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Very Important Jackal Announcement

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From the redoubtable, irreplaceable EFGoldman:

I’m home.

After my 90th day in various hospitals and rehabs.

Surgery in October. Some rehab, much farther to go.

No sharing, I don’t do that.

I’ve been weeping for an hour.

 
I think I speak for the Balloon Juice community: Welcome home!

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  3. 3.

    Orchid Moon

    Hang in there, and be gentle with yourself. Healing always takes longer than you think it will. Thoughts are with you

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    satby

    Thrilled for you efg! We have missed your regular commentary and especially your fuckems! So glad you’re back where you belong: at home and when able, online with us.

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    Kathleen

    Good to see you back with your loved ones IRL and your fans here in Jackal Land. There I’d no “fuckem” like an efg “fuckem”

  18. 18.

    HeleninEire

    Welcome home, EFG. There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. /D. Gayle

  22. 22.

    Cermet

    Agreed; welcome back, fellow Jackal! Hope for a speedily and as pain free path back to full health!

  25. 25.

    O. Felix Culpa

    So glad you’re home! Sending love your way and to Mrs. efg and the grandbabies. Hope you get to see them soon.

  30. 30.

    Nicole

    So glad you’re home and so sorry about the 90 day stay in the hospital. You were much missed here by many in the comments thread.

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    dimmsdale

    Special to EGG from longtime lurker/seldom commenter: missed you around here and hope for best possible outcome in rehab. wishing you patience, fortitude, progress, and ease as the process unfolds. Hope to be reading you again soon.

  36. 36.

    HinTN

    Welcome home, EF. We await with baited breath the return of your special sauce to the here threads.

  37. 37.

    Suzanne

    WOOT WOOT WOOT!
    Welcome home, ya old jackal.
    We’ve been keeping “fuckem” alive for you.

  38. 38.

    Suzanne

    WOOT WOOT WOOT!
    Welcome home, ya old jackal!
    We’ve been keeping “fuckem” alive for you. Should feel like you never left.

  39. 39.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @satby:

    So glad you’re back where you belong

    Now I’m hearing Hello, Dolly and imagining Louis Armstrong singing to EFG. I’ll let more talented jackals come up with the lyrics if so inclined.

  41. 41.

    frosty

    Welcome back, you’ve been missed. Many, many occasions have called for your signature “Fuckem!”

  44. 44.

    lahke

    All the best! You know we promised you a local BJ Meetup, in your living room if you want, whenever you’re ready.

  45. 45.

    Uncle Cosmo

    Welcome back, you old still-being-reconstructed reprobate. Place ain’t been da same wit’out yinz.

  51. 51.

    Jerzy Russian

    Welcome back! 90 days in the hospital is at the level of an Eviel Knievel hospital stay. No more jumping busses on your motorcycle for you!

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    geg6

    This particular Jackal is thrilled that you are home with family and back here with us, efg. We’ve missed you so and nobody’s fuckems are as good as yours.

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    Ohio Mom

    Whew!

    So good to have you back — you are just in time for the fireworks in DC, which you promised us would come (just like Watergate). Be patient, you told us.

    Now off to find a tissue for my suddenly damp eyes…

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    Gelfling 545

    So happy to hear you are home. Eating real food, sleeping in your own bed, these things too are healing. Best wishes.

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    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    Made my week! Wishing you a speedier recovery in your home. We’ve missed you much.

  80. 80.

    West of the Rockies

    There’s no place like home…
    I always enjoy and/or learn from your comments. Keep ’em coming when you’re up to it!

  81. 81.

    spudgun

    Aww, efg, wonderful news! So happy that you’re home – healing will go much faster now that you’re in a familiar place with all your comforts and such.

    All the best to you!

  83. 83.

    ThresherK

    Glad to hear, EFG!

    Was thinking of you and yours when we had pies from Wright’s Dairy at Thanksgiving, at friends’ in the Blackstone Valley.

  86. 86.

    PhoenixRising

    Welcome back, cranky old man. I’ve been trying to hold up the side with cutting remarks about our ongoing national nightmare, but in the words of Lily Tomlin: No matter how cynical I get, I can’t seem to keep up. We missed you.

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    CCL

    Good to hear that you are home, EFG. (bet you didn’t have any idea how many folks who just lurk have missed you.)

  89. 89.

    Another Scott

    Welcome home++. Take it easy, but keep working every day to fully recover. We need you going forward.

    Cheers!
    Scott.

  91. 91.

    tobie

    Welcome home — to your real home and to your second home on this blog. Your voice has been missed.

  93. 93.

    Villago Delenda Est

    First, welcome home.

    Second, Annie speaks for me, at least.

    As you can see.

    Continue to heal and get better.

  94. 94.

    The Dangerman

    Home! Outstanding!! The rest of us were mere amateurs with the “Fuck Ems” and it appears we’ll be needing them more frequently. Do you have a special one for Don Jr. or Jared?

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    efgoldman

    Thank you to the greatest jackals in the world.
    I asked Ann Laurie to post for me in this format because I knew how you would react, What a predictable bunch
    Now I’m weepy again. Love you all..

  96. 96.

    Madeleine

    So glad that you’re home with Mrs. EFG. I hope the holiday festivities include visits from grandchildren. Best wishes!

  97. 97.

    gammyjill

    Glad to know you’re back with us! I hope you continue to mend. Other good news coming, I think…

  98. 98.

    Miss Bianca

    And there was great rejoicing.

    Aaaand…the rotating tag came up as “fuckem” when I clicked on this post, so even the random forces of the universe are welcoming you back, efg!

  99. 99.

    HRA

    Very glad to see this news of you being home. I know you know it is one day at a time except for that impossibility for me to shake off the many mother years in me. One day at a time, EFG. I am wishing you the best days forward.
    Best regards,
    HRA

  103. 103.

    J R in WV

    Welcome home, EF G. Fabulous news for this frosty weekend morning. Along with the breaking federal investigation news, to boot!

    Watching Senator Mario Brothers, squirming in public… amazing bullship.

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    cope

    Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays…hmmm, that’s kinda catchy, I should play around with it a bit.

    Anyway, welcome home and back. Having gone through the last couple of years with my wife as she became deathly ill, survived very major surgery and went through rehab, I can relate directly to your joy in being back in your friendly confines, domestic and digital.

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Glad to read your home and sending you best wishes for your recovery. Your curmudgeonly good sense and good humor is missed around here.

    ETA: ‘are missed’, dammit

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    banditqueen

    You are the dude, and the dude abides–great to know that you’re home with the family. Let’s really douse Orange Don and the 1600 Krew with the fuckems they deserve, and send them to the maximum security lockup of their choice. (We lurkers missed you!)

  116. 116.

    FlyingToaster

    Finally!!

    Welcome back. Heal up. We’ll need your concise analysis come January 3rd, more than ever…

  130. 130.

    Mary G

    Huzzah for efgoldman! I typed efg and Autocorrect filled in the rest! You are back where you belong and I haz a happy.

  136. 136.

    Mnemosyne

    Hooray! I hope your recovery continues apace and that you will have lots of time to enjoy the company of your grandkids and the rest of the family during the holidays.

    The rotating tagline I got was “Dear subscriber, you have been registered as a participant in a mass disturbance,” which also seems quite apropos for this situation. ?

  138. 138.

    Aleta

    Receiving with joy your glad tidings, efgoldman.

    And they’ll talk to you while you’re in trances
    And you’ll visualize not taking any chances
    But meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion

    And expect them to rise for the occasion
    Don’t it gratify when you see it materialize
    Right in front of your eyes by surprise

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    Ruckus

    EFG, It’s always nice to be home. OK that’s not always true. But it is in this case and it’s double nice to be out of the hospital.
    Best wishes on your recovery and home enjoyment.
    Welcome back!

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    Mai Naem mobile

    I am so happy for you. About f’ing time. Just keep on working on the rehab and don’t get discouraged because it doesn’t end up being a straight line forward or when you plateau a little. Just remember where you started.

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    Debbie(Aussie)

    Such wonderful news! Surrounded by those we love and the things that are ours, able to do things in our time, are all helpful to healing. Be well!
    I now personally understand your deep love for your granddaughter (and your grandson). Our granddaughter was bor at 12:21am Monday 21st October in Canberra, about 1400 km away. We spent her first week there and have just come home from a little over two weeks visit. She is so adorable. The love I feel for my baby’s baby is phenomenal.
    Please take care, you have been greatly missed. Love Debbie

  157. 157.

    proportionwheel

    I’ve been wondering what was going on with you, efg, who were my inspiration to start commenting over at LGM. May health and comfort be in your immediate future. And I hope for more acerbic curmudgeonly comments too, here and there.

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