Who would've thought the end of the world would coincide with Bill O'Reilly's birthday?
This morning, scientists in Europe flipped the switch on a doomsday device technological marvel called the Large Hadron Collider. Basically, they're going to smash protons together for shits and giggles. No one's really sure what will happen.
And here I used to think the Bagger 288 was frightening!
Apparently, those involved with the experiment have all but dismissed the possibility of Armageddon ensuing as a result of spitting in God's face scientific progress. (That's scheduled for 2012.)
I remain skeptical.
This article appears in Sep 10-16, 2008.