Watching Paint Dry — Guinness world record set in Indiana

It started in 1977 with a coat of paint on a baseball. The baseball now has an estimated 25,000 coats of paint.

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Kindle: USA UK

Casting Call for 2025 calendar — looking for PEOPLE who are passionate about things often regarded as dull — and EVENTS that Celebrate the Ordinary

“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein

“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”

“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”

“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”

“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”

“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers

“Slow motion gets you there faster”

~ Hoagy Carmichael

“While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary”

~ Marilyn Thomsen

DMC’s classic beige cap

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