Author: lcarlson

Richard III's Parking Space

Dear Grover I thought you might like this cartoon from today’s Spectator. Best wishes Steve...

849 – 899 5 February 2013 The race is on now that Richard III was found in a Leicester car...

Proof that England is a safe place for dull men to be — where the most exciting news is...

We dull men don’t need this sign. We know now to count. We like to count. It’s one of...

A 200-year-old law forbidding women to wear trousers in Paris has finally been revoked. Is this a...

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