Author: lcarlson

Questions to ponder (we like to ponder)

Here are a few topics for Dull Men’s Club meetings or for any other time dull men meet up to do some pondering: How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Is...

Watching Tide – – now from comfort of home

Tide’s in: It’s out: Watching the tide going out and then back in . . . and vice versa...

Suggestion for improving IQ of world

http://www.someecards.com Great idea. A no cost way of making the world a better place to live for the rest of us. Anyone have a better idea than this?

Today in Chicago: CHIditarod, a shopping cart race

March 1 — 5th annual Chicago Shopping Cart Race — “Chiditarod” The day of this race...

Starting today: 10th annual Marmalade Festival – – Dalmain Mansion & Gardens, Cumbria

March 1 and 2, 2014 — 10th annual World’s Original Marmalade Festival — Dalmain Mansion...

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