Halloween - Large Hadron Collider
I went to a Halloween party Saturday night as the Large Hadron Collider.
The glowing particle accelerator around my neck is not to scale. This one is 24 inches circumference. The real one is 17 miles circumference.
I was already planning to go as the Large Hadron Collider, but I shamelessly swiped a lot of the details from this gag that "NotReallyAlice" did as presented on the Skepchick blog.
Here's a closeup of the control panel. CMS stands for Compact Muon Solenoid:
The CMS OFF/ON and CMS COOLING OFF/ON switches light LEDs, and the CMS ABORT button is illuminated. The PANIC BUTTON OFF/ON switch causes a high-pitched buzzer to sound.
"Oh, that fellow at Radio Shack said I was mad. Well, who's mad now?!" *diabolical laughter*
---Monty Burns
Also, as seen from behind, the black hole that the Large Hadron Collider will create is already forming:
Like most things, the Large Hadron Collider is more fun in the dark:
I'll be wearing this costume again tonight at the Halloween Bash / RATL band gig at On The Rocks Tavern on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
No I won't; as muffle1969 has informed me, that club has closed suddenly, canceling the band gig.
The glowing particle accelerator around my neck is not to scale. This one is 24 inches circumference. The real one is 17 miles circumference.
I was already planning to go as the Large Hadron Collider, but I shamelessly swiped a lot of the details from this gag that "NotReallyAlice" did as presented on the Skepchick blog.
Here's a closeup of the control panel. CMS stands for Compact Muon Solenoid:
The CMS OFF/ON and CMS COOLING OFF/ON switches light LEDs, and the CMS ABORT button is illuminated. The PANIC BUTTON OFF/ON switch causes a high-pitched buzzer to sound.
"Oh, that fellow at Radio Shack said I was mad. Well, who's mad now?!" *diabolical laughter*
---Monty Burns
Also, as seen from behind, the black hole that the Large Hadron Collider will create is already forming:
Like most things, the Large Hadron Collider is more fun in the dark:
I'll be wearing this costume again tonight at the Halloween Bash / RATL band gig at On The Rocks Tavern on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
No I won't; as muffle1969 has informed me, that club has closed suddenly, canceling the band gig.