Friday with(out) Means - June 10th, 2011: An Experiment

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Friday with(out) Means - June 10th, 2011: An Experiment





Means is out of town today unfortunately, after severe storms and possible tornadoes swept through parts of Ontario recently which may have caused damage to his old family home. Thankfully there were no injuries or major damage in the area, but after seeing some pictures from in the area with downed trees and furniture tossed through windows, I tend to agree with him that checking up on the place is a good idea. You can get a sense for why he might be concerned by checking out the attached image (note: not his property, but someone in the near area).



Edit: Turns out Means' house is mostly ok, though with some debris having landed on the home and 20+ trees down on the property. So a bit of a mess but thankfully nothing too major. Tossed in another picture of a tree down near his place.



Otherwise... I'm not gonna lie to you guys: Its been a long, tiring, sweaty week. If I was hoping that the weather would be kinder in Montreal than in Oslo, then that was entirely misplaced I assure you - The humidity here is enough to make you feel like you're breathing jello every time you step outside. SO! *I'm* tired, you guys are probably a little tired, and to be frank I ain't got the patented Wall of Text in me today so we're going to try something a little different.



Bullet points.



(i can hear waldgeist cheering already)



Not that I think you guys have noticed or anything but I don't do brevity all that well so if this goes wrong I apologize profusely. Otherwise, I figure we might as well try a little science today, see if I actually *can* be brief. ... which I'm not doing right now so ON TO THE BULLET POINTS!!



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And, uh... yeah! There ya go - Bullet points! Felt kinda weird in a way, not sure if I approve or not. : Also not sure I accomplished my goal of being 'brief'. >< Oh well - Back to my wall-of-text next time, I suppose. Hope you guys have a good weekend - See you later!



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