BREAKING NEWS

March 6, 2013 — nicoleandmaggie

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled blog day to let you know that

I GOT TENURE

F*CK YEAH

Now both halves of the blog are tenured!  We promise to remain grumpy though.

yay

*censored by #2 who is an evil evil person, though still very proud of #1!

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80 Responses to “BREAKING NEWS”

  1. feMOMhist Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 11:48 am

    F*CKING AWESOME now go f*ck shite up with impunity

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  2. karifur Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

    Congratulations! So I guess that makes this “Grumpy Rumblings of the Fully Tenured”?

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  3. NoTrustFund Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

    Amazing. Congrats! And you’ve already changed the blog name!!!

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  4. scantee Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

    Hooray!

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  5. Donna Tucker Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

    F*ck yeah is right!

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  6. nicoleandmaggie Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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  7. Alyssa Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 11:56 am

    WOOOOHHOOO!!! Congrats!!

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  9. Linda Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    HOORAY!!!!! Congrats!

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  12. ianqui Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Awesome! Congratulations!!

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  13. Contingent Cassandra Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    And another “hurrah!” and “congratulations!” I’m glad you’re remaining grumpy. Too much change at one time is disorienting.

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  14. femmefrugality Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    Hell, yes! Congratu-freaking-lations!!!!

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  16. becca Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    WONDERFUL! Congrats and yay!

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  18. chacha1 Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    Felicitations! (just to choose another way of saying “congratulations”) :-)

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  19. oilandgarlic Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    Had to add my congrats!

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  20. First Gen American Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    I know this is quite an accomplishment of badassedness. Congrats. What are the perks again? Please educated your non academia based readers.

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  21. rented life Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 2:08 pm

    Congrats! Fancy cheese for all!

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  22. hush Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    CONGRATS!!! Now both of y’all get to sock it to the man, baby!!!

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  23. Rosa Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    Congratulations!

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  24. moom Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 2:44 pm

    Congratulations! The main perk is that they will not be fired in a year’s time :)

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  25. Spanish Prof Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 2:54 pm

    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

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  26. Pilgrim/Heretic Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    ***confetti*** and waving Kermit arms! Yay!

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  28. plantingourpennies Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 3:33 pm

    HOT D*AMN! =D (Self censored for #2’s convenience)
    Love that you’ve already updated the blog banner.

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  29. Tinkering Theorist Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    Yay! Congrats!!

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  30. GMP Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    Congratulations!!!

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  31. Comradde PhysioProffe Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    HELLZ TO THE MOTHERF*CKEN YEAH!!!11!!1!!!ELEBNYTY!!11!!!

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  32. bogart Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    Yay!!! Congratulations! I propose each of us go buy a good cheese (or 2!) to celebrate!

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  33. Madwoman with a Laptop Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    What PhysioProffe said. IN BOLD AND ALL CAPS Congrats!

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  34. badacademic2 Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    awesome!!! congrats!!

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  35. Cloud Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 6:23 pm

    Congratulations! That is great news.

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  36. Laura Vanderkam (@lvanderkam) Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    Isn’t there a purple hat or purple hair coming? Wasn’t that in the poem of things one does when tenured? Congrats!

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  37. QueSera Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    Felicidades! So happy for you! Enjoy the celebration!

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  38. undinenotofgeneralinterest Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    Woohoo! Congratulations! That is great news.

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  39. nicoleandmaggie Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    Thanks, y’all. I am totally going to dye my hair purple pretty soon. Possibly over spring break. I need a haircut; I’ve been putting off doing it until it’s time for the REAL THING. I’ll call the salon tomorrow morning!

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  40. Steph Says:
    March 6, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    Woooooo! Congrats!

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  41. Donna Freedman Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 1:22 am

    Congratulations! Please use your powers for good. :-)

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  42. Leah Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 5:13 am

    yay! good work!

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  44. graduateliving Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 6:23 am

    WOOT! Congratulations!

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  45. myscientificlife Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 7:28 am

    Woo Hoo!!! Congrats!!!

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  46. Dame Eleanor Hull Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 7:36 am

    Grump out, dudettes!

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  47. Debbie M Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 7:45 am

    Congrats! And really, it’s okay if you slip out of grumpiness for just this one day. I’m sure we could forgive you!

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  48. J Liedl Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 8:15 am

    That is AWESOME!

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  49. Dr. Koshary Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 9:00 am

    Hooray! Hope you’re celebrating with abandon!

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  50. Ana Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 10:09 am

    Love it! Whoo to the hoo!!!!

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  51. phd me Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 11:25 am

    Fantastic! We expect stories of fiscally responsible celebration!

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  52. What Now? Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    Heartiest congratulations to you!

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  53. Susan Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    Damn, now I’m going to have to find a new pre-tenure blogger to follow.
    Srsly, congrats!

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  54. Allyson Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    Congratuations! More power to FTP. And thanks for giving hope to those of us much further up the pipeline. Best of luck in continuing to kick research, teaching and service booty.

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  55. Flavia Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Congrats! Here’s to becoming crotchety, in addition to grumpy.

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  56. Rumpus Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 7:34 pm

    Congratulations!

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  57. nicoleandmaggie Says:
    March 7, 2013 at 8:05 pm

    Update!: I have scheduled the haircut, which will be followed by bleaching (at salon) and dyeing (at home). It will occur… the day before a meeting with the dean. I’m excited!

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  58. gwinne Says:
    March 8, 2013 at 5:13 am

    woo-hooo!!! congrats!!!!!!!!

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  59. Monica Says:
    March 9, 2013 at 7:02 am

    I know I’m a new visitor..but AWESOME and congrats!!

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  60. Z Says:
    March 9, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    Congratulations!

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  61. MutantSupermodel Says:
    March 9, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I was going through my reader to get the subscriptions moved to Google reader and on a newer post I saw the (formerly) thing. And I said No way did I miss that!?! And I did. And I am lame. And I am sorry I missed it. BUT F*CK YEAH THAT IS F*CKING AWESOME AS F*CK!!!

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  62. monsterzero Says:
    March 10, 2013 at 8:56 am

    Wow! and Congratulations!

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  63. theoutliermodel Says:
    March 10, 2013 at 11:25 pm

    Congratulations! As someone who used to work in academia, I know this is a huge achievement!

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  64. Grace Says:
    March 11, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Very very nice! Not of course that any of us doubted for a minute that you would succeed.
    Sooooo–
    What’s the next big goal?? Huh?

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  65. Dr. Virago Says:
    March 18, 2013 at 7:35 am

    I’m late to this, but…HUZZAH! Many congratulations!!!!

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  66. Dr. O Says:
    March 29, 2013 at 10:06 am

    A little (lot) late, but CONGRATS!!!!

    Reply
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