Author: lcarlson

Anorak of fhe Year for 2018 — Kevin Beresdord — veers off roundabouts to visit car parks

Kevon Beresford, founder and president of the Roundabout Appreciation Society and our Anorak of...

Postcard from Silicon Valley — impact of a pandemic — wet floor signs repurposed

Dear DMC, There have been obvious changes to my wet floor sign pictogram spotting: I have been...

VINTAGE WASHING MACHINE RESTORING — Lee Maxwell — Eaton, Colorado

No one was more surprised when Lee Maxwell became obsessed with washing machines than his wife Barbara. “Up until then, he had been near enough to a washing machine to do laundry only once,” she said. “It was a disaster. All the...

Lee Maxwell — selection of photos

New local DMC — Andover Massachusettts — starting Thursday September 17

The Andover Dull Men’s Club, the 9th DMC to be formed in...

Albert Einstein
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein
Edward R. Murrow
“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow
Hoagy Carmichael
"Slow motion gets you there faster"

~ Hoagy Carmichael
Marilyn Thomsen
"While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary"

~ Marilyn Thomsen
testi 1
“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”
testi 2
“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”
testi 3
“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”
testi 4
“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”
Will Rogers
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers