don't drain the swamp

"The comedy universe is a swamp of madness."
- Jerry Seinfeld

sorry sorry sorry

“There is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.”
– George Soros

my ancestral home

On 23 and 24 June 1314, The Battle of Bannockburn was waged here. A victory for the army of King of Scots Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II.

Major Influence

"And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh."
- David Hockney

How do I get my name to the top of Google's search results?

Here.

phoenix

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Nelson Mandela

marlon brando's preferred libation

Campari and Orange Juice

Virtual Hospice

Here.

on the future

"I don't think 2 seconds ahead."
- Norm Macdonald

manly man

dear basketball

lateral thinking

"Within 20 years, Arts majors will be earning more than Computer Scientists."
- Mark Cuban

How can I copy 1,400 DVDs to a new hard drive?

Answer here.

patience

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
– Warren Buffett

serendipity

"Everything about my career has been luck - no strategy, no planning."
- Three-Star Michelin Chef Marco Pierre White

Copper Thunderbird

on idleness

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
– Bertrand Russell

on enlightenment

"Myself is not my I today."

- Chris Evans

Indian politician

“There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group. There is less competition there.”
– Indira Gandhi

role model

"You're not completely useless; you can be used as a bad example."
- Colin Farrell

incrementalism

“Little by little, one travels far.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien

apostle

"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
- Mattew 16:26

shoes

A new doc about Imelda Marcos and the Philippines here.

The Art of Advertising

“Many people – and I think I am one of them – are more productive when they’ve had a little to drink. I find if I drink two or three brandies, I’m far better able to write.”
– David Ogilvy

Duchess

"The point of life is not just to survive something, but to thrive, be happy."
- Meghan Markle

Athenian

“Do not consider painful what is good for you.”
– Euripides [480 - 406 BCE]

southern gothic

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”
- Flannery O'Connor

can money buy us happiness?

Sir Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2015, gives his answer here.

acrobat

“I improve on misquotation.”
– Cary Grant

acumen

"I've turned my mental illness into a business model."
- Stephen Colbert