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Pursuant Monday's xkcd... http://xkcd.com/1007/ I have determined (where "I" stands for "Google"  http://books.google.com/ngrams ) that written  occurrences  of "The Quest" are in dramatic decline -- starting about 1998. Being the year that Leora was born, I suppose I have to shoulder some of the burden, but I think we need to rally to the cause. Occurrences as a percentage of all English words/phrases vs time I have a couple of other things to share with you today, as I avoid my house cleaning ;) The first is this awesome scan from the Prince Albert Daily Herald .  I'm 13 years old in this photo. Same as Leora is right now. And no, she isn't allowed near any skateboarders! I was a proud (where "proud" =  "disinterested") deliverer of said newspaper for a couple of years in the mid 80s. It was during that time that I owned one of my prize possessions of all time -- The Radio Watch. I'm certain I would stil...