It's Punch Sulzberger Award nominations time! Today's New York Times memo calls for submissions for the yearly staff award, which recognizes the "outstanding contributions of our staff members that best exemplify a commitment to our Company's Core Purpose, Core Values and Rules of the Road." (Uh, wacky!) The winner also gets 10 percent of his or her annual base salary; noms are due March 9. So may we suggest NYT theater editor Patricia Cohen, who's transitioning to a new position? (The theater slot will be filled Rick Lyman.) After all, there was no one who liked to give over-eager theater publicists the smackdown more; her favorite three words are reportedly "DON'T PITCH ME."