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!
Elizabelle
Yea! Welcome home, you curmudgeon you.
SFAW
Best news of the week!
Welcome home, kid!
Orchid Moon
Hang in there, and be gentle with yourself. Healing always takes longer than you think it will. Thoughts are with you
Dorothy A. Winsor
Good news! Fuck being sick.
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.
Elizabelle
Um, is Mrs. efg crying with joy too?
Yeah. She probably is.
bystander
May your recovery continue apace, EF!
satby
And the rotating tag line says “This is a big f-cking deal”
Yes, it is indeed!
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”
Kathleen
@Kathleen: Meant to type “is”. Fuckem Phone
NobodySpecial
Good on ya, EF. Hope you’re back in the saddle as soon as you fell well enough.
Planetjanet
Happy way to start the day. Welcome home, EGG. I missed you.
funlady75
Thinking of You……Best wishes..
eclare
Welcome home!
smedley the uncertain
Welcome Home, efg.
JPL
Welcome home and visit here often. Now I’m off to grab a tissue myself.
zhena gogolia
We love you!
HeleninEire
Welcome home, EFG. There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. /D. Gayle
debit
Welcome home, efg! I am a little teary myself.
Josie
Welcome back where you belong. Here’s hoping for a swift recovery.
Karen S.
Welcome home!
Cermet
Agreed; welcome back, fellow Jackal! Hope for a speedily and as pain free path back to full health!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Great to hear from you! Fuckem!
Ben Cisco
Welcome home!
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.
p a.
Good news. Take care.
la caterina
So glad you’re home, EF! I hope you’ll be popping in more often now.
Raven
Why is this almost as good as having just spent three days with some of my oldest friends?
Denali
Welcome home EFG!
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.
SiubhanDuinne
Can’t express how happy I am to see this news! Welcome home, dear efg!
Amir Khalid
If you ever need to vent, efg, you know where we are. Just keep on healing.
OzarkHillbilly
Fuckem.
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.
debbie
Massive hugs and congratulations, you ol’ fuckem!
HinTN
Welcome home, EF. We await with baited breath the return of your special sauce to the here threads.
Suzanne
WOOT WOOT WOOT!
Welcome home, ya old jackal.
We’ve been keeping “fuckem” alive for you.
Suzanne
WOOT WOOT WOOT!
Welcome home, ya old jackal!
We’ve been keeping “fuckem” alive for you. Should feel like you never left.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@satby:
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.
NotMax
Excellent. Back where you belong.
frosty
Welcome back, you’ve been missed. Many, many occasions have called for your signature “Fuckem!”
Wag
Welcome back and welcome home
Phylllis
Great news! We’ve sure missed you in these parts.
lahke
All the best! You know we promised you a local BJ Meetup, in your living room if you want, whenever you’re ready.
Uncle Cosmo
Welcome back, you old still-being-reconstructed reprobate. Place ain’t been da same wit’out yinz.
MomSense
Wooooo hoooo! So happy you are home!
Emma
It’s lovely to wake up to good news for once. Welcome back!
gbbalto
Welcome back, and may your recovery continue well.
laura
Best news of the weekend! Looking forward to your pungent observations EFG.
Immanentize
WOOT! Happy you are home. Hoping you will be back “home” to BJ as well
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!
Mike R
Good news home is always best, rest and recuperate.
delk
Awesome news!
CarolDuhart2
Welcome home, ef! Rest up and enjoy the holiday….
Tom Levenson
Great news. Simply excellent
Schlemazel
YAAAAAAAA!
may it only get better from here!
Tazj
Welcome back ! I’m so glad you’re home.
schrodingers_cat
Welcome home! {{ }} and get better soon.
WaterGirl
Tears of joy for you, EF!
Heidi Mom
Welcome back, and best wishes!
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.
Yarrow
Yay! Wonderful news! Welcome back. We’ve missed your fuckems!
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…
diiferent-church-lady
Yay!!!
Jean
Excellent news on this snowy morning in Virginia!
Greg Ferguson
Yes, indeed, brother. So much missed.
PIGL
I am so happy to hear this. I hope this wonderful man will soon be able to join us again.
FelonyGovt
So glad you’re home! Hope each day is better and better.
Gelfling 545
So happy to hear you are home. Eating real food, sleeping in your own bed, these things too are healing. Best wishes.
Jane2
Great news! Home is always great for healing….hope every day is a little better.
NotMax
BTW, has Avalune popped her head in with any Letograms?
MoxieM
Yay!! Welcome home. All the good wishes there are.
Lapassionara
Good news! Glad to know you are home and convalescing.
Mandarama
Welcome home! You have been missed.
TaMara (HFG)
Happy news! Here’s to a continued recovery. May you sleep well in your own home, surrounded by those you love.
Brachiator
This is great news!
Welcome back and my best wishes.
dexwood
Now if this isn’t nice, what is?
Great start to my day. Welcome home.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
Made my week! Wishing you a speedier recovery in your home. We’ve missed you much.
Tinare
Yay! Be good to yourself and feel better soon!
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!
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!
The Lodger
Terrific news! Any idea when you’ll be able to see the grandkids?
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.
Barbara
So glad to hear that you are home. Hope you can join us soon.
BruceFromOhio
Home sweet home, no place like it.
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.
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.)
Peej01
Welcome home, efg! Now get some rest….something they don’t let you do in the hospital.
Another Scott
Welcome home++. Take it easy, but keep working every day to fully recover. We need you going forward.
Cheers!
Scott.
scav
Yes! Enjoy your personal sheets and schedule as you continue to heal.
tobie
Welcome home — to your real home and to your second home on this blog. Your voice has been missed.
Joy in FL
So glad you are home. I hope all goes well as you continue to heal.
Villago Delenda Est
First, welcome home.
Second, Annie speaks for me, at least.
As you can see.
Continue to heal and get better.
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?
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..
Madeleine
So glad that you’re home with Mrs. EFG. I hope the holiday festivities include visits from grandchildren. Best wishes!
gammyjill
Glad to know you’re back with us! I hope you continue to mend. Other good news coming, I think…
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!
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
RedDirtGirl
So glad to wake up to this news!
realbtl
Good to see you back.
Bjacques
Way hey!
Welcome back! Just in time, too. So many ’ems to fuck!
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.
skerry
Welcome home.
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.
trollhattan
Welcome home!
The honey-do list must be enormous.
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
Quinerly
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brantl
Welcome back, EFG.
MisterForkbeard
Welcome back, efg!
stinger
Excellent news, efgoldman.
feebog
Welcome back efg. Take it easy and comment frequently.
CaseyL
What great news! I think you’ll heal better at home, too.
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!)
MagdaInBlack
Glad to see you back among us. ?
FlyingToaster
Finally!!
Welcome back. Heal up. We’ll need your concise analysis come January 3rd, more than ever…
prostratedragon
efg, now you can actually rest! Best wishes for continued recovery.
Redshift
Welcome home! Best wishes for your continued recovery!
NeenerNeener
Welcome back, efg. Hope your recovery goes well.
Sister Golden Bear
Welcome home!
And, fuckem.
lurker dean
wow, what an ordeal. welcome home, efg!!
Snarkworth, short-fingered Bulgarian
There’s no place like home, right?
So glad you’re better.
Tenar Arha
So glad to hear you’re home. Congratulations, and continued healing!
frosty fred
Great news.
divF
Welcome home (both physical and virtual)! As you can tell, you’ve been missed.
suffragettecity
Welcome home fuck em !!!!!!!!!!
Baud
@efgoldman: Speedy healing.
sukabi
Welcome home and may you have an uneventful recovery, (except for the good parts)
Ghost of Joe Lieblings Dog
Very, VERY happy for you, efg.
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.
danielx
Glad you’re out and home.
Haroldo
Welcome home, Mr. Goldman.
rikyrah
Good hearing from you efgoldman
boatboy_srq
Welcome back! Go slowly with the recovery.
gene108
Welcome back, your rehab was your ticket out…welcome back…
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. ?
susanna
Another lurker welcomes you back, have more good days.
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
John Revolta
Who?
Oh yeah, that trumpet playin’ guy. Welcome home ya ol’ bastid.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Welcome back efg!
Just One More Canuck
Although its been said many times, many ways, Fuck ’em
CliosFanBoy
WELCOME HOME!!!!!!!!!!!
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!
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@efgoldman: ?????????????????????????????????
Svensker
Coming out of hiding/retirement to say welcome home!
hedgehog mobile
Welcome home!
(((CassandraLeo)))
Glad you’re back. There’s no “fuckem” like an efgoldman “fuckem”.
TomatoQueen
Oh goody and at long last, efg! Welcome home!
*dusts all the fuckems*
Cephalus Max
Hell, I almost never de-lurk, but I am now… Welcome home efgoldman!!
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
SMOOCH!?
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.
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
JGabriel
Welcome home, EFG!
We missed you.
Rileys Enabler
Welcome home, EFG. So happy to hear this news. Huzzah!
Johannes
Welcome back, EFG!
SWMBO
This makes my blood sing and my heart soar. You were missed.
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.