Author: lcarlson

Joys of a new butter dish—advice from Prof. Winston

Joys of a new butter dish . . . Prof. Winston’s counceling for small predicaments . . ....

Professor Winston, University of Hull, is now councellling readers who write in about slight...

Counselling for Slight Predicaments By Professor Winston Joys of a new butter dish Dear...

October, which will be here in a few days, is Raking Leaves month for us Dull Men. There’s...

Dear DMC, I read with interest the article “Is L.L. Bean Driving the Runway?” in this...

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