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Dates: during 1990-1999
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And he began running for President as a representative of The Boring Party.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Are You Bored? I'm Bored. | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

He's served time as a free-lance writer, an editor and a public relations executive. In addition to his Boring Institute duties, he's the founder/president of The National Anxiety Center, a watchdog organization dedicated to ferreting out cases of "the media scaring the hell out of people with...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Are You Bored? I'm Bored. | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

THE BORING INSTITUTE is more than the Political Inaction Committee for the Boring Party. It is an entity unto itself.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Are You Bored? I'm Bored. | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

But then the letters started pouring in. Serious letters. From seriously bored people. Depressed senior citizens. Juvenile delinquents. Drunks of all ages, colors and creeds. So The Boring Institute began issuing tips--useful, helpful, serious tips--on beating boredom. "Get the reading habit." "Develop hobbies." "Be a joiner." "Say, 'I...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Are You Bored? I'm Bored. | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

Fabulous. Now The Boring Institute is boring, too. Dry as dust. It's just another self-important voice crying out in a noisy wilderness. Which makes sense, because Alan Caruba comes off as somewhat of a bore himself. He repeats jokes, over and over. He rambles. He says the same...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Are You Bored? I'm Bored. | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

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