Author: lcarlson

If you attended this, can you send us a report and photos?: World Snail Racing Championships — Saturday 6 July — Congham, Norfolk

The Snail Racing World Championships were started in Congham, Norfolk in the 1960s by Tom Elwes...

DMC Word Factory Words we have coined: dullster The opposite of hipster. We are dullsters, not...

12:00 noon Second Saturday in July every year Competitors and spectators come from all parts of...

High on the list of comfort foods for dullsters, Quick and easy to prepare. Simply open a can of...

July 7, 1928 — first package of sliced bread sold. This historic event took place at the first...

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