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Heath Robinson 10.28.11 at 08:54
Surprise! I subscribed to your RSS feed because of the software-related entries, and to my surprise, I see one of my past teachers at a seminary quoted. Then I read your About page and find that you are less than 60 miles from me. I was actually in Austin last night for a Python-related meet up.
Godspeed.