Author: lcarlson

"Dull" in other languages?

This email came in to us a few weeks ago. We’re publishing it today, the start of Words Matter Week (which is on our Calendar, click here: Dear DMC If my memory serves me well, Dr Johnson said something like this:...

Roundabout Horror Movie

Hi thereHaving been keen roundabout enthusiast for a number of years (I’msenior highways...

Cornish Pasty — now it's protected

Dear DMC In case members want to know what, exactly, a Cornish pasty is – here is some useful...

Germany's uneconomically named economics minister forced to resign

But not because of his long name. It’s because he plagiarized while at the university:...

WebCam Traveling: Abbey Road

Dear DMC The Abbey Road crossing webcam is a definite candidate . . . should I have used the word...

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