After a comment that I made this morning, I've decided to post the first diary I've done in nearly a year.
For the last seven years, I've been working toward getting a PhD in molecular virology at Ohio State University. According to the opinions of many, many people, getting a good education is now the key to employment in the U.S.
But that doesn't stop me from being any less surplus population then, say, a blue-collar manufacturing worker is these days.
Why, below the fold...