Author: lcarlson

Breaking News on BBC: washing chicken is dangerous

Astonishing results of a survey of 4,500 UK adults by the country’s Food Standard Agency: 44% of them wash chicken before cooking it. Washing chicken is dangerous. The splashing water spreads campylobacter bacteria to work...

Two more noncandidates for DMC membership

Clearly not eligible for DMC membership

Dull men never do dumb stuff like this

Breaking News from Switzerland: to shake off “most boring” label resort resorts to stone-skimming

“Swiss resort sets up stone-skimming contest to shake off ‘most boring’ label: Village of Ermatingen establishes competition after residents take offence at being labelled Switzerland’s most dull...

Open Garden Squares Weekend – 14 & 15 June – but what’s the square truth about these squares?

London’s Open Garden Squares Weekend This is the one weekend each year you can go inside...

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