The BCS and a blog hiatus
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by nebulousHello everyone! I am “nebulous,” the newest contributor to Blue Collar Scientist. I’m an astronomer at the University of Arizona, and an old, old friend of the BCS’s from before either of us were astronomers. I was brought onto the BCS team mainly to make this one posting, as I don’t have time to contribute to a blog properly. I’m sad to report that Blue Collar Scientist must take a (hopefully brief) blogging vacation.
Jeff has fallen ill. He’s been working on getting sick in earnest for a couple weeks, as his Twitter followers might have noticed, but late last week and over the weekend, things took a turn for the worse. The doctors are still trying to sort things, and I’m no medical guru, but the best sense I can make of what I know is that he contracted a gastrointestinal infection a few weeks ago which became systemic, attacked his lungs, and and has caused pneumonia. But that story could be a little off, because they are still trying to pin down the bug and figure out what all the other symptoms mean. He will be down for the count for at the very least some days, and maybe as much as a few weeks.
My own theory is that he angered the gods of the bronchi with his posting about asthma last week, but don’t worry about the BCS himself, because he believes in real medicine and thinks that some completely disinterested microbe is causing the problems. He’s taking a close interest in the tests that they are doing and the treatments they are proposing, and he’s keeping the homeopaths and therapeutic touch people well out of the way. Given his smarts, and the good shape he is in, if anyone is in a position to make quick work of this problem, it’s him. So please keep Blue Collar Scientist subscribed, and we’ll make a big to-do when he’s back!
May 19th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Jeff, you can borrow my medi-alert “allergic to homeopathy” bracelet, if you need it.
Get well soon!
-Scott
May 19th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Welcome, nebulous!
Hope the BCS gets well soon. Send him our love!
s.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:09 am
I send good vibes to you, Jeff. We love you very much and can’t wait for you to get better so I can read more of your awesome blogs. :-)
May 19th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Get well sir, I demand it.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Whoa! Get well soon*!
(* Screw that. Get well now!)
May 19th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Hey Neb! Get well soon, Jeff!
May 20th, 2008 at 6:27 am
What everybody else said. Feel better, champ!
May 21st, 2008 at 10:24 am
Get well soon, Jeff! Drink plenty of liquids, and rent the first season of “House M.D.” It’s a fantastic show, and it’s gotten me through many an ill period.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Get well soon, Jeff! And while you’re getting better, be sure to milk it for all it’s worth. I hope you have someone to wait on you and provide for your every need.
My best piece of (woo?) medical advice: watch lots of good comedies.
And welcome Nebulous!
May 28th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Nebulous, if you are reading these…. is there is any update?
It’s been a week a couple days!
May 30th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Hey, I did a massive heart attack, three months ago, and a quintuple
by-pass so you should be able to lick this thingy you got, BCS.
Stay on groovin’ safari,
Tor
June 6th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
[...] are terrible news, I knew that he was ill about 3 weeks ago, when I read on his blog that he had some sort of gastrointestinal infection that spread a bit through his body. And then, I read [...]
June 13th, 2008 at 6:42 am
I just left a comment expressing that I look forward to reading more from this blog… and then saw this! Best wishes to BCS!
July 19th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Nice blog, i have added it to my favourites, greetings
August 4th, 2008 at 6:51 am
RIP, BCS. August 4, 2008.
:(