Author: lcarlson

National Organise Your Files Week (USA)

April 20-26, 2015 — third week of April every year The basics Blog entries about this week remind...

Etchings – as dealt with by dull man on date

A James Thurber cartoon available at The New Yorker Store

Breaking news from Minnesota: Lindström gets umlauts back – victory for Swedes

It could happen as early as this week, according to John Olinger, a state highway sign official....

World Snooker Championships on now in Sheffield

Six-time world snooker champion Steve Davis, aka ‘Mr Excitement’, speaks about the competitors he’s watching in the 2015 World Snooker Championship, click here to watch on BBC

Yesterday – McDonald’s 60th Anniversary – did you celebrate?

What did you do to celebrate? Please email us about how it went: It began April 15, 1955...

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