This land was made for you and me

[starlady]

Two hundred thirty-six years ago, a bunch of people gathered in Philadelphia to hear a guy read out a document a bunch of other guys had put their signatures to two days before. I can tell you from experience, everybody concerned was sweating more or less to death.

It has been an unusually awesome Fourth of July so far!

# The European Parliament voted against ACTA!

# A Higgs particle has been discovered by CERN!

# My friend had her baby!

# And today is Steve Rogers' and Malia Obama's birthdays.


All in all, as epershand said, it was definitely a day that justified drinking at one p.m. And later I am going to fireworks.

If you're celebrating, I hope you have a lovely day.

Comments

[were_duck]

I am celebrating many of those hashtagged things! BABYYYY.

[lnhammer]

Re Higgs: Wellllll, not exactly. CERN announced the discovery of a new particle that's in the range of masses that haven't yet been eliminated for a Higgs boson. Whether it's a Higgs is not yet known nor, even if it is, whether its properties match the most common theory for a Higgs.

The new particle in itself is exciting, especially at that mass.

---L.

[starlady]

I think calling it "a Higgs particle" is close enough for horseshoes, hand grenades, tactical nuclear devices, and this dashed-off entry. :P

[lnhammer]

:-P

[cesy]

Happy news is definitely needed today - thanks for having this in a place where I stumbled across it in the middle of the OTW mess.