up my sentiments:

It`s Official: We`re All Silly Monkeys Mind-opening video clip that proves, no matter how much we deny it, we`re just silly little monkeys roaming the Earth.

Now interesting video but why do creationist think they matter?! Don't they know we are only ants to the elder gods who rule this universe!? If we are not destroyed it is only because we are not seen as signifigant in the bigger picture for the elder gods to meddle in our existence. Imperical evidence points to humans being insignifigant in the chain of events in the universe, if Earth was to explode our loss would not be felt outside of our own existence. So you foolish creationist pledge your lives to Cthullu and be the first to die! For this is the only reward you will recieve!

Hey all! There's an exciting event happening - I'll be going, you should come too!

E. D. Blodgett at Hulbert's (Hosted by the Olive Reading Series)
Tuesday April 8, at 7pm (doors at 6)
-reading is free, and will be followed by an open set
-a new chapbook of Dr. Blodgett's poems, published by Olive's Extra Virgin Press, will be available for free at the reading

So...I know most of you are thinking "Who the heck is E.D. Blodgett?".

E.D. Blodgett, FRSC, is a University Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the Univeristy of Alberta, and he is currently teaching at Grant McEwan College and the Campus St. Jean. His reserach has varied from European medaevil romance to Canadian Comparative Literature. His publications include "Five-Part Invention: A History of Literary History in Canada" (Toronto University Press, 2003) and "Elegy" (University of Alberta Press, 2005). He has published 17 volumes of poetry, of which two were awarded the Governor General's Award. He is preparing three others, one of which consists of poetry in French.

So...if you're interseted, let me know and we can all go together!

Beck, you'll like this: A Creationist tour of the Denver Museum.

Man, nothing's going my way:
France: No Eiffel Redesign Planned, Says Architect Who Made Proposal.

Sweet orca of Mallorca!^* Canucks could be minus Luongo in Minnesota:

Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault could be forced to start seldom-used backup goaltender Curtis Sanford for Friday's game in Minnesota if No. 1 Roberto Luongo remains in Florida.

Luongo left the NHL team early Thursday morning to be with his wife Gina, who was expected to give birth to the couple's first child later in the day.

But even if the baby was born Thursday, it isn't a guarantee Luongo could arrive in time for the 5 p.m. PT start.

Gah!:

A Macedonian court convicted a bear of theft and damage for stealing honey from a beekeeper who fought off the attacks with thumping "turbo-folk" music.

The Star

that was my goddamned post-call day; I shouldn't be up until 5AM, goddamnit!

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