Colin Dullaghan


September 2004


Extremities

21 September, 2004

Products Which Are Better If They Are “Extreme”
- Deodorant. I use Right Guard Extreme Sport Stick, and its extremeness is greatly appreciated by me and everyone near me.
- Toothpaste. Extreme Herbal Mint Crest Toothpaste Plus Whitening is pleasantly abrasive, bracingly minty and wonderfully foamy, with good mouth feel. Overall, I’d say it’s the only [...]

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The Arborist

18 September, 2004

And now, my entry in the novel and enjoyable Fountain Square Masterpiece In A Day contest, which was today.
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“So what’s going on today – art fair or something?”
His voice is gruff and muffled, and as I look up to nod I see a cast on his right hand. Not really feeling like explaining the details [...]

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"Water Is Beading Off This Bitch"

16 September, 2004

My wife just called to tell me that the wax I applied to our car is holding up nicely in the rainstorm.
I got a funny wife.

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Clothes Fake the Man

15 September, 2004

My favorite part of having seasonal clothing is the part where you idealize your lifestyle for the coming months. For as long as I can remember I’ve enjoyed boxing up sweaters and corduroys in March, and every year I leave out one or two warmer items in anticipation of cool-weather activities that surely will happen [...]

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The World’s Greatest Insurance Salesman

10 September, 2004

We stopped into Goodwill last night after stopping into CVS to get some allergy medicine. We’d already stopped into my mom’s house, see, to swipe any and all balms, creams and ointments she had that could combat the spread of my poison ivy. I found no fewer than four distinct anti-ivy products, which gives [...]

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The World’s Greatest Insurance Salesman


We stopped into Goodwill last night after stopping into CVS to get some allergy medicine. We’d already stopped into my mom’s house, see, to swipe any and all balms, creams and ointments she had that could combat the spread of my poison ivy. I found no fewer than four distinct anti-ivy products, which gives [...]

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The World’s Greatest Insurance Salesman


We stopped into Goodwill last night after stopping into CVS to get some allergy medicine. We’d already stopped into my mom’s house, see, to swipe any and all balms, creams and ointments she had that could combat the spread of my poison ivy. I found no fewer than four distinct anti-ivy products, which gives [...]

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The World’s Greatest Insurance Salesman


We stopped into Goodwill last night after stopping into CVS to get some allergy medicine. We’d already stopped into my mom’s house, see, to swipe any and all balms, creams and ointments she had that could combat the spread of my poison ivy. I found no fewer than four distinct anti-ivy products, which gives [...]

Read more >>

 

The World’s Greatest Insurance Salesman


We stopped into Goodwill last night after stopping into CVS to get some allergy medicine. We’d already stopped into my mom’s house, see, to swipe any and all balms, creams and ointments she had that could combat the spread of my poison ivy. I found no fewer than four distinct anti-ivy products, which gives [...]

Read more >>

 

The World’s Greatest Insurance Salesman


We stopped into Goodwill last night after stopping into CVS to get some allergy medicine. We’d already stopped into my mom’s house, see, to swipe any and all balms, creams and ointments she had that could combat the spread of my poison ivy. I found no fewer than four distinct anti-ivy products, which gives [...]

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Free to Decide

7 September, 2004

Sartre, or Camus – or was it Kramer? – said that all humans not only have the freedom to decide what they will do, to a certain extent, we have an obligation. Free will is both a gift and curse, they say, since no matter what we do we must choose one way or the [...]

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It’s Penelope’s Birthday

5 September, 2004

Right now, it’s Penelope’s birthday, as it has been for two days and will still be tomorrow. It’s been more of a Penelope-celebrating festival, really. I’ve personally sung to her twice so far, with at least one more to come when my mom has us over for dinner and festive hat-wearing, and probably another at [...]

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It’s Penelope’s Birthday


Right now, it’s Penelope’s birthday, as it has been for two days and will still be tomorrow. It’s been more of a Penelope-celebrating festival, really. I’ve personally sung to her twice so far, with at least one more to come when my mom has us over for dinner and festive hat-wearing, and probably another at [...]

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It’s Penelope’s Birthday


Right now, it’s Penelope’s birthday, as it has been for two days and will still be tomorrow. It’s been more of a Penelope-celebrating festival, really. I’ve personally sung to her twice so far, with at least one more to come when my mom has us over for dinner and festive hat-wearing, and probably another at [...]

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It’s Penelope’s Birthday


Right now, it’s Penelope’s birthday, as it has been for two days and will still be tomorrow. It’s been more of a Penelope-celebrating festival, really. I’ve personally sung to her twice so far, with at least one more to come when my mom has us over for dinner and festive hat-wearing, and probably another at [...]

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It’s Penelope’s Birthday


Right now, it’s Penelope’s birthday, as it has been for two days and will still be tomorrow. It’s been more of a Penelope-celebrating festival, really. I’ve personally sung to her twice so far, with at least one more to come when my mom has us over for dinner and festive hat-wearing, and probably another at [...]

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It’s Penelope’s Birthday


Right now, it’s Penelope’s birthday, as it has been for two days and will still be tomorrow. It’s been more of a Penelope-celebrating festival, really. I’ve personally sung to her twice so far, with at least one more to come when my mom has us over for dinner and festive hat-wearing, and probably another at [...]

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How Indiana Weather Is The Same As My Cat

3 September, 2004

This morning Penelope was sitting on the couch when Noah, The Cat, walked by. He was on his way to the corner of the room, or of the end table, wherever his destination was. Penny said something or other that got his attention and he hopped up onto the back of the couch, situating himself [...]

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In Praise of The Beast

2 September, 2004

As a small boy, I dreamt of being a bigger boy, so that I could be tall enough to ride The Beast at Kings Island. The Beast was ominous and secluded and the line was always three miles long, snaking through the park three people wide with slouching teenagers in jean shorts and shirts with [...]

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