Vive le Dash

The trick to a successful blogpost is, apparently, all in the title.  You can look over to the right and see the top five posts and figure out why they are there.  I think if I learn to combine these titular successes with some actual wit I might be able to gain a more widespread readership.  As of now, it seems clear that my readers are whoever happens to be on facebook at the time I post.  Though I'm not really sure why I care since I don’t make a dime off this or anything of that sort.   Let’s say it just strokes my ego. Well, you will be happy to know my computer is up and running.   It cost a hundred bones for them to replace the harddrive and fill it with goodies like Windows.   A bit too much of it is in French at the moment and I did lose lots of data.   Pictures I’ve taken of Cameroon and some documents of varying importance.   As well as the entirety of my nighttime library.   If anyone was willing to throw some things on a...

First, I'd like to primitively apologize for the spelling/grammar of this blog entry and all those following.  Normally all blog entries undergo a strict process of refinement.  I write them out during the wee hours of the night after a hard day of giving a damn about languages and cultures beyond my understanding, then I review them a few times, and finally I upload them to the internet whenever I've the opportunity.  A few occasionally slip through under the pressure of booze and the good humor associated with it.  I suppose this might be of that variety. My laptop is dead.  A part of me died with it and I very well may just have to turn tail and go home. I feel incredibly guilty with how hard I am taking this.  When I signed up for the Corps there was always the chance I would be posted a million miles from any access to the outside world.  There are a number of volunteers in Cameroon without cell phone access, power, or any other luxuries of th...