How to create time

There was a piece in many of today's newspapers about a scary sounding experiment that's going ahead in Geneva next month. Now, I'd heard about this place before, and had hoped that the thing they're about to do had happened quietly without my knowledge. However - no - actually it's happening next month.

They're going to do some kind of particle accelerator thing (forgive me for not having advanced my physics knowledge beyond GCSE - I got an A* don't you know :) ) that if all works well, will create some particles called Higgins Boson things (not the catchiest name - there's a serious marketing opportunity there) which will reveal the secrets of the origins of the universe. Seriously exciting stuff. Apparently they may even reveal how we can travel in time. Someone alert David Tennant...

However - the reason why it's incredibly scary is that there's the weeniest tiny chance that the reaction might create a black hole. A black hole that could swallow up our entire universe. Because the scientists involved want to know more about something called Higgins Boson.

I'd like to suggest that there may be some sort of crazy minded, super-liberal argument that might hint that given the odds - perhaps - just perhaps - it might not be worth taking the risk?

They'd better wait until after I see la Tennant in Stratford...

a x

Must try harder

Seven months since a post.

Budget.

Well, it's not like anyone's reading anyway. But I must get better at this before I start trying to entice readers... main changes since January (gulp):

• I have become utterly obsessed with David Tennant - he is delicious
• I have been promoted! So I am now on the poverty line, rather than just beneath it
• I have decided that I need to become an awful lot better at online media because I feel I would be much happier working in that field
• Did I mention David Tennant?

I'm still not engaged, pregnant or proud owner of a publishing contract. Win some, lose some...

A xx

PS I got new tickets to Hamlet in Stratford. I know you were worrying.