I'm here at the Simons Workshop at Stony Brook out on Long Island. I'd like to talk a bit about the workshop later, but right now I just want to note that it is 56 degrees out. In New York. In the middle of August.
Thunderstorms I'd understand, but cold, dreary drizzle? It's August, not November. I didn't exactly pack for this.
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