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Chris Melnychuk

1/11/2014

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I first "encountered" Austin while writing an Amazon review for the organic chemistry textbook I had just finished using in school; he had also written a review for the book, and I thought it was spot-on, so I decided to check out his other reviews. 
Over the next 15 mins or so, I thought to myself "this seems like a pretty cool, smart guy," and I wondered if he by chance went to my school (not many schools use the chemistry text we both reviewed). 
My google search eventually led me here, and I couldn't help but notice that in the picture of Austin at the ballpark, he seems to be wearing a watch he reviewed on Amazon - the second review of his that I read. It seems we both had the same "retro geek chic" style-sense in watches! While I never got to really know Austin (and it turns out we did not attend the same university), I feel like I got a small sense of him as a person through his reviews on Amazon. He came across as smart, funny, and very likable. Reading about him on this site, I think we would have gotten along well had we ever somehow met - our college majors were very similar, and we're both weather geeks, classical music enthusiasts, and lovers of the outdoors. 
It's a wonder to me and a testament to Austin that he still can manage to touch people. 
Thanks,
Chris

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Laurie Hudson
1/12/2014 12:12:34 am

Yes, that was the watch he reviewed and he was so tickled by it. Thank you for the post. I think you and Austin would have enjoyed one another and comparing the relative merits of other texts, music and hiking trails.

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