Remache Reminisce

I remember when I was in school, several relatively prominent humanities professors had died, and I was amazed at how old they all were. I think, on average, they all died in their mid to late 90s. And then, when I began to reflect on how they lived their lives, by reading interesting books, writing about issues that they had a passionate interest in, and not having to worry about their next pay check, it it all began to make sense, that the tonic for longevity is nothing more than a happy and secure life.

But, of course, it is depressing that in modern life that particular tonic is so scarce and that so few of us get to live that life. Not that happiness is necessarily scarce, but certainly security (and security tends to breed happiness).
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Thor:
You left out the opportunity to buy as much grenache as you want. If tenure means anything, it's that.
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You'd be surprised how many of my colleagues seem unaware of this aspect of tenure. It regularly surprises me.
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Perhaps we should start a Facebook group, Prof? "Tenured faculty who love Grenache." It could be the next big meme.

Mark Lipton
 
If you think academics in the US have it bad, the army of lecturers and post-grads in Oxbridge are the only reason those two universities have not fallen apart. I don't think it's particularly sustainable.
 
originally posted by Yixin:
If you think academics in the US have it bad, the army of lecturers and post-grads in Oxbridge are the only reason those two universities have not fallen apart. I don't think it's particularly sustainable.
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That system is totally fucked, for sure. I don't know how young academics manage to have any hope.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by VLM:
That system is totally fucked, for sure. I don't know how young academics manage to have any hope.
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They're passionate about what they do and Hope isn't rational.
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Sounds like vignerons in the Dressner portfolio...(insert emoticon)
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by VLM:
That system is totally fucked, for sure. I don't know how young academics manage to have any hope.
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They're passionate about what they do and Hope isn't rational.
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Passion is a pre-requisite to getting a PhD in the first place. If you don't really want it, you'll never make it.

If you make serious research an impossible career, you'll eventually bankrupt your society as your best and brightest will do other things. Like, I dunno, proprietary trading.
 
That system is totally fucked, for sure. I don't know how young academics manage to have any hope.
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Can we not talk about this anymore? Even being on the job-market almost gave me a heart attack. I don't want to think what's it going to be like 3-4 years down the road...

By the way, Levi, I REALLY enjoyed reading your post, you know, the one that started this thread.

The 1989 Scavino Bric del Fiasc is a beautiful wine. Still very young but so nicely balanced. The 2005 Donnhoff Spatlese Niederhauser Hermannshohle is nice but seems to be in search of its personality.
 
originally posted by Cristian Dezso: The 2005 Donnhoff Spatlese Niederhauser Hermannshohle is nice but seems to be in search of its personality.
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I haven't had a lot of 2005 German riesling recently but it certainly sounds plausible that they would be seeking/sleeping.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Cristian Dezso: I don't want to think what's it going to be like 3-4 years down the road...
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But of course in 3-4 years we'll be into an entirely new economic cycle!
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One would hope. I am not terribly optimistic about that either. And even less so over the longer term. Still, my research productivity is probably uncorrelated with the business cycle, but yes, in terms of alternative opportunities and so less headache, yeah.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Cristian Dezso: The 2005 Donnhoff Spatlese Niederhauser Hermannshohle is nice but seems to be in search of its personality.
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I haven't had a lot of 2005 German riesling recently but it certainly sounds plausible that they would be seeking/sleeping.
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You know what, after a couple of hours, it gained focus and turned into a great wine. Surprisingly, my wife, who is not much into riesling, absolutely loved it. I have a couple of glasses left for tonight. We'll see how it shows.
 
originally posted by Cristian Dezso: You know what, after a couple of hours, it gained focus and turned into a great wine. Surprisingly, my wife, who is not much into riesling, absolutely loved it. I have a couple of glasses left for tonight. We'll see how it shows.
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Glad to hear it shaped up. And sorry to hear that your wife is not into riesling. Must be tough!

I am similarly afflicted because my wife is not yet convinced by the charms of Burgundy.
 
I keep hearing about these people who don't like riesling. I think we should be able to visit them at the zoo, or at least read some solid anthropological studies from those who've done the field work in the remotest hinterlands. It's important to keep an open mind about cultures we find incomprehensible, don't you think?
 
originally posted by Thor:
I keep hearing about these people who don't like riesling. I think we should be able to visit them at the zoo, or at least read some solid anthropological studies from those who've done the field work in the remotest hinterlands
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I've seen plenty of them in the not-so-remote regions of Germany no less. Sitting at the same table with me!

I don't want to encourage genetic engineering or anything, but maybe we can also get the biologists involved and develop a test to pre-screen for this before birth. I know Covert would contribute funding.
 
I found the 2005 Norheimer Kirscheck to be similarly...diffuse? It still had a lot of acid, and overall seemed energetic, but not enough to balance the residual sugar, at least to my palate.

Of course, this may be a case of inferior terroir at work.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:
2005 DonnhoffI found the 2005 Norheimer Kirscheck to be similarly...diffuse? It still had a lot of acid, and overall seemed energetic, but not enough to balance the residual sugar, at least to my palate.

Of course, this may be a case of inferior terroir at work.
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I didn't think this was the cat's meow either, but it could just be I'm not entirely thrilled with 2005 German riesling, as I tend to like the racier years.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:
2005 DonnhoffI found the 2005 Norheimer Kirscheck to be similarly...diffuse? It still had a lot of acid, and overall seemed energetic, but not enough to balance the residual sugar, at least to my palate.
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Yes!
 
originally posted by Thor:
I keep hearing about these people who don't like riesling. I think we should be able to visit them at the zoo, or at least read some solid anthropological studies from those who've done the field work in the remotest hinterlands. It's important to keep an open mind about cultures we find incomprehensible, don't you think?
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If the SSRC or Wenner-Gren'd fund it, I'd be happy to do the heavy lifting! Especially after a perfectly fine Gunderloch tonight, it seems a puzzle worth solving to me as well.
 
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