Indeed! Shared concern.

Here is my public service for the day, courtesy of Groucho Marx.

‘_______’ is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution.

Fill in your own favorite institution - academic or otherwise.

Indeed, that’s a lot of what I am paid to do too. Thanking and nominating and awarding. Fan of basic courtesy. I should’ve been clearer.

It’s basic courtesy to acknowledge people. A huge amount of my time is spent in writing thank you letters at work.

This careerist stuff is inconsequential in the grand scheme. I can do without a discount or another cut-glass trophy. Institutional service is what we’re paid for. Not complaining. But occasionally, it is nice to see and be seen as serving something greater. The thousand cuts of academic service …

Thanks for the review, no spoilers!

Congrats!

Thanks Joe. Nice to be back, and on a for-the-moment sane social media platform with familiar connections

btw nice to find you here