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To: Rambi who wrote (67179)	2/22/2005 7:38:36 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 71178

we are too old to reclaim careers set aside to be home, and the question of who are we now is the topic of our talks. It's such a boring old question, I suppose, unless you are the one asking it. You're not that much older than I was when I went to law school and started a whole new career. And now, I've done the law and am looking forward to what my next career will be -- I would like it to be something in the writing line, I think, though not in your line; I'm not good enough to be humorous, so I have to write either mysteries or serious books, but it's more likely to be in investment advising. I average anywhere between 5 and 12 years per career. That's long enough for me to be there, do that, and move on. If I sound pensive, it's because I'm listening to Pablo Casals play Bach's Six Suites for Cello, which Dan got me for my birthday and it is achingly gorgeous. I totally agree. It's a fantastic CD. Great musicians are so extraordinary. How is it that simply the manipulation of the movement of molecules in the air can bring such extraordinary emotions. When I was offered my first position with a professional symphony, many, many years ago, I thought that I would never be as good as Mason Jones, let alone Dennis Brain, and if I couldn't be that good I didn't want to spend my life at it. So I went to college instead. Of course, now I wonder whether maybe I could have been that good, and whether maybe in a parallel universe Dan would be giving you Hodgkin playing the Mozart horn concertos and you would be emoting about how achingly glorious they were.