Author: lcarlson

New Year's Eve — what will dull men be doing?

Practicing writing “2011.” Writing it over and over again. Getting ready to hit the...

Beauty of a Car Park Roof December 29, 2010 In today’s Wall Street Journal: “Boredom...

Here’s a Christmas message I received, particularly appropriate to read this time of year...

December 25, 2010 Dear DMC, I got the Christmas card attached above from your website a while...

“A Glass Act,” Ronnie Corget December 24, 2010 Dear DMC Here is a treasury of groaners...

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