I posted some photos from CERN and thoughts about the latest achievement of the LHC – 8 TeV proton-proton collisions. We’re just about a week from the beginning of data-taking in 2012. The wind will be stronger in our sails, driving our great ships – ATLAS and CMS – faster in their pursuit of the new continent marked by Mount Higgs. Will that blurry mirage on the distant horizon become a real mountain peak, rising about the ocean?