Author: lcarlson

This week: Royal Swan Upping on the Thames

The Royal Swan Upping is a census taking and a health check of swans on the Thames. It occurs ever...

Today has been Get Out of Dog House Day

Third Monday of July every year But are DMC members ever in the dog house? We’re so nice,...

Today is International Chess Day

The day is sponsored by the World Chess Federation (Federation Internationale des Echecs —...

Breaking news from Washington: Goat Map released

There were 2,621,514 goats in the US as of 2012 according to the most recent goat census released released the other day by the Department of Agriculture. If goats were a state, in terms of population that state would be bigger...

Today: National Ice Cream Day (USA)

A day to celebrate ice cream, especially our favorite flavor — vanilla. The day began in 1984 when...

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