[the invisib1e hand]

just keep him the 'ell out of Midland...

Wait! On the other hand...

[Dallas59]

Fusion can be made for millionths of second...maintaining it is what only God can do so far.

[RangerM]

I must have a sick mind.....


....but I can't stop thinking there must be a Columbine joke as a followup to this story.

[ajolympian2004]

This story reminds me of a friend and I with our chemistry set back in junior high school days. On one of his parents mahogany pieces in their bedroom we set up a bunsen burner. We started out by pouring some of the liquid chemicals from the set into a beaker over the flame. We weren't getting much chemical reaction so we decided to start adding the powder based elements. Just beforehand we took a piece of cardboard and cut out a viewing hole (maybe 10" x 12") and covered it with plastic wrap to shield us from any potential over reaction to adding the other elements. After adding the first few to the boiling mixture it started to overflow, then the next one we added caused a small explosion that covered the mirror above the dresser with a corrosive goo that starting eating away the surface. To say the least we got in HUGE trouble.

I can still remember our thinking behind doing this... let's just start mixing stuff to see what happens.