Submitted by Lew Pitcher on November 1, 2010 - 10:16
My father passed away last March.
I didn't really know him; he and my mother divorced when I was in high school, and afterwards, I didn't hang out with him much. He remarried a few years later, and moved to Nova Scotia to spend his retirement. I never visited him there, and he only visited me once, before moving east.
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on August 29, 2010 - 12:42
This summer, I've taken to relaxing on the deck (or in the hot tub), and reading. I've spent many a warm bright day lounging in the sun, absorbing all the wit, wisdom, adventure, and education that my extensive library brings me.
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on May 14, 2010 - 20:22
Isn't it grand?
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on May 11, 2010 - 12:22
This seems to be the year for losses.
The latest losses to the world are Frank Frazetta and Lena Horn.
In one, we lost one of the best SF & Fantasy artists of our times. In the other, one of the best singers.
Rest in Peace, Frank and Lena
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on March 13, 2010 - 16:19
I don't have many of the details yet, but I've just been informed that my father, Nathan Charles Pitcher, has been re-admitted to Dartmouth General Hospital for respiratory problems.
His neighbours brought him into the local clinic a day or so ago; he was dazed and confused, and having trouble breathing. The clinic transferred him to Dartmouth General, and he's been admitted into the ICU.
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on February 20, 2010 - 10:34
Recently, something posted to Usenet prompted me to get nostalgic. I decided to find every email address that I ever used.
Here they are:
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on January 7, 2010 - 22:35
Terry and I took her two adult children to Montreal for a Christmas with the family. The visit was to last only about a week, with Terry staying a bit with her family, and I bringing Mark and Katherine home on Dec 31. But, that was not to be.
Terry's mother was not well. We had Christmas dinner "out", to spare her some anxiety with the elaborate preparations for an 18-person meal, and there were a couple of less-elaborate "at home dinners".
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on November 27, 2009 - 20:05
This week, I unearthed the chocolate moulds and chocolate wafers from where they had been stored in the basement. Most of the chocolate had spoilt, the surface turning a powdery white, but enough remained to try my hand at making chocolates again.
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on November 11, 2009 - 13:35
- Rare Monster
- There once was a cordial troll,
Who's words were as black as his soul.
"Gimme!" he cried.
Extortion he tried,
And he dug himself into a hole.
- In October
- Spider's winter nest
Fake Butter drips o'er the web
"Clean up on aisle three!"
Submitted by Lew Pitcher on August 31, 2009 - 16:46
Recently, I become interested in a new project: The Village Telco. The Village Telco project intends to bring low-cost telephony to the second and third world through the use of Open Source software and hardware. The project has already passed one of it's milestones by creating a cheap, wireless VoIP appliance (the Mesh Potato) from open software and open hardware.
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