It's that time of the year again... When the we get the written feedback, but not the scores, from the external assessors of our grants. We write a reply, addressing the feedback, and then wait for another 1000 years. It's a strange feeling, because you know so much more when you have the feedback, but still nothing. How will the College of Experts interpret the feedback? How will they interpret my rejoinder? And then you just wait, and wait, and wait.