Colin Dullaghan

I know how people have a tendency to listen to your tale of woe and then immediately try to one-up you, and this is what I want to happen right now.
$456.08. After insurance.
That was the bill at the dentist just a few moments ago, following a pretty darn unpleasant couple hours of poking [...]

I can scarcely believe this, but I’m considering buying season tickets to a major sporting event.
I’m not really your typical tailgatin’, beer-drinkin’ sports fan yahoo – well, the beer-drinking part is accurate – and it’s true that I despise being in large crowds, plus I’m not generally keen on parting with large sums of [...]

Although I enjoy Christmas music in general, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song annoys me.
Why, I wonder, must the singer’s “true love” shower her with so many tokens of his affection? If the love is really true, what does she need with seven swans a-swimming? Nobody needs swans. That’s the whole beauty of swans… [...]

If you live in Indianapolis, or perhaps at a latitude further north, you may have noticed that it’s snowing today. There seems to be at least an inch accumulated so far, and I searched the house in vain for a scraper this morning, ending up using a broom to clear the snow from my windshield. [...]

If you live in Indianapolis, or perhaps at a latitude further north, you may have noticed that it’s snowing today. There seems to be at least an inch accumulated so far, and I searched the house in vain for a scraper this morning, ending up using a broom to clear the snow from my windshield. [...]

If you live in Indianapolis, or perhaps at a latitude further north, you may have noticed that it’s snowing today. There seems to be at least an inch accumulated so far, and I searched the house in vain for a scraper this morning, ending up using a broom to clear the snow from my windshield. [...]

If you live in Indianapolis, or perhaps at a latitude further north, you may have noticed that it’s snowing today. There seems to be at least an inch accumulated so far, and I searched the house in vain for a scraper this morning, ending up using a broom to clear the snow from my windshield. [...]

If you live in Indianapolis, or perhaps at a latitude further north, you may have noticed that it’s snowing today. There seems to be at least an inch accumulated so far, and I searched the house in vain for a scraper this morning, ending up using a broom to clear the snow from my windshield. [...]

If you live in Indianapolis, or perhaps at a latitude further north, you may have noticed that it’s snowing today. There seems to be at least an inch accumulated so far, and I searched the house in vain for a scraper this morning, ending up using a broom to clear the snow from my windshield. [...]

Okay, okay… eventually I’ll do the series on big words. I’ve got some really great words coming, I swear; it’s just that my understanding of some of the multi-syllabic concepts I was planning to cover is… how you say… not so good. So just give me a little time to bone up on Phylogeny [...]

Okay, okay… eventually I’ll do the series on big words. I’ve got some really great words coming, I swear; it’s just that my understanding of some of the multi-syllabic concepts I was planning to cover is… how you say… not so good. So just give me a little time to bone up on Phylogeny [...]

Okay, okay… eventually I’ll do the series on big words. I’ve got some really great words coming, I swear; it’s just that my understanding of some of the multi-syllabic concepts I was planning to cover is… how you say… not so good. So just give me a little time to bone up on Phylogeny [...]

Okay, okay… eventually I’ll do the series on big words. I’ve got some really great words coming, I swear; it’s just that my understanding of some of the multi-syllabic concepts I was planning to cover is… how you say… not so good. So just give me a little time to bone up on Phylogeny [...]

Okay, okay… eventually I’ll do the series on big words. I’ve got some really great words coming, I swear; it’s just that my understanding of some of the multi-syllabic concepts I was planning to cover is… how you say… not so good. So just give me a little time to bone up on Phylogeny [...]

Okay, okay… eventually I’ll do the series on big words. I’ve got some really great words coming, I swear; it’s just that my understanding of some of the multi-syllabic concepts I was planning to cover is… how you say… not so good. So just give me a little time to bone up on Phylogeny [...]

Since we’ve started watching TV in our house after 3 1/2 years, I feel much more connected to the mass culture around me, and it really is comforting to have such a steady stream of entertainment available. I’m starting to suspect, though, that it may be affecting my outlook on regular life.
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Setting: Suburban living [...]

Okay, I really need to hit the road, since it’s getting dark and cold and rainy here and I’m on a motorcycle, but I just had to leave you with this tantalizing teaser:
In installments all this week I’ll be addressing an issue brought up by literally thousands of my loyal readers: Big Words.
Apparently, people’s eyes [...]

Okay, I really need to hit the road, since it’s getting dark and cold and rainy here and I’m on a motorcycle, but I just had to leave you with this tantalizing teaser:
In installments all this week I’ll be addressing an issue brought up by literally thousands of my loyal readers: Big Words.
Apparently, people’s eyes [...]

Okay, I really need to hit the road, since it’s getting dark and cold and rainy here and I’m on a motorcycle, but I just had to leave you with this tantalizing teaser:
In installments all this week I’ll be addressing an issue brought up by literally thousands of my loyal readers: Big Words.
Apparently, people’s eyes [...]

Okay, I really need to hit the road, since it’s getting dark and cold and rainy here and I’m on a motorcycle, but I just had to leave you with this tantalizing teaser:
In installments all this week I’ll be addressing an issue brought up by literally thousands of my loyal readers: Big Words.
Apparently, people’s eyes [...]