Author: lcarlson

Happy Thanksgiving — 2017 — USA

We dullards are thankful for: Turkey — blandest of meats Boring conversations at Thanksgiving...

Clocks changed in USA and Canada — leaving Daylight Saving Time

Although it’s rare we stay up so late, last night many of us stayed up until 2:00 a.m. to...

Halloween Groaner

A man is walking home alone late one foggy Halloween night . . . all of a sudden he hears from...

Volvo traktor — is member of band playing “Sweet Georgia Brown”

We blogged the other day about Finns being practical: instructional video on how to open a door. Heading west across the Baltic Sea, we see that Swedes too are practical. Watch the wonderful performance of “Sweet Georgia...

No longer need to buy stuff — rent instead?

With Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, Scribd and Truo who needs to buy anything? ...

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