Author: lcarlson

Fill Our Staplers Day — Monday March 28, the day after clocks change — in UK as well as the rest of Europe

The Dull Men’s Club established two Fill Your Staplers Days that take place every year: (1) the...

Why are pencils yellow? A pencil, painted yellow was introduced in 1890 by the L & C Hardtmuth...

March 13, 2021 — changing clocks in USA and Canada (March 27 in Europe) — rarely do dull men stay...

In 1873, when fifteen-year-old Chester Greenwood was ice skating near his home in Farmington,...

Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, approximately 3.14 to 1 — Pi...

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