Author: lcarlson

“The Distance” – – long-lasting businesses – – that have gone the distance

We dull men value determination, commitment, continuity, sticktoitiveness. Right up our alley...

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Photos are rolling in – – from yesterday’s cheese rolling in Stilton

Hot off the press — reported in BBC News Cambridgeshire — “Stilton cheese rolling attracts visitors back”: • Richard Landy, local historian: “It’s been a cracking day out and the whole event was so loud...

Leica makes most boring commercial ever? 44:43 minutes of man in factory polishing new Leica

vimeo.com/92073118 From an Adweek article “Leica Intentionally Makes the Most Boring Commercial Ever. Can You Sit Through It?”: Leica brings its obsessive German craftsmanship into focus with this tongue-in-cheek...

Breaking News from London: escalator is working at tube station

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