Somalian Warlords

"The Anti-Terrorism Alliance includes eight warlords, four of whom are ministers in the current government." - BBC Africa [Article]

"Warlords"... As if Africa and the Middle East were a big game of "Magic: The Gathering". You must acknowledge that something is insanely wrong when your country has Warlords. Of course, the U.S. is backing up the - Thank God! - secular warlords. (Is your sarcasm radar beeping? It should be.)

Most of Africa is such a big mess at the moment... There's only so much one can do and the situation there is truly disheartening at times, but it's too easy to just give up hope. There are things that can be done to help and I'll always try to do everything I can. Once I know more about free educational technologies, in a few years, I'd like to go there and help Africa enter the new economy more seriously. As I already said, there's only so much one can do, but if I have a positive impact on the life of just ten people, isn't it already something great?

Next week, I'll get my Mac Mini. I'll need to get a screen here, though, as it seems that shipping my Dell 2405FPW here would be prohibitively expensive. I'm really looking forward to playing with my new toy.