Fermions and Leptons, and Quarks, Oh My!

Twelve grueling hours were spent by the author of the Half Empty blog ad a physics conference today. Asked for his take on the events of the day, Hal at Half Empty was heard to mumble

"baryons . . . Higgs Bosons . . . Black Matter. . . D-Spaces . . . Space-Time . . . Gravity waves . . . "

"Aggggggggghhhhhhh!"

From the unfriendliest town in Texas (yes I was honked at again today).