• Extreme Couponing . . . news hot off the press from BBC . . . click here

• Valentine's Day

• • Dull Valentine Card — we've designed a card — plain, no red, gentle message — click here

• • Gifts for your Valentine? How about a "I Love Dull Men" T-shirt (in a stunning gray) or cap ("The Classic" in gray, "New Yorker" in black, "Californian" in pink)? Click here to get to our Dull Men's Club Shop

• Want to join the DMC? It's simple, if you qualify. If you qualify and join, rewards coming your was will be the sense of belonging, of finally being in the right place. Click here.

• Extreme Grammarian . . . we've heard of Extreme Ironing and other extreme sports . . . now there's an Extreme Grammarian . . . author of a book that enthusiastically praises The Elements of Style, which is a page turner for dull men . . . click here

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking — a new book — launched Tuesday — it's right up our alley — it's about the many accomplishments of introverts — much like our motto "It's OK to be dull," the book's message is "It's OK to be an introvert" — click here

• The earth is getting lighter . . . that's what recent research is telling us . . . the good news is it's happening very slowly . . . so slow even a dull man would get bored watching it happen . . . click here

• A day in the life of an Ikea shopping trolley . . . safe excitement for dull men to view . . . click here

• Pitch Drop Experiment — the Ultimate in Safe Excitement — should we call it "Extreme Safe Excitement"? — 8 drips in 80 years — can anything be duller to watch than that? — click here

• Those annoying magazine subscription cards — falling out of magazines — disfiguring our environment — a reader emails us with a win/win suggestion — click here

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• Extroverted Introvert? Apparently there is such a thing, which a reader of Quiet points out to us, click here

• Snubbing the Queen? Turning down a Knighthood, CBE, OBE, MBE? The Snub List is out now. Click here.

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• Webcam of scanning of 1.9 million signatures in Wisconsin — for recall of governor — very suitable for viewing by dull men — click here

• Extreme Salad Bar Consuming — not for dull men — we dull men like salad bars (especially the potato salad, macaroni salad, and coleslaw) but in modest proportions — click here

• Watching Paint Dry Championships — entries being accepted now — deadline for submitting is January 27 — click here

• Dull Man of 2011 Announced — we've waited to announce until excitement of the holidays faded away and things dulled down:

Winner is Michael Kennedy (moves rocks two hours a day to build seawall)

Runners-up:

John Kubiatowicz (measured Kindle's weight increase when loaded with books)

Terry Green ("Mr. Queue," inventor and voice of "Cashier number three please")

John Perry (structured procrastinator)

Click here to read more

• Dull Man on a Date — click here

• Frost: watch it thaw — a fine form of Safe Excitement — click here

• Hamburg's "Minatur Wunderland" — did you get a model train for Christmas? — if you wanted one but didn't get it, there's an enormous one for you to visit — visiting in person would be wunderbar but if tha'ts not possible visit it on YouTube — click here

• Charleston Gazette-Mail article spot on about us — almost too exciting for us to read — click here

• Dead Penguins — why do we never pictures of them out on the ice? — Joe Kerr has researched this and emailed the answer to us — click here

• Deep Sky, a new thriller by Patrick Lee — recommended if you want to see what non-dull people have to go through, click here

• Cheese Calendar — we always hear there's a time for everything — but did you know there a right time for producing cheese? — click here

[ About the ads: we don't like them
 either. But they help pay the bills. ]

• Persistence pays — American Samoa Football Team wins its first game — after never winning a game — including record-breaking 31-0 loss to Australia in 2001 — click here

• Celebration of dullness . . . "Best Place in Britain" . . . award given to street in Lincoln . . . click here

• The "New Boring" . . . it's every where? . . . what is it? . . . what can/should be done about it? . . . click here

• River Thames Tide Tweets — fun for our tide-watching members to follow — click here

• Book about dull life of an administrator (dull job, dull wife, dull divorce) awarded Man Booker Prize . . . click here

• Amazing art from everyday, ordinary things — from cans, batteries, plastic cups, plastic bags, plastic bottles, mobile phones — click here

• Lady revisits our website, finds it awesome, an improvement over the old one, which got her excited but then she was able to calm down, which is good . . . click here

• How long does it take you to bore someone? Tom Bland from New York has a way measure this. Click here.

• Postcard from Berlin — how to dull down in an exciting city — click here

• "The Heady Thrill of Having Nothing to Do," an op-ed by Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, in The Wall Street Journal, click here

• "The Thrill of Boredom," an op-ed by Prof. Toohey in The New York Times and International Herald Tribune recently, is right up our alley, click here

• "You might be a dull man if you . . . ." — new items are being added daily to our growing "You might be a dull man if you . . . ." list, click here to view the list — click here to send your additions

• Porch Sittin' . . . a fine form of Safe Excitement . . . in decline for years now . . . but, if you can find a place to do it, is still fun . . . we're blogging about it, click here

• Sitting Quietly . . . a fine letter from a reader in Israel who stumbled on our website . . . and is striving to be a Dull Man . . . click here

• Safe Sex . . . for a Dull Man . . . in a New York laundromat . . . click here

• A fine newspaper article about us . . . "Destined to live a dull life" . . . by David Grimes in the Omaha World-Herald . . . it was almost too exciting for us to read . . . click here to see what you think

• Boredom is good for you . . . according to recent research . . . boredom promotes creativity and prosocial actions . . . reported in the Guardian . . .  click here

• Moth Watching — an alternative if Bird Watching is too exciting for you — click here

• Important book for dull men . . . reviewed in the Times (London) . . . Boredom: A Lively History . . . the book's author, Peter Toohey, emailed us, he's an admirer of the Dull Men's Club . . . click here 

• Staple versus Paper Clip? An age-old debate. Click here

• Dull Man Test: Do you think you or someone you know might be a dull man? We have a test for that. Click here

Our greatest accomplishment?
Remaining dull despite pressures to change

• Governmentium . . . a newly-discovered chemical element, now "Gv" on the Periodic Chart . . . composed of neutrons assistant neutrons, deputy neutrons, assistant deputy neutrons and lepton-like peons . . . click here
  

• An amazing Collection of Letterheads . . . 345 of them so far . . . one would think a collection of letterheads would be dull . . . beware, however, as there are some not dull ones . . . letterheads from James Bond, Andy Warhol, Frank Zappa, Harpo Marx, Harry Houdini . . . and, unfortunately, Charles Manson and Adolf Hitler . . . click here

• French novelist/essayist Georges Perec (1936-1982) wondered who's accounting for the obvious, ordinary, infraordinary? — Where to look for news about it? — click here

• Common Miracles, one of which is contentment from doing one thing at a time, from Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, click here

• Sistine Chapel — visit it without leaving home — fine example of Webcam Traveling — produced by Villanova students and faculty — click here

• "Pleasures of Understimulation" . . . seven-hour conference on this in London . . . reported in the Wall Street Journal . . . topics covered at the conference are of great interest to us dull men . . . click here

• ENOUGH . . . "i wish you enough" . . . a timely wish this time of year when many want so much . . . when all we need is enough . . . click here to read more about this

• Quote from Thomas Jefferson that we like, it's about tranquility and occupation, two key ingredients of an ordinary, dull lifestyle, click here. Do you have any quotes like this you'd like to share with us? — if so, please email them to us:

Our website is . . . . :

This is a place in cyberspace where dull men — and women who appreciate dull men, members of the Decent Women's Club — share experiences, interests, and ways of coping – coping in a world that presents ever increasing number of exciting things to do.

A new way of enjoying the ordinary has come about — www and email. We now share with fellow dull men around the world without leaving home. And, when we do leave home, we consult this website to find ways to avoid excitement wherever we go.

This is not an aspirational website — not a website promising men flatter stomachs, whiter teeth, more money in the bank, and (air-brushed) girlfriends. Instead, we enjoy ordinary things.

We hope you have as much fun viewing our site as we have maintaining it. You too can have a hand in maintaining it. Email your suggestions for content using our Contact Us Form [click here] or Email [click This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ].Your contributions will be posted to the website and to our daily blog — Dullog.

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Key Sections

Calendar of Events

Our calendar lists celebrations of ordinary things — Pancake Day, National Chip Week, Bubble Warp Appreciation Day, and much more.  

February is not only Watching Maple Trees Drip Month. February is also [in development]. Click here to get to our March Calendar of Events.

Airport Luggage Carousels

Our website has what we think is the world's largest report on airport luggage carousels — clockwise or counterclockwise. We cover over 400 airports, and the list is growing.

Collections & Museums

We like museums of everyday, ordinary things like coat hangers, combs, lawnmowers, dog collars. We avoid glitzy exhibits of famous museums, their wine-and-cheese parties, racing to get headlines, constantly raising funds. We report on over 100 collections and museums, and the list is growing.

Appreciation Societies

We don't need to appreciate things all by ourselves. There are appreciation societies we join to be with others who also appreciate things like clouds, biscuits, traffic cones. Twenty-one Appreciation Societies are reported on so far on our website.

Races

Formula 1, Ascot, NASCAR — too exciting for us. We like races of slower, more ordinary things. So far, our website reports on racing snails, turtles, gold fish, rubber ducks, ferrets, pigeons, shopping trolleys, lawnmowers, milk floats, donkey carts, Trabants.

Roundabouting

Here we reflect on our favorite roundabouts around the world.

Parking Lots

[In development. Here we will be reporting on our favorite parking lots around the world.]

Dull things to do in exciting cities

[In development]

Webcam Traveling

Example: Sistine Chapel — visit it without leaving home — better views than being there in person — much less expensive, much less hassle — click here

Website Graveyard

[In development. This is where we pay tribute to websites that are no longer with us, such as the famous Cambridge Coffee Pot Webcam, the first webcam to stream on the world wide web.]

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