Author: lcarlson

Poland nabs garlic smugglers—€180,000 collected

January 13, 2011 Dear DMC Many dull men find garlic somewhat alarming and will be reassured by...

Justin Case, editor of our Belt-and-Suspenders/Braces page Fasten papers with both paper clip and...

January 9, 2011 Dear DMC, One thing I like about winter is watching falling snow. For me, watching...

Dear DMC Robert McCrum of the Guardian has drawn up a list of dull books. (I once read about...

January 6, 2011 I flew yesterday from London to Washington. I achieved a dull time the entire...

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