This is the only kind of particle collision we're going to be thinking about. Photo by Jeremy Wilburn.
The time for winter break has come
so we hope that you won’t mind
a terrible song as a parting gift
to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne.”
Should auld blog posts be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld blog posts be forgot
and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a look back on 2010,
for auld lang syne.
On the Higgs, the Tevatron placed
new limits from GeV/c2 158 to 175;
And maybe multiple Higgses have been
hiding from us since auld lang syne.
The LHC ran at 7 TeV,
and collided lead ions fine;
It quickly rediscovered the Standard Model,
we’ve studied since auld lang syne.
Who could forget Craig Hogan’s holometer,
or the poetry it inspired?
Or physics tweets, earthquakes and neutrinos,
passing through since auld lang syne.
Of course there were some silly posts
from Lady Gaga to the Hitchhiker’s Guide;
CERN singers or the Fermilab rap:
You can watch them for auld lang syne.
And surely we’ll write more posts next year
(We assure you that they won’t rhyme.)
But while we’re gone, you can always look back
for auld lang syne.
