My kid just sent me this, and well, fair.
@jqheywood Man, wake up call that Harrison Ford is 80! Where does the time go?🤷🏼‍♀️
@Diamondjoy @jqheywood Important to remember that he was already 34 when STAR WARS came out and 38 when RAIDERS was released.
@jqheywood Indiana Jones and the Department Chair's Grip on the Tenure Line.
@jqheywood ever thought about everything would have pretty much turned out well had he never left his school?
@jqheywood Especially in the Humanities! It's no longer publish or perish but publish til perish, and pray they don't shut down the department or make you an adjunct.
@jqheywood I would love, love, love an Indy sequel that exclusively shows his daily routine as a retiree: Indy drinking tea in the sun behind his cottage, Indy talking to his cat, Indy getting groceries and swinging by the pub for an early afternoon Guinness…
@jqheywood Retired Indiana Jones scratching his bare belly while absent mindedly pondering the contents of his fridge while wearing PJ bottoms and being courted by his cat.
@jqheywood Francisco Pizarro Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Archaeology
@jqheywood When I was teaching in a Northwestern US math department years ago there was an emeritus professor in his 80s who would routinely come into his office and fall asleep in his chair with his mouth wide open
@jqheywood I never finished my PhD so unfortunately I’ll never get the chance at that sweet gig
@jqheywood #today I was listening to a story about how #france is in protest over the government raising the #retirement age and I was shocked when the newscaster said it was going up to 64. People are flooding the streets to #protest against having to keep working to 64. Obviously except the academics.
@jqheywood The professor he’s based on, whom Spielberg phoned with questions, did not retire until he was in his 80s.
@jqheywood I just hope Ford gets to do whatever movies he wants in the time he has left. He deserves it.
Back from Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied

January 22, 1939 Assistant Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. Department of Anthropology Chapman Hall 227B Marshall College Dr. Jones: As chairman...

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@jqheywood Yes, but remember, if he retires, the archaeology department loses a tenured position.