Colin Dullaghan

Unless I’m wielding a machete, two-by-four or shoulder-fired missile, I’m not a physically intimidating person.
For the record, I’m about 5′ 10″ or so, and usually about 180 lbs. If I get really busy for a while and forget to eat, like I have done recently, I’m probably 175; if I get on a workout [...]

The very toe-tappin’-est song in recorded history awaits you at the other end of this link.
It’s “Bathtime in Clerkenwell,” and it’s accompanied by an almost intolerably charming animated video by Alex Budovsky, featuring blinking black birds popping out of clock towers.
A lot of the stuff I post here is meant to impress or [...]

It says here that sales at Starbucks are up 10 percent, thanks to the revival of the autumn-themed Pumpkin Spice Latte flavor.
I can believe that.
I’m a big sucker for limited-time-only offers. At restaurants, I order the special, even if it’s Shoe Leather with Hollandaise Sauce. Given the choice between my favorite movie and one [...]

I was sanding a rusty floor grate the other day, and I got to thinking about my friend Simon.
I remembered a conversation we had once about the band Cornershop. Tjinder Singh, the band’s singer, is part Indian and part British, and much of the group’s appeal comes from the blend of Eastern and Western [...]

I love Fall. Did you know that the colors the trees change into are not actually new colors at all, but that the oranges, reds and yellows were there all along? It’s true.
As the tree goes to sleep for the winter, storing the food from the leaves in the root system, the leaves’ chlorophyll [...]

I love my airplane sounds CD. Fifteen tracks of glorious racket, all expertly recorded and digitally mastered—perfect for playing really really loud and watching your neighbors duck underneath their patio tables.
The disc I have, “Round Sounds Volume 2,” features the unique sounds of radial engine aircraft, including the de Havilland Beaver, the T-28 Trojan, and [...]

My sister recently received a call from the Gallup Poll people, requesting her opinion of Fifth Third Bank. The questions were all pretty standard she says, right up until the end.
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“…And how would you describe the service you’ve experienced at Fifth Third Bank: good, very good, needs improvement or unacceptable?”
“Uh, good, I’d say.”
“Excellent. How would [...]

Water Tight Originally uploaded by This Guy Colin.
This fine fellow Tom was kind enough to lend me his camera lenses yesterday afternoon, and I had myself a grand time running around the block, pointing my Digital Rebel every which way.
The light ricocheting off these particular [...]

I am not what you would call a harsh critic of my wife Penelope’s work.
I think it’s damn great – all of it – and I’ll repeat as much to anybody who will listen. She seems to appreciate having such an outspoken publicist, but it hampers my credibility somewhat when she asks me to [...]

On the gray and mottled cement of my garage floor, there is a thick layer of sawdust. A recent project required cutting several large holes in panels 3/4″ thick, and I estimate I converted about five pounds of the original hundred-pound sheet of wood into powdery, orangish-tan dust. It was loud, and messy, and if [...]

It has been brought to my attention that Jake, James and I, the three denizens of my office room, each downloaded a song from the iTunes Music Store today.
See if you can match the person to the song.
1. Links 234 (Westbam Technoelectro Mix) – Rammstein2. Check The Technique – Gang Starr3. Pretty Vegas – [...]

In the world of writing, a perfect line is a rare and exquisite thing. Which is strange, because there are only two criteria which must be met: it should (a)Say the Right Thing (b) In the Right Way. The content and tone should both suit the subject matter perfectly, while offering the reader a new [...]