Friday, March 19th, 2004

Time	Event
1:31p	FermiBirds Some days this job truly is for the birds. In that I enjoy seeing them a lot more than some of my collaborators. Since Shai decided to post birds of Trinidad, I figured I'd give y'all a look at the birds of Fermilab: http://www.fnal.gov/ecology/wildlife/pict_list.html An interesting note is that I've actually SEEN most of these guys. Some of them required forging into the wilds inside the ring, but others, especially the predator birds like the red tailed hawk, can be seen commonly on days like today. Good hunting weather that is. If I do succeed in getting some of my own pictures of these guys, I'll be sure to post them. (Comment on this)
3:22p	"Because they're Top", he said. I was sitting in TD's office, dutifully responding to the comments from my 700 closest friends concerning my analysis summary note. The physics coordinator drops by, and we briefly discuss a couple of his questions concerning the note. We conclude and TD promises the final revised one for the public will be ready by four. "Yeah," I said. "there's a Top practice talk for Moriond ElectroWeak. I gotta find out how they're going to say stuff there without having any results approved." "What do you mean?" the physics coordinator asks. "Well," I replied. "there's no notes up on your summary page for collaboration approval." "Yeah, but they still have lepton + jets." "How?" "That's the one that got special consideration because of the spokespeople." A moment of silence ensues. "I see. And why are some pigs more equal than others?" He didn't parse the reference to my knowledge. "Because they're Top." he said. --------------- To my credit, I didn't kill him on the spot. In fact, one might construe that I am one cold blooded snake, since I managed to keep my poker face, and merely asked comically for him to repeat that louder into my hidden mike. But a small vein in my forehead has begun to announce its presence. Never let it be said that things are equitable around here. (4 Comments | Comment on this)

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