Thomas Ohlson - Guest Blog

I would like to introduce to my readers my friend Tom Ohlson. He was diagnosed the same year I was and we are both "venterloquists". Although the circumstances suck, I am glad to have met him and am excited to present the following as a guest-blog entry. I feel exactly the same way.
Last week, on the 4th of July, scientists announced they may have discovered the Higgs boson. Frankly, I think if it were not a holiday and if there was nothing else newsworthy taking place, this announcement would have still have received little notice despite the significance of this discovery. This is unfortunate for a myriad of reasons, not the least of which is how American scientific curiosity has been replaced by a need for superficial sensationalism. Dont take my word for it--just look at the amount of major network news airtime devoted to the Higgs boson announcement vs. the Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes divorce announcement. Still, the discovery of the Higgs boson sounded a clarion call across the planet--great discoveries are still out there to be made and with them, comes great hope.