I’ll be back

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I saw a joke the other day—more of a meme, actually. I wish I could find the original to credit it, but as my grandmother used to say, they’ll get their reward in heaven. It went like this:

Sylvester Stallone: “Guys, let’s do an action movie about composers! I’ll be Beethoven!”

Jean-Claude Van Damme: “I’ll be Mozart!”

Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I’ll be … Oh, no way. I’m not saying it.”

I like that kind of joke; I had to think for a second — “I’ll be Schubert?” “I’ll be Wagner?”

Oh wait, I get it. Anyway, it has new relevance today thanks to two things from over the weekend:

First, the news that Tom Brady un-retired, and will return for a 23rd season in the NFL as quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Second, an article I happened to come by in the WSJ, about how people who retired early due to the pandemic are trying to figure out what happens next. They profiled three people:

• A woman who retired from her IT project-management job at age 50, and is now “feeling a little stir-crazy.” She say…