Seniority is supposed to have its benefits - this isn't one of them. This is just a short post to let you know that our widely esteemed and generally fearless leader, His Poggeness, has been injured in an accident and is currently cooling his heels (along with the rest of him) in hospital. His injuries, as they say on the news, are serious but not life threatening. We do not have anything definitive yet but, based on our current information, it appears that his enforced period of R & R will be measured in weeks rather than days.
Obviously we are taken aback by this turn of events. After all, these things are supposed to happen to total strangers you hear about on television not to people with whom you are involved. We, his loyal underlings, will endeavour to keep the doors open and the lights on in his absence. (I believe this is vaguely related to the concept of "the inmates taking over the asylum".) We expect there to be some bumps in the process given that the back end of this operation has largely been a one man show. We ask for - and appreciate - your cooperation while we muddle through in the interim.
There may be some additional information later today and we will update if needed.
My sincerest best wishes for pogge.
Pogge.. that's one heck of a way to take a vacation from blogging ;(
Get well soon.. and I say that on behalf of everyone at Prog Blog and from myself personally.
Well, if you need an excuse to not blog, it's a good one.
Having been there, I know that Pogge needs to just take it easy. Being worried or grumpy will accomplish nothing. All will be better in time.
In the meantime, can we all party and crash at Pogge's place?
Here's hoping for a speedy recovery!
Get well soon bud!
Boss? I thought you were a self-supporting commune. I mean, owning a blog is not a sound basis for wielding executive authority.
Hope Pogge gets better soon.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Get well soon, Pogge!
Weeks. Wow. That's a serious accident indeed. Please accept my best wishes and hope that you can at least be typing again soon.
Best wishes and hope you have a speedy recovery.
We wish you a speedy recovery, Pogge.
-GM
Look. If you needed some time off, all you had to do was send a memo. No need for all the drama!
Hope you get well soon buddy. All the best! Our thoughts are with you. ;-)
Get well soon.
Best wishes on a full recovery!
Yeow! That's dang bad news about Poogy. I'm pullin' for yer sorryass PoggeFeller. Get better an' get back boogin' when yer able. If yer laid up in the hospital, watch out they don't try feedin' you any Chinese wheat gluten. Here's a video you'll maybe like if yer eatin' institutional food.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WaZws21dV8
JB
Best wishes for His Poggeness. I will be praying for his quick recovery and hope that things will only get better from here.
If only it was Stephen Harper instead! Get better soon, Pogge!
Get well soon
Get well soon. Definitely surreal when it's one for your own (co-blogger) that gets injured...
V
Yow! Get better soon, my son: your wit, intelligence and insight are URGENTLY needed in this sphere.
Recover quick! We need you back on the front lines!
Sorry to hear about, but I'm sure you will be back in action soon. Get well!
Get well soon Pogge!
Not an autonomous... collective...?
Meh. Skip it. I got nothin'.
All the best, pogge.
We're all pulling for you, pogge. Hope you're back on your feet soon.
Oh no! Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
I hope you're feeling better soon, Pogge. Take whatever time you need to recover. It sounds like the blog is in good hands in the meantime.
Take it easy and get well Pogge. We'll all be here when you get back.
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Here's to you getting better in no time. Long live Pogge!
here's to a speedy and complete recovery. hey, this isn't a ploy to get into the limbaugh stash, is it? long live pogge and all those that blog within!
Best wishes as you recover. Hope you'll take some small comfort in this list of well-wishers, knowing that there's a bunch of good will out there for you...:)
Get well soon, Pogge! I hope they let you have a laptop soon. Don't let them BS you that the signals will mess up your vital signs thingy... Just tell them your vital signs depend upon your communication abilities! :) tc
Sending good energy your way, Pogge. You've got a great bunch of regulars here and lots of loyal readers. We're not going anywhere. Just concentrate on getting better.
All the best kiddo,
Joe Frantic
Sending all the good wishes I can muster...can you tell that you are sorely missed?
Rest assured that your blog is in the bestest of
hands.*
Hope you are on the mend soon! ---GDK
*skdadl dismisses all rumours of a coup
Sadly missed, and best of recoveries!
I know how you feel. I was hit by a car walking as a pedestrian last october. I'm still on the mend.
Best wishes in your recovery.
Pogge go take a hike that lasts for 1000 years in a Brazilian jungle.
Pogge, it's good to know that you will get better. We all will ensure that the inmates are challenged with our witty comments, and we will check often for your health updates.
take care, janfromthebruce
Get well soon.
Hope you recover quickly -- get plenty of rest, so that all your energy can go into healing. We'll miss you and look forward to the return.
My thoughts are with you, Pogge. Rest well, heal fast and come back soon.
Get well soon!
I'm really sorry to hear this, pogge. Get well soon, and if there's anything we in internetland can do for you, please let us know.
Best wishes, old chum.
Sorry to hear about your accident. Hopefully you'll be back online soon. In the meantime, only consume as much politics as your doctor recommends. Your system needs time to recover.
Get well soon.
No update yet.
Jonathan Dursi - good to see you alive and still kicking. Let us know how you're doing sometime.
Thanks to everyone for their good wishes. We'll print them out and take them to pogge. I'm sure all the good energy will boost his spirits.
I keep checking for the update, what's the word?
Tell POGGE the bunker is rooting for him, if you let us know which hospital he's in we'll get a red mark on his door so that if the revolution starts before he's back on his feet he'll be sure to be safe.
Get well soon, POGGE!
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, POGGE!
stageleft - sorry nothing new to update you with. As soon as we know more we'll update. We're in the same boat as you right now.
Eeep! Get well soon, pogge! I hope your recovery is speedy and restful.
Quoth Dale: "I was hit by a car walking as a pedestrian last October."
That must have been unexpected. I've heard of those newfangled Japanese cars that can swivel their wheels sideways to pull into tiny parking spots, but a car walking as a pedestrian . . . what won't they think of next? Trying to get around those downtown "pedestrian only" areas, no doubt.
Pogge, my very best wishes to you for a rapid recovery. Sending all sorts of healing-fast vibes from the east coast.
And from the left coast, too!
get well soon, pogge!
Get better real soon... and get outta the hospital!!!
Holding you in my thoughts and sending out the good Mojo for a speedy recovery.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, pogge.
Very, very sorry to hear this news. Sending you good energy and keeping you in my prayers.
Pogge,
may the painkillers be plentiful,
the food nearly edible,
your recovery swift and sure.
Get well soon!
Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery, Pogge.
Find a physiotherapist who is cute but works you over like a drill sargeant on steroids. (Cute is important because you might as well have something nice to look at while you hurt like hell.
Get well. Life is so much happier that way. We'll try to keep a lid on the world while you recuperate (so with what we're paid, you'd better get well quick).
Olymom
Don't worry, Pogge, we'll postpone the pandemic and teotwawki until you get back. :D
best wishes for a speedy recovery without complications.
get well soon!
hey, you don't even need to get back to work too early!
'Think on', as my granny used to say.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Hey pogge---get well soon. All the best from southeastern Virginia!
Pogge, hurry up and heal!
Speedy recovery. Life's a bummer, sometimes, but it could always be worse.
All the best to you, Pogge!
I bet if you need anything, some netizen could get it for you or yours.
(Waves hi to the hospital staff!)
(Wash your hands!;-))
Get well soon!
Pogge, some things take time, but we hope your graph of pain and healing quickly inverts. I have prayed for you.
Pogge;
I know we wanted an "inside scoop" on what's happening in our hospitals. I commend you for volunteering to go scope it out, but I think you threw yourself into this just a little too hard.
Get well, we need you.
Strider
pogge,
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Monotreme
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, pogge!
Best wishes for a rapid recovery.
As a voice for sober progrssive thought, Pogge is an inspiration for me as a blogger. Plus y'all make great reading. Best wishes for a speedy and comfotable recovery!
Greetings to the folks who made it here from the Flu Wiki and via Melanie at Bump. We are in close contact with Melanie and as soon as anyone has more information we will share and update. This is going to be quite a thread to pass on to pogge. Thanks for stopping by.
Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery, Pogge!
We're all pulling for you, Pogge.
sending you aloha and positive energy to heal
Get well quickly, and try not to terrorize the poor nurses :)
I've got nothing funny or clever to say. Still, best wishes, get all better real soon. Maybe a break from politics will be good. I know this has been forced upon you, but thry this. When I get too frustrated or depressed from the world, I take an "internal sebatical". Just do day-to-day stuff, don't think to hard. Read some escapist fantasy or Sci-fi. Leave the mass media drone on without you. Wait for curiosity to overwhelm you before rejoining the great conversation that is our country. That waiting for curiosity is the most important.
Again, best wishes and good luck.
I see someone already had my first thought. "They must get a laptop to Pogge...fast!" I hope your hands and fingers are still working OK so you can keep in touch. We will be missing you until you do! Hope you are back soon in prime condition.
pogge,
We're sorry that you are laid up. Everyone in Flublogia wishes you a full recovery. Now, get the out of the hospital ASAP. (A person could get sick in a place like that.) By the way, be sure to opt for the extended warranty on any biotic parts.
Dr Dave
Pogge,
Sorry you are banged up but glad you are here and will get better. Rest well. If this had to happen, glad it happend now and not during BF !! eeek!
If you get the extended warrenty on any bionic part - go for the upgrade too :o) "We have the technology, we can make bim better. Faster. Stronger." He is our pogge.
Sincerely, Kobie
POGGE:
I am sorry to hear about your current circumstances. I would have left a comment sooner save I hadn't been online since last Thursday until just a couple of hours ago and only just found out about your current circumstances. I hope that your recovery goes swiftly and trouble free, that you are left with no long term effects/problems from this accident, and that you recall that you are greatly missed by so many online, as the number of get well comments in this thread should surely indicate.
You have my prayers for your recovery and my best wishes as well, and my hopes that you are able to return sooner rather than later so long of course that this return is when you are actually ready for it of course. Take care and be well POGGE, your presence will be missed and your return a day longed for by so many...
Scotian
Pogge,
I am adding my "Get Well Soon Wishes" to this collection of "Well Wishers".
Get Well, Hurry Back!
Hey, Pogge!
Get out of there as soon as you can. There are not enough people to fill your shoes or hold a candle to you. Grin.
Dude
Hope you have a full recovery! Accidents are a bummer!
Get well soon, POGGE!
My thoughts and best wishes for a speedy and total recovery are with Pogge. Good luck, man.
Pogge, so sorry to hear that you have been injured. Sending prayers and good wishes your way for a speedy and complete recovery.
POGGE, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this time. Looking for your return when you are able, but take the time to recoop and become stronger again. Thank you for your posts you have done and raising our awareness.
Best wishes for your recovery, Pogge. May you feel better soon. Take all the time you need to come back to blogging (and to flubloggia). The inmates seem to be doing fine. :-) At least for now.
Best wishes for your recovery, Pogge. May you feel better soon. Take all the time you need to come back to blogging (and to flubloggia). The inmates seem to be doing fine for now. :-)
Just to let y'all know: I've printed out the comments thus far (along with the thread at the fluwiki), and I think I'll be able to pass them on to pogge today.
Gosh: y'all look so pretty. It makes a pretty impressive little pile of reading.
Get Well Soon.
Good thing you weren't in an airplane... Take time to heal and reflect; we often don't get the time to really sit down and thing about ourselves, our loved ones, the community, and the direction of the nation/world. For a cheery site to visit, see www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net (and no, it's not a joke, just read the first page en toto).
Pogge some people will do anything to get attention!!!! Get well we need you!!
Pogge,
Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery! May you be allowed outdoors soon to enjoy the summer.
Pogge, run a Norton utility, just press the fix and recover button. Reinstall to get a fresh start, and we all will be happy to se you up and running again ;-)
best wishes!
Good luck from the nameless who have learned from you while lurking
Wish you a speedy recovery. I hate trauma!