HO-HUM

Leading a backlash against everything that is exciting, unusual, and extreme, sociologists have launched The Journal of Mundane Behaviour. Available at MundaneBehavior.org, the journal celebrates everyday banal and tedious conduct around the world. The inaugural issue includes intellectual ruminations on shaving, searching for a library book and interactions in elevators. Founding editor Scott Schafer claims that people are yearning for tedium to break up the monotony of excitement.