josh are promotedid en tenyurd

Today I learned that, pending the approval of the regency (aka rubber stamping in May) I am to be promoted with tenure in the fall of 2010. While we were all expecting this outcome, still, I cried with the news. I'm thrilled! It's just an enormous symbolic weight to have off of one's shoulders. In celebration, I will be drinking some Bulleit Bourbon this evening. And, I offer the following interpretive dance of the tenure and promotion process: