In Which is Formed #WinosForLHC

A live stream as they start the LHC?

Well, sign me up; I cannot be alone

In wanting to watch them make history!

Now in the past it has been error-prone,

This vast machine. Its kryptonite is bread,

Its dipole magnets at one point did need

Repair, and in '05 there wound up dead

One Jose Lages -- tragedy indeed.

Now in the past, for NASA, we have done

Our part to bring success, so why not for

The search for Higgs-Boson? It might be fun

To watch the next experiment, and more,

To raise to science a nice glass or two

Of mead so Loki lets us play on through.

In Which A Dream Is Fulfilled

Large Hardon Collider, originally uploaded by Skepchick.

So many have so longed for just this day,
When just this error happened, when someone
Misplaced two crucial letters in a way
To change the name of something famous. Fun
Was had by all, and yes, 'twas juvenile,
But it is March, the month that can't decide
If it will snow or bring us, with a smile
A dose of springtime. Oh, the tears I've cried
Of purest mirth today, to see this thing!
And we're allowed to love it, yes we are!
So of a typo on this day I sing.
Tomorrow I'll return to something far
More serious, but giggles still will seize
Me and my friends for hours, if you please.

I For One Welcome Our New Higgs-Boson Overlords

The Large Hadron Collider's almost fixed!
The last large dipole magnet is installed!
You'll all recall its start-up, somewhat nixed
When pressure testing broke a strut and stalled
The smashing schedule for a bit on this,
The biggest scientific instrument
We've ever built. Now some of you will hiss
And talk again of world's end, discontent
That black-hole blather didn't shut it down
The first time. It's unlikely that will be
What happens when we start this smasher up.
More likely that a soda made of pee
Will beat out Coke and Pepsi. Try a cup!
Higgs-Boson, if extant, though will appear
And mayhap make the world seem much less queer.