Author: lcarlson

Qs & As from/for "Real People" magazine

Hi Grover I work for a women’s magazine, Real People, in London in the UK. I’m writing...

Nettles Pizza

Dear DMC, i see on the DMC website that this is Be Nice to Nettles Week. It was nice to see, when...

Marmite banned in Denmark?

Marmite banned in Denmark? Hard to believe, isn’t it? Denmark enacted a law in 2004 that...

Stationary Club, in addition to Stationery Club?

Grover, I noticed on the home page a blurb about a National Stationery Show. Wouldn’t it be wise for dull men to have a National Stationary Show? Being stationary certainly fits in with the precepts of dullness. Failing...

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