Author: lcarlson

Conference Call

Are conference calls dull? Or boring? A waste of time?

Travelators – – duller to ride, especially when escalators are too scary for you

Video taken recently at Dulles International Airport click on arrow above to view...

Archie Workman is fascinated with drain covers. Archie lives in Penny Bridge in Cumbria. He now works as a lengthsman. Earlier, he worked in a foundry. A lengthsman keeps a length of a road neat and tidy — keeping the grass and...

Groundhog Day and Super Bowl – – that sense of belonging

We commented the other day that it was good Groundhog Day was last Sunday, same day as the Super...

Curling – – our favorite Winter Olympic Sport

When the Olympic Games roll around every four years, we’re asked do we watch them or are they too exciting for us. Some of them are too exciting. There’s one in particular, however, that we like: curling. We were...

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