Boring 2010 sprang to life when Mr. Ward heard that an event called the Interesting Conference had been canceled, and he sent out a joke tweet about the need to have a Boring Conference instead. He was taken aback when dozens of people responded enthusiastically.
Soon, he was hatching plans for the first-ever meet-up of the like-mindedly mundane. The first 50 tickets for Boring 2010 sold in seven minutes.
“I guess the joke is on me,” said the laid-back Mr. Ward. “I’ve created this trap and there’s no way out.”
I just stumbled upon this interesting article about your boring interests while working at the library on the day after New Year’s. You can imagine how quiet things are here. Plenty of wonderfully boring things to do, though. I am occupying myself trying to remember what is the boringest book I’ve ever read. Do you have such a list?
Congrats on the boring conference article in WSJ. It was so stimulating that I did my own post on boredom with a link to your site. Keep up the boring work.
Here it is. http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2011/01/07/the-spiritual-value-of-boredom/