caretaker

 Broke literary ground here.

against unworthy triviality

 

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

- Epictetus [55-135 CE]

unusual suspect

"Unfulfilled potential is the saddest thing in life."
- Chazz Palminteri [born 1952]

Southern Gothic

"It's a pity you got published so young. You'll only see the world from a successful perspective."
- Tennessee Williams [1911-1983]

longevity

"I keep a shot of sour mash - Jack Daniels - next to my bed so I have incentive to get up every morning."
- John Huston [1906-1997]

robe and dagger

“Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.”
― T.E. Lawrence [1888-1935]

Eisenhower era advocacy

 

80,000

 The average person meets 80,000 people in a lifetime, which is the capacity of FedEx Field:

not british or columbian

 

best and worst cities

 

Data explained here.

"It's all nerds and Nazis."

 

spinning on one foot

"Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
- Pierre Elliot Trudeau [1919- 2000] quoting Max Ehrmann's [1872-1945] "Desiderata" after a failed election

advance

“You will never win if you never begin.”

– Helen Rowland [1875-1950]

"People out there think you're an idiot."

how castles were built

eponymous

 

The Nerve

"90% of success is looking good when you're nervous."
- James Taylor [born 1948]

gammy

"Sports bars are great as they collect all the people I don't want to hang out with and put them in one room."
- Demetri Martin [born 1973]

a joke that is shared exclusively by a small group of people.

"At any given moment, 90% of middle-to-senior management don't know what they're doing."
- John Cleese [born 1939] in reference to his BBC experience

routine

"First thought, best thought."
- Allen Ginsberg [1926-1997]

Andean Alzheimer's

 

 

 For better or worse:

rewind

Q:    What happens when you play country music backwards?

A:    You get your wife back, your truck back, your dog back.

on frenemies

"Comparison defeats joy."
- Joe Rogan [born 1967] in the aftermath of announcing his $200 million Spotify deal and advising the most bitter to simply get better.