I'm throwing caution and what little reputation I have to the wind and nominating Thomas Joseph for blogger status here. The guest post should serve as an ample example of his blogging ability, which is superb to say the least and generated more than enough manly rousing cheers and moist ladies knickers to go around.

Yeah about that, he might want to wait to join until the contest is over.

I'm good with it - I've been following TJ since I started blogging, and I like having some fellow microbiologists around here.