FRT - Back from Maine Edition

I'm back from Maine after having a wonderful trip to Colby College. It was cold (but I got used to it) and the people were very friendly, so thanks to one and all.

Normal blogging will resume once I get caught up, but for the moment, here's a belated random ten:

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