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On Being Dull: Quick Quiz

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Essays illustrating the humor of being painfully average. Wednesday, June 12, 2013. You might be dull if . . . You don’t recognize a single person on the cover of. June 29, 2013 at 7:09 AM. Or, perhaps incredibly interesting. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm average. I'm dull. What can I say? View my complete profile.

On Being Dull: Dull Takes a Night Off

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Essays illustrating the humor of being painfully average. Saturday, September 12, 2009. Dull Takes a Night Off. However, I have friends who delight in upsetting my narrow perspective. They deliberately invite (more like “dare”) me to do things that add excitement to my gray little universe. 8220;Murray, how long you can keep vermouth after opening it? 8221; I ask. 8220;Oh, it will last two to three weeks, if you keep it in the fridge.”. Mental note: Buy the small bottle next time. I don’t know why ...

On Being Dull: April 2009

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Essays illustrating the humor of being painfully average. Monday, April 20, 2009. I DO All the Time. I DO –. Ken’s I DO list includes:. The grocery shopping,. The garbage, and. The things Lynn refuses to do. Ken does not experience a sense of urgency when the dryer beckons. Wrinkled clothes do not bother him (more toleration). To Ken, the dryer is a surrogate drawer or closet. Clothing can be stored there until needed. Ken has to drive in the snow. Ken prepares our taxes for the I.R.S. During the spring ...

On Being Dull: Three-Quarters Empty

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Essays illustrating the humor of being painfully average. Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Ever wake up just a little off? Not ready for prime time . . . Unfit for human consumption? YOU have delusions of grandeur. “Deluxe” Mixed Nuts, my butt! Your “Mix” contains Brazil nuts! Brazil nuts are way too big for their musty lack of flavor. They’re the Toyota Tundra on nut road surrounded by sportier, zippier models. Nuts should not take two bites! Some of my peeves have been building for months . . . I’ve bee...

On Being Dull: December 2008

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Essays illustrating the humor of being painfully average. Thursday, December 11, 2008. For days, an 8 1/2” x 11” envelope topped with a stack of paper sits on the dining table. 8220;Is that ready to go? 8221; I ask while pointing at the envelope. “Or, should I be serving it meals? 8220;I’m still waiting for my W2s.”. 8220;I thought you already got them? 8220;Not the ones from Albertsons or Home Depot.”. Albertsons righteously embraces the idea of self-serve. I stubbornly wait at one of the registers....