Pardon My Dust

Hey whoever! I'm currently in the process of revamping things here at Sientir.com, away from the old Google Sites page to a Blogger page, which is probably an upgrade? Anyway, check the description for what I intend this to be.

 If, for whatever reason, you wanted to visit the old Google Sites page, it can be found here.

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