Author: lcarlson

Today: 148th anniversary of 1st traffic light in UK

December 9, 1868: the first traffic light in the UK was installed outside the Houses of Parliament...

December 21 is Chester Greenwood Day – he invented earmuffs

Fifteen year old Chester Greenwood in 1873 was ice skating near his home in Farmington,...

Xmas cards for dull men to send

A wonderful card in stunning two-tone grey and black: A christmas quacker of a card: Frosty...

Breaking news: Dippy the penguin, now arthritic, is moving to new home

Because the Isle of Wight’s Seaview Wildlife Encounter park is closing, Dippy, the park’s senior penguin, is moving to Norfolk’s Great Yarmouth Sea Life Center. Dippy is 20 years old. X-rays taken recently...

This Saturday — 35th annual Great Christmas Pudding Race — Covent Garden, London

Contestants grouped in six-member teams, wearing ridiculous costumes, race around a course...

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