Thanks for all the nice thoughts!

Wendy: No naked happy. Maybe when it’s really over.

Treecup: Oh, yes, spa. That would be nice.

Teresa: I can’t imagine the media coverage of this. I wouldn’t come out looking good and I don’t think the labal crisis had enough dramatic tension.

Shan: What’s in there? Sigh. My meager publications, letters acknowledging this and such that I’ve done, curriculum I rewrote, applied reports… As my mother would say, “slop, crap, and junk.” One reason it’s so thick is that the first one is supposed to establish “a record.”

I’ve paid witness to your tenure-driven tears, and I’m glad they’ve subsided somewhat in the aftermath—and that you didn’t get any on the actual tenure file. That might have had a Hillary effect, like maybe the tenure committee would have focused entirely on whether your emotional expression was calculated to get their votes, or whether it would have been acceptable if a man going up for tenure had cried, or whether your emotional vulnerability disqualified you for tenure. Given all that, it’s a good thing there hasn’t been much media coverage of your tenure push.