Me: It’s 11pm, we’re still alive.

Cam: Do you know how many ways the LHC is not going to cause the end of the world?

Me: I read it on the internet, it must be true! Hey, maybe my clock is fast.

Cam: My clock says it’s 10:59.

Me: See! We could still die!

Cam: Stephen Hawking himself told me that blackholes below a certain size will evaporate.

Me: What does he know about blackholes?

Us: *laughing* *more cuddling*

Clearly we need to have mindblowing sex this evening before 11pm just in case the world is destroyed. Not that it will be. The other half actually worked on a synchrotron and is a math geek. He assures me that the world will not end and has even explained some of the math behind it.

But, hey, if the world does end I want to be savoring the afterglow when it happens.

EDIT: Apparently, they’re not colliding tonight, they’re just pumping the first round of protons into the accelerator. Everything is going to be going in the same direction. No Boom. At least at the LHC. He tells me that if I want an excuse, he will come up with a multitude of ways that protons will be colliding this evening inside the LHC ring.