Author: lcarlson

Staycations

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Rest Areas in France

May 31, 2011 Dear Grover Just as Rest areas month is beginning, I would like to submit the diary...

More on Denmark's Marmite ban; and Marmite poetry

May 31, 2011 Dear DMCLike all decent dull Brits, I am mildly miffed by Denmark’s banning of...

London: a dull man's Bank Holiday Weekend

May 30, 2011 I spend the Bank Holiday Weekend in London. I avoided the crowded venues, full of buskers, such as Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden, Instead I enjoyed several of the things London has to offer for safe and quiet...

Small Talk

May 27, 2011 Dear Grover As a teacher of English, one of my mundane assignments is to teach...

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