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Friends & Colleagues,
H&E posts will be irregular for the next week or so. I’m writing a boatload of evaluation letters for my subsistence job, so even my daydreaming time for posts is being cut short. … Sigh. … It makes me sad when circumstances force me to concede that history is currently my other, non-primary professional activity.
– TL
Thinking Through History 
hang in there – as we all try to balance those passions with capitalist survival.
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Ira,
Thanks for the pick-me-up. I need it. These letters are a m-a-j-o-r drag.
– TL
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Tim, can I recommend copy and paste? 🙂
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Lunchbox,
If I were doing this for the underperforming, less-than-caring cohort at my institution, I'd be tempted. But this group is a high-maintenance bunch of overachievers who rarely cut corners. Despite the fact that the letters are a drag to write, how could I reward them with slapdash?! Only my desire to provide them with a fitting reward can temporarily repress my desire to think about history and the profession. Sigh.
– TL
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