Category Archives: Personal

Arguing Against College… and Missing the Point 2

It’s hard for me to think of too many things that I’ve disagreed with more strongly than this article right here. Titled “The Case Against College Education” and published in Time magazine, Ramesh Ponnuru tries to argue that we’re pushing too many people to college who aren’t ready or fit for it. He says the [...]

My Parents Rock 3

Ahhhh new camera! THANK YOU SO MUCH PARENTS!
Originally uploaded by alex.priest

So not only are my parents hella cool anyway, but they surprised me with THIS for my birthday, a Nikon D3000!
Although the snow did cause a little bit of delay (well, a week), it was totally worth it. Although we’d talked about it before, my [...]

#SNOMMED Panda 0

#SNOMMED Panda
Originally uploaded by alex.priest

Hoping I can start giving you more regular photos, since I’m failing pretty bad at giving you guys regular, substantiative updates. I’ll try to give you an interesting pic as often as I possibly can.
This one I snapped today on campus. These pandas are all over campus, bought by the university [...]

Making it Social IRL (In Real Life) 2

There are plenty of networks online for connecting people. You’ve got Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, you name it, they’re all meant to connect people who might not have otherwise been connected. And that’s all well and good, but what if you want to get to know someone in a better way than just online?
Just today, actually, [...]

A Snow Day Birthday 2

So, yes, today is my birthday! I can hardly contain myself. One person had congratulated me on passing the last birthday with a real advancement in privileges–I suppose he’s pretty well right. It’s pretty exciting.
Because it’s my birthday, they canceled class today. Ha, ok, ok, well they canceled class because of the snow. But I’m [...]