The essay contemplates retirement as a portal of possibilities which may open time for diving into both haunting and joyful questions that the being tied-up with admin-work formerly has prevented the pursuit of. Questions which the retired academic could engage in are piled up, eg. the haunting ones concerning classic Humanities’ celebration of Universal (White) Man and human exceptionalism. Questions about portals leading from the haunted space of the Humanities to an elsehwhere, and what to take with us through these portals, are also interpellated. Critique and aesthetics are discussed as maybe worthwhile to carry to the other side.