Or at least the quest for something that might be artificially intelligent enough to pass the Turing test.
In his mind, at least, the quest for the holy grail - leaving on a high point and at a moment of his own choosing - continues.
But at least the Quest's seats don't have to be removed, as do the middle rows of the Odyssey and Sienna, to take full advantage of their cargo area.
Immense hurdles remain, not least the quest for peace in Afghanistan; but the longer-term dream is of land trade through Pakistan to Central Asia, with its oil and gas, and even to European markets.
Self-realization — or at least the quest for self-knowledge — was uppermost in Mr. Baerman's mind when he began thinking about subject matter for a big work years ago.
Yet, snobbery or at least the quest for status expressed in the craving for tokens of superiority over the hoi polloi -- from the latest BMW to the biggest house extension -- still pervades society, making the cachet of a gong or, better still, a K near irresistible.
This week's episode of The Pre-Game is an actual pre-game at least for quest?onmarc.
But the parts of "Living with a Dead Language" that feel most vital — the least strenuously questing for epiphany — are the moments in which Patty lets her word-nerd flag fly, and shows the specificity of Latin's enriching possibilities for a person who has spent her life working in words.
Summer's here, though, and with it, relentless sun, a state of affairs distasteful enough to send me at least on a quest for information: could there be a hat for me?
We gender bend at will, making multiple moves on different characters to see which one we like best or which one has the least boring fetch quest to win their affections.
