Category: Key Issues

These are issues dull men are concerned about.

“Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myth of the Perfect Life” by Paul Dolan

by lcarlson | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog, Key Issues | 0

Professor Paul Dolan, author of the new book Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myth of...

“moreitis” — Socretes’ way of dealing with it

by lcarlson | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog, Key Issues | 0

Pressures to acquire more bombard us constantly. How much do we really need? Socrates has a way of...

Coffee cup that points out why a donut should not go with it

by lcarlson | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog, Key Issues | 0

Posted by Shirazeh Tabibi in our Facebook Group, The Dull Club

Cup Holder Appreciation Society — should we start one?

by lcarlson | Jul 19, 2013 | Key Issues | 1

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal, “Nice Ride, Now Where Does My Phone Go?”, got us to thinking about cup holders. Dull men like cup holders. It goes along with the rule we like “a place for...

Dulling down of pub life

by lcarlson | Oct 5, 2024 | Blog, Key Issues | 0

Einstein’s Worst Nightmare — “are we there yet”?

by lcarlson | Dec 16, 2018 | Blog, Key Issues, Quotations | 4

“‘Are we there yet”? Having coffee with friends Day at the beach Cheering...

England — charge royalties for using English?

by lcarlson | Jun 10, 2019 | Blog, Key Issues | 0

The whole world speaks English. International business could not function without English....

Freedom for Fonts

by lcarlson | Nov 17, 2010 | Key Issues | 0

Ban bans on specific fonts. This issue came to light recently when the website bancomicsans.com emerged. We see nothing wrong with Comic Sans, even though it’s not our favorite font. Our favorite? Helvetica. Like freedom...

Hand shaking — not native to America — “comical” was how Native Americans viewed it

by lcarlson | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog, Key Issues | 1

In his book Great Plains, Ian Fraier writes: “In former times, Indians thought the white...

How to solve this problem with burgers?

by lcarlson | Jun 30, 2024 | Key Issues, Not Categorized Yet | 0

Problem: How to keep a burger from coming apart and bits falling all over the place? Answer: Eat...

London Eye — slow it down

by lcarlson | Nov 12, 2009 | Key Issues | 1

Peter Drucker quote about people not prepared — what can they do to be prepared?

by lcarlson | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Key Issues | 0

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