[nmglug] Ted's surgery and recovery

[Sam Noble]

Hey gluggers,

You all know Ted P. at least from here on the list, and those of you who
get a chance to regularly join us for meetings in Santa Fe will probably
know that he had a malignant tumor on his thigh, for which he was
receiving radiation treatment in preparation for the surgical removal.

The surgery was on Monday, and when I spoke to him this evening, he sent
his best wishes to the whole glug, and wanted me to thank everyone for
the rides and support.

The report is that the surgery went "very well" and that the surgeon got
clean margins.

Ted is already up and walking, though using a walker, and in some pain;
but at a level that he called tolerable and expected. He is already off
the morphine drip.

It didn't sound like he's using the internet yet, as he asked me to pass
along this message and described his time as pretty full focusing on the
recovery. But I declare that you're welcome to wish him well by email
anyway.

He'll be in the hospital all week, so we're excusing him from tomorrow's
meeting, just this once.

The rest of you have no excuse, show up at Baking Company, where the
agenda includes flashing coreboot (coreboot.org) on a thinkpad x201.
Possibly the second or third x201 to ever be freed from the oppression
of non-free vendor BIOS!

Love you Ted! Get better fast.
-- 
sam