The Black Hole

Ed passed away this morning.

nooo!!! :(

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I had the distinct pleasure of spending over 2 hours with Atomic Ed. We arrived at his shop when he was closing the doors, we informed him we were from Kansas and were extremely interested in his shop. He quickly opened the doors back up and spent a long time with us. The Black Hole is absolutely amazing, I strongly suggest you visit him.

My father said he wasn't always like this, I think he's found a market in anti-nuclear advocates, and is just tapping them for a source of money. Note, he's quite a business man, he owns land in and around the town. I think "Ed's Food Mart" was his, now there is some yoga place there.

BTW, I don't work at the lab.. I might someday, but for now I'm trying to reduce the stress of such a thought..

The rich people in Los Alamos are either team leaders or administrative staff. I'm wiling to bet after all the big hoopla made about the "missing disks", the administrative staff doubled, I wonder how many we really need, what the hell do they do all day? Make bureaucracy to keep scientists from doing quality work? So they can keep from poking their eyes out, or to keep from getting their fingers cut on iodine laced glass? It's a joke..

But then again, Bill Clinton came to Los Alamos after he won, and talked about bringing money to Los Alamos, and left, cut back funding. So he's a joke too..

And yes, I did vote for bush, and yes, I do think in retrospect, he's a joke.

Another thing.. When the atomic bomb was dropped, I've been told that people here were really very happy because it meant the end of the war, one which makes the war in Iraq look like a flesh wound.