tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post112790073111710295..comments2023-09-05T05:20:50.393-04:00Comments on second americano: momentarily or for a momentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post-1130193813199874092005-10-24T18:43:00.000-04:002005-10-24T18:43:00.000-04:00It's like, what, two months later? I just noticed ...It's like, what, two months later? I just noticed the Sports Night reference.Transient Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313323030838183737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post-1127904372203194812005-09-28T06:46:00.000-04:002005-09-28T06:46:00.000-04:00Interesting post. Since I've recently broken free ...Interesting post. Since I've recently broken free from a tenure-track rut to do . . . something else, I've been thinking a lot about "what I want out of life." I've been thinking a lot about "ambition," or "ambitions." <BR/><BR/>Isn't there (?) an old Chinese proverb (excuse the gendered langauge) that at ten, every man is an animal; at twenty, a madman; at thirty, a failure; at forty, a has-been; and at fifty, a sage. If there's truth in that proverb--and, let's be honest, have you ever heard a proverb that didn't have a little truth?--then the thirties are the cruelest decade--post-failure, tracking toward has-been-dom. But sagacity is coming.Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700631271902397838noreply@blogger.com