As we say in academics, the politics are so dirty because the stakes are so small.

Recipe?

Thanks! That’s right up our alley. We buy almost all our spices at Penzeys, who have a retail store fairly close by and we always have sweet, sharp, and smoked paprika in the house.

Freezing rain outside today so I used the weather as an opportunity to pull the tubes out of my MTB wheels and put sealant in them since both the wheels and tires are tubeless ready. The rims are even tapeless. I guess the previous owner preferred tubes.

Anyway, pull tubes, insert TL valves, add sealant, and hit them with the compressor and snap! bang! instant TL wheels in under 30 minutes.

For me it is. I would never write a bad letter for a trainee.

I had the issue come up with a very bright postdoc who just stopped showing up and owed me two good papers I could ill afford to lose at the time, but she went to work for a consulting firm and never asked.

One of my residency supervisors wrote me a borderline unenthusiastic letter for fellowship and I thought that sucked.

All that said, a definite red flag.

Eh, it’s in my genes and it’s all I’ve ever known, My little academic bubble is actually in a protected corner of the federal government, so it’s a little different.

What road did you take? Hudson Valley sounds like Big Blue.