Author: lcarlson

Launch Party for Calendar — exclusive photos from Birmingham

Held on top floor of one of Birminham’s tallest buildings — stunning views of Birmingham —...

German TV filming yesterday at Stanfords

Deutsche Welle TV, Germany’s equivalent of BBC World Service and CNN, made an early morning visit to Stanfords’ flagship store in Covent Garden. They filmed us and “Dull Men of Great Britain—2015...

Yesterday was Aid and Abet Punsters Day

Abet and Aid Punsters Day — November 8 A day to laugh instead of groan over puns: Sign at the...

Dull Men of Great Britain – map

Today: clocks change

Many of our members stay up until 2:00 a.m. to change their clocks at exactly the right time....

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