Author: lcarlson

Nomination: Peter Adamson for Dull Man of Year

Dear DMC I would like to nominate Peter Adamson for Dull Man of the year. Peter is Professor of...

Dear DMC: The Sense of an Ending, Barnes’ 11th novel, explores memory: how fuzzy it can be...

Dear DMC Is Mr Ordinary going to be the first Modest Head of State? More in today’s...

Dear DMC, These are photos of “everyday things” arranged in such as way to deceive you: click here...

Dear DMC, Watching the hour hand [exclamation point removed] Gives me a *frisson* just thinking...

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