I’m the guy who used to think about quitting his job at 40 and taking a year off to focus on writing.<\/p>\n
Now that I’ve turned 40, I’m just gonna take the day off and go to NYC to spend some time with the various Rembrandts at the Met.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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