Author: lcarlson

Breaking news from BBC: “Things you didn’t know about earwax” (more info than we need?)

In BBC News: “Secretion secrets: things you didn’t know about ear wax” — but do we really want to know?

Sophie, bulldog puppy, loves rolling down hills

Sophie is amazing, safe excitement to watch — over and over again: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/puppy-rolls-down-hill-video_n_4971537.html Brings to mind the Gloucester Cheese Roll, an event that takes place every...

Today is Grover Cleveland’s birth anniversary

Born March 18, 1837 in Calwell, New Jersey, Stephen Grover Cleveland’s accomplishments...

Elevators (Lifts) – – unsung heroes

“How the elevator transformed America: the unsung conveyance that there us together—and allowed us to build up” — in The Boston Globe earlier this month. This caught our eyes. We like to recognize the unsung....

“Fill what’s empty . . . .”

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