Author: lcarlson

View from hotel room—Shotgun Willie's or car wash?

Monday night I checked into a Holiday Inn in Denver. I had a choice of rooms: looking east across...

Second Annual Oxford-Cambridge Goat Race—Cambridge Wins

Late-breaking news of a thrilling annual sporting event. One for the diary in 2013:...

The New Zealand Herald reports on us

NZ Herald travel wroter Jim Eagles, stuck at an airport, killed time by reading our website. Mind...

Nettles—tasty, nutritious—and free

Dear DMC There’re plenty of nettle recipes around, and nettles from back gardens to the...

Newsletter We are starting a weekly newsletter to keep members as well as others even more informed than before of what’s happening (if anything) in the world of dull. The newsletter will be emailed every Wednesday. To...

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