History

Jacob: I would love to know more about Rome. I've only read a few books and watched the HBO series, so my knowledge is spotty

me: I think I have a phd level knowledge from various wikipedia sprees that started with looking up a particular episode of Rome.

It does weird things to you. You start to sympathize. For instance, I now think we should take Constantinople back from the Turks.

Jacob: Shouldn't we also reinstate the Caliphate in Spain?

me: I guess that's only fair.

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me: You know, Hubble was the guy who discovered the Universe extended beyond the Milky Way. Until he figured that out...1920 or so, everyone thought our galaxy was all there was.

Jay: Amazing. I can't imagine what it must've felt like to believe that.

me: Shocks me. The idea seems so tiny. I feel like, I would have felt like I was in a cage.

Jay: yeah

me: I suppose next year they might spot another universe way off in the distance.

Jay: "Distance" Or maybe it'll go the other way. A little universe created inside the Large Hadron Collider or something.

me: They have to get the LHC working first.

Jay: Maybe it needs a bailout.

me: I'd rather have a Higgs Boson than an American car. There, I said it.