Author: lcarlson

safe excitement on New Year’s Eve — practicing 2020

New Year’s Eve: over the years, we’ve found it’s more enjoyable — and rewarding — to stay in and practice writing the new year over and over again. We then hit the ground running in the new year. We avoid...

12 Days of Christmas Gift Ideas

the list keeps growing: Day 17 — batteries Day 16 — batterie tester Day 15 — cap with light...

DMC cap and book available in California — Santa Monica — Ye Olde King’s Head Shoppe

Underdog Day — December 20

Third Friday of December every year A day to honor assistants, number twos, back office staff, PAs...

Stocking Stuffers — on Amazon — Dull Men of Great Britain and 2017 calendar

The book and calendar have sold out on our U.K. Shopify shop — but still available on Amazon U.K.:...

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