diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el b/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
index fa5147206..787d55971 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 (require 'screen-brightness)
 
 ;; miscellaneous
+(require 'ssh)
 (require 'clipboard)
 (require 'battery)
 (require 'dotfiles)
diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/wpc/ssh.el b/emacs/.emacs.d/wpc/ssh.el
index d70393757..3e30e39bb 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/wpc/ssh.el
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/wpc/ssh.el
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 (require 'tramp)
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-;; Library
+;; Configuration
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 ;; TODO: Is "ssh" preferable to "scp"?
@@ -22,10 +22,21 @@
 ;; Taken from: https://superuser.com/questions/179313/tramp-waiting-for-prompts-from-remote-shell
 (setq tramp-shell-prompt-pattern "^[^$>\n]*[#$%>] *\\(\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z] *\\)*")
 
-;; TODO: Re-enable this in case "dumb" isn't the default.
-;; (setq tramp-terminal-type "dumb")
+;; Sets the value of the TERM variable to "dumb" when logging into the remote
+;; host. This allows me to check for the value of "dumb" in my shell's init file
+;; and control the startup accordingly. You can see in the (shamefully large)
+;; commit, 0b4ef0e, that I added a check like this to my ~/.zshrc. I've since
+;; switched from z-shell to fish. I don't currently have this check in
+;; config.fish, but I may need to add it one day soon.
+(setq tramp-terminal-type "dumb")
 
+;; Maximizes the tramp debugging noisiness while I'm still learning about tramp.
 (setq tramp-verbose 10)
 
+(defun ssh/desktop-cd-home ()
+  "Open a dired buffer of my desktop's home directory for wpcarro."
+  (interactive)
+  (find-file "/ssh:wpcarro@desktop:~"))
+
 (provide 'ssh)
 ;;; ssh.el ends here