Comments on: Of Dilligence and Dullards

By: Moses Hewitson

Moses Hewitson — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:24:20 +0000

This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

By: peter denew

peter denew — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:13:10 +0000

i would like to thank all the cbc comrades (as andy would call you ) for taking the time to come to his memorial. it meant a lot to me in that i had chance to see and meet the people And’ worked with. andrew and archives were meant to be, this was something he had in him . i remember having a chance to get larry robinson autograph of the 70s & 80s montreal canadians . i called him up to see if he still had the hockey cards that my brother john and i had collected as kids. he said that he had and proceeded to pull out a shoe box carefully indexed with team names , players names and eras, he had kept larry’s rookie card which i now have signed. i hope you continue to find little gems in future archival searches, as these will be reminders that andrew was here. i hope they are found when you’re not having a good day and that might bring comic relief even just for a moment. thank you, peace be with you, peter

By: Paul Gorbould

Paul Gorbould — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:30:30 +0000

Thanks so much for your comments, Tracy, Janine and Robert. To be honest I agonized over this post, because I wanted to be sure it was appropriate – your kind words mean a lot to me.

The memorial service was really special, and my CBC colleagues and I have spent a lot of time recalling the wonderful ways Andrew touched our lives. Almost everyone in the office had something that Andrew had given them – he was always so generous – and between the keepsakes and the memories, he’ll remain with us.

By: Robert Presutti

Robert Presutti — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:47:23 +0000

I am Andrew’s brother-in-law. I have been part of the family for over 20 years now. Thinking back to when I first met Andrew, the things that stand out in my mind are his t-shirts, his uncanny ability to win at almost any game, and his sense of humour. Andrew was the kind of person who would be there when you wanted to talk, and of course walk.

I was fortunate enough to have met some of his friends at the memorial; although unfortunate to not have met them earlier. Thank you for your thoughts and words.

Reading your great stories here is reassuring to me that Andrew is somewhere inviting someone to a game or to guess which flag is connected to which county.

Your words will create a stonger memory for us all tomorrow.

By: Janine Presutti

Janine Presutti — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:48:59 +0000

I’m Andrew’s sister and I want to thank you so much for your kind words. Reading this gives a different perspective of my brother. He knew he had a lot of friends that cared about him and it’s nice to know he brought a smile to his friend’s faces with some of his off-the-wall humour. He will be greatly missed.

By: Tracy Qurashi

Tracy Qurashi — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:03:16 +0000

Andrew was a great friend of mine. We met through my husband, his best friend Tariq. He was sweet, gentle, caring and careful. I will miss him dearly. The world is a sadder place for having lost him, but a better place for because of him.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:48:28 +0000

So sorry to hear about Andrew – I didn’t know him well because I only worked with him for about a week, but he was always so friendly when I ran into him. Ages ago we had talked about getting together some lunch hour to play a board game called World Wise, but never did – and now I really regret it. Sigh.

On a cataloguing note, I recall seeing a shotlist that described a politician in a crowd who was “kissing hands and shaking babies” – I thought at the time that it was a sly joke slipped in there, and I wondered if it was Andrew’s.

By: Paul Gorbould

Paul Gorbould — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:02:19 +0000

There's another lovely post about Andrew to be found on this blog. (Be sure to read the pieces before and after this one - they're relevant, and make me thankful for my workplace and colleagues.)

By: Vivian

Vivian — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:36:47 +0000

Thanks so much, Paul. Christine’s comment (above) made me wonder what Andrew had written to me. Here’s an e-mail I found in which he describes the latest playing cards in his collection. He would send up word, after he left the Digital Archives project, and I would wander down to his desk to inspect. His descriptions are crisp and witty:
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Hot off the presses! (Well, okay, now available for scrutiny at 4F103-P.)

* One deck of “Discover Atlantic Canada,” featuring scenic photos of historical and natural sites in the Maritimes and Newfoundland & Labrador

* Russian royalty deck, feature the cruellest, ugliest and stupidest kings, queens and hangers on of Russian history, including Rasputin (where’s Boney M when you need them?); two decks in one box

* the enchanting Piatnik Symmetrical deck, in which every card looks identical from both ends (no half measures here!); sadly, the box opens in an asymmetrical manner even though the printing on it is not

* “A Bug’s Life”, all your favourite characters from the Pixar animated cartoon, with love interest aces and special suits (green leaves, green mushrooms, brown acorns and brown beetles)
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At home we regularly use the cards he bought for my family; they feature photographs of the earliest to the most current hockey sweaters from the “original six” NHL teams. He was generous in this way, and it was fitting that at the memorial yesterday his collection of cards was laid out with an invitation for us to take one away in memory of Andrew.

We will remember Andrew.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:54:55 +0000

Thanks Paul for writing this nicestory about Andrew. On Thursday, I found the last email he wrote to me. That’s when he left the CBC Digital Archives project. I had chills to the bone reading a message I just couldn’t reply to even if his name is right there. Sad.