something i love about working in a physics department …

multicolored tanks of god-knows-what

… is getting email announcements like these:

The Women in Physics group will be sponsoring a liquid nitrogen ice cream social tomorrow in the third floor conference room.

All are welcome! Come play with cryogens and enjoy a delicious ice cream sundae!

Photo: multicolored tanks of god-knows-what, originally uploaded by hambox.

5 Comments

  1. ANDREW on February 21, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    It’s this sort of collective office cooperation revolving around sweets and such that brings an envious broth to brew upon my self-employed livelihood. You lucky little chemist. However, the email announcement didn’t specify what time the fun begins…



  2. spark and foam on February 23, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    Is that like, a party where you eat ice cream and break things you’ve frozen in liquid nitrogen? That really is the best of both worlds, especially if you dip your ice cream cone into the liquid nitrogen. XOXO Violet



  3. Jeana on February 23, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    Can I come to your work and freeze stuff?



  4. me on February 24, 2007 at 1:52 am

    I don’t know! I don’t know! I didn’t go to this, so I am unclear on what exactly happened vis-a-vis freezing and ice cream. But Jeana, you are *always* welcome.



  5. me on February 27, 2007 at 3:28 pm

    For the curious: Here are pictures from a liquid nitrogen ice cream social at MIT in 2001: http://web.mit.edu/cats/www/PhotoDiary-pages/2001/social-Sept2001_LN2.html