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@@ -4,33 +4,21 @@
 
 > What we do every night, Pinky...
 
-This is emacs for the stubborn vimmer, megalomaniac mouse and/or masochists
-alike. It has been configured first: to emulate vim as best it can, and second:
-to surpass it in any way possible. Narf uses
-[Evil-mode](https://gitorious.org/evil/pages/Home), a vim-emulator for emacs, to
-accomplish this.
+This is Emacs for stubborn vimmers and megalomaniac mice alike. Its goals are:
+first, to emulate vim as best it can, and second, surpass it in any possible
+way. Narf uses [Evil-mode](https://gitorious.org/evil/pages/Home) to emulate
+vim, Cask to manage plugins, and a slew of jury-rigged neckbeard shenanigans to
+to keep my mountain dew cool.
 
-This has only seen testing on Emacs 24.5 in OSX. YMMV.
+It is tailored for the Emacs 24.5+ OSX users and sub-sub-sub-basement dwellers.
 
 Any contributions or suggestions are welcome. The world won't take over itself.
 
 ## Installation
 
-`brew install cask`
-
-Narf uses [Cask](https://github.com/cask/cask) to manage plugins.
-
-Also, though not strictly a requirement, I recommend the railwaycat/emacsmacport
-build of emacs for OSX, which you can get via homebrew:
-
-```sh
-brew tap railwaycat/emacsmacport
-brew install emacs-mac --HEAD --use-git-head --with-imagemagick --with-modern-icon
-```
-
-A recursive clone of this repo will get you all you need.
-
 ```
+brew install cask
+brew install railwaycat/emacsmacport/emacs-mac --HEAD --use-git-head --with-imagemagick --with-modern-icon
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/hlissner/emacs.d ~/.emacs.d
 cd ~/.emacs.d
 make          # installs plugins via cask and generates autoloads
@@ -39,13 +27,13 @@ make compile  # optionally byte-compiles everything
 
 ## Features
 
-A summary of what to expect can be found in these four files:
+You'll get a good picture of what's in here from these files:
 
 ```
 ./Cask                     # what packages are used (and where)
 ./init.el                  # lists all core files and modules loaded
 ./private/my-bindings.el   # the keybindings
-./private/my-commands.el   # what custom ex commands are defined
+./private/my-commands.el   # available ex commands
 ```
 
 ## What about Windo-