Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

NOTE: I have often remarked that the fact that we have two entities in Pittsburgh calling themselves “the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh” i...

The December 2009 special convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh was called “Coming Together in Faith.” Its purpose was to elect ...

In my last post , I described the latest filing in the Calvary lawsuit. There, I concentrated on the petition to intervene and gave short s...

An objection that the defendants have raised more than once in the lawsuit filed by Calvary Church against now-deposed bishop Robert Duncan ...

Consumer technical support for computer equipment has always been difficult and expensive to deliver. This is especially true of support inv...

I have long been an aficionado of Heintz ketchup, which, I long ago concluded, tastes strongly of tomatoes, whereas competing brands general...

For the past few days, I have been doing some work on a laptop computer, though my standard desktop machine has been running and being used ...

My friend and literary critic Jane Little liked my poem written for Barack Obama’s inauguration. (See “ Inauguration Poem .”) She urged me t...

Many of my poems are topical, but I have an unfortunate habit of writing poems for specific occasions just in time for the event celebrated....

I returned home yesterday after being out-of-town for a few days. As is usually the case when I am away, Darlene, my cat-sitter, had come by...

Ever since the Presiding Bishop acknowledged that those who did not follow Bishop Robert Duncan out of The Episcopal Church represented the...

My campaign to have the information updated on the Anglican Communion Web site for the Diocese of Pittsburgh (see “ Change It Now! ”) has la...

Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s surprise appointment yesterday of Roland Burris to the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama has received ...

I was distressed that, even after Bishop Duncan was deposed, the convention of the Diocese of Pittsburgh voted to “realign,” and Presiding B...

I hope that I didn’t lead any readers to think I was going to cover the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh’s special convention in anything lik...

I returned from Evening Prayer and a lovely reception a little while ago. So far, the diocesan convention seems well-planned and well-execut...

The special convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh (i.e., the diocese actually in The Episcopal Church) begins this evening with...

An often-visited page on Lionel Deimel’s Farrago is “ Silent Ls .” There are, it turns out, a significant number of English words that cont...

The annual letter requesting donations for the publication of Trinity arrived in the mail yesterday. Trinity has been the magazine of the ...

I have been doing some computer work for the reorganizing Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, and this has required a few trips to Brackenridge...