I have been asked for an explanation for the blog title.
My apodo - Spanish for nickname - was given me during fieldwork in Guatemala in 2005. I had survived one Campeche, one Veracruz and three Yucatecan field seasons with my only apodo being güero – the light-haired guy. But discussions with my guys in the field about how to pronounce my name(the “Cr” is even more difficult for Latinos than for gringos) , they decided that Crorey is pronounced “Clory”. And the way to remember that is that it sounds like Cloro (AKA Clorox) .
Jeanette, the project co-director, was talking to me a few days later, and in a stern voice, said, “Lapton, this is how it is supposed to be!” I didn’t even blink – my name has been pronounced so many ways, I just respond to whatever. But the second time she said it, Matt heard it and burst out laughing.
So Clorox Laptop it was.
My blog is a lot like me. It has funny elements, serious elements, and continually makes analogies and connections that are off-the-wall for the most part.
That's just how my brain works.
So I write the blog to get those analogies down, to think about them more carefully, and figure out how I should work, to live my life better.
And if I get them out of the brainpan, then nobody gets hurt.
My apodo - Spanish for nickname - was given me during fieldwork in Guatemala in 2005. I had survived one Campeche, one Veracruz and three Yucatecan field seasons with my only apodo being güero – the light-haired guy. But discussions with my guys in the field about how to pronounce my name
Jeanette, the project co-director, was talking to me a few days later, and in a stern voice, said, “Lapton, this is how it is supposed to be!” I didn’t even blink – my name has been pronounced so many ways, I just respond to whatever. But the second time she said it, Matt heard it and burst out laughing.
So Clorox Laptop it was.
My blog is a lot like me. It has funny elements, serious elements, and continually makes analogies and connections that are off-the-wall for the most part.
That's just how my brain works.
So I write the blog to get those analogies down, to think about them more carefully, and figure out how I should work, to live my life better.
And if I get them out of the brainpan, then nobody gets hurt.
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