Category: Event Calendar

Tbis is a photo from last year’s Boring Christmas Tree Lighting in Boring Oregon. This year it...

by lcarlson | Jul 11, 2023 | Event Calendar | 0

‘Vapiano’ means ‘He who goes slow will go safe and far’

We like Vapiano restaurants for our meetings because of their ‘separate bills’ system....

Boxing Day is a UK holiday celebrated the day after Christmas. It’s also celebrated in...

It’s the town where our back office, our favorite place to work, is located. Dullsters like...

by lcarlson | Dec 21, 2019 | Event Calendar | 1

the list keeps growing: Day 17 — batteries Day 16 — batterie tester Day 15 — cap with light...

The list keeps growing — do you have a suggestion to add? — if so, please email to...

by lcarlson | Nov 30, 2019 | Event Calendar | 0

We’ll be starting this year’s list soon. Please email your suggestions for it to...

by lcarlson | Dec 19, 2024 | Event Calendar | 0

Suggestions? Slippers, toaster, rocking chair? Please email them to us:...

by lcarlson | Dec 15, 2022 | Event Calendar | 0

The audience won’t let our list of simple, ordinary, practical gifts stop at 12. Suggestions...

December 9, 1868: the first traffic light in the U.K. was installed outside the Houses of...

‘Britain’s dullest man’ produces calendar for 2023 — CAR PARKS Kevin has...

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