Fortuitous Quasi-Tornado Distracts Annoying Neighbor

Que bueno suerte! It is SUPER windy outside today, and the wind blew a huge, HUGE branch off our oak tree. Some of you know how huge the trees are in our yard, so you can imagine that this branch weighs something like 500 pounds. I heard a loud crack and looked out the window just in time to see it crash to the ground. It is the length of our entire yard (though the top of it is presently taking up half of our neighbor's yard). I ran out there to investigate, apparently oblivious to the danger of getting impaled by another falling branch. The aforementioned neighbor guy was out, eyeing the thing hungrily. It was impressive, and had managed to bend the railing on our back steps. The neighbor offered to clean it up if he could have the wood. I happily gave it to him. I'm sure we could find a friend with a chainsaw, but that is a project I'm not very excited about tackling it right now. It is huge and needs to be cleaned up immediately. And though we are planning to have a bonfire at my party next Saturday I think it will be more poetic to burn my law school notes than this enormous branch. More importantly, I am delighted that the tree-harvesting project will occupy his time today, so that if the wind lets up enough for us to get out and work on the yard he will have a project of his own and can leave us alone.