#particle physicist

*does that*

Scientist: “you can cause beta decay at will? Incredi—”

Me: “actually I just turned it upside down”

Scientist:“What”

Me:“Well protons are made of two up quarks and one down quark, while neutrons are made of two downs and one up. So I just. Flipped it upside down”

Scientist:“No. That’s. Not how it works. They aren’t literal directions that’s just their names”

Monday, 26 June, 2017.  Hot and sunny in Vancouver.

I wuz up early, but it was too hot in the studio to feel like working... just took it easy until early afternoon.  A bit of painting, some light exercises.  My Sinuses are much better but like to ‘keep on giving’.  I am much better, though.

I suffer with issues of depression, so being ill is not a help... why I try to keep busy... occupy my mind and try to  be useful to the planet.  I spend a lot of time thinking about Dark Matter and Electrons, these days.

My thought for the day...

Frank Oppenheimer, particle physicist and founder of the Exploratorium in SF.