Colin Dullaghan

I’m not entirely clear on the use of the verb “blog.”
Would you say I’m “blogging” this uncertainty, or am I blogging about it? Is blogging the entire act of thinking, composing and posting an insight or idea (or question)? Or is it just the posting part?
Personally, I think of “blogging” in its intransitive sense, as [...]

Enough about me and my silly baby pictures. How about THIS awesome little guy, whose tongue hangs all out of his mouth for some reason?!

I see that Lope has posted a picture of herself when she was little, (she was beautiful, of course), standing on a boat it looks like, hair still wet from swimming in a lake.
My natural domain was the driveway, or the yard, or the woods near my house. There was a creek running through it, [...]

So I can’t get enough of this Jim Gaffigan.
He’s a big pale guy from Indiana, you know, and he does stand-up comedy, mainly about minor sins like sloth and gluttony. The genius of his act, as I see it, is the way he uses a secondary character – a quiet, whiny voice he does – [...]

Do-da-do-de-doo… Hey, look, a stray dog! Careful, stray dog…
Man, I’m hungry. I hope Lope’s got something to make for lunch. Why’s this truck going so slow? Hurry, we’re gonna miss the light!
You know what’s cool? The Corvette Z06. 500 horsepower, I think. That would be-
WHOA! HOLY CRAPCAKES!
*****
So I had a near miss on the motorcycle [...]

My absolute favorite gourmet restaurant that’s located within two blocks of my office, Scholar’s Inn, serves eclectic cuisine in an unpretentious atmosphere, according to me and their website.
Why, pay the Inn a visit, and see for yourself. Ensconced in your high-backed, velvet-upholstered chair, you’ll be positively regaled with hearty breads from the Bakehouse, specialty martinis [...]

My cats are not outdoor cats. I have two, and we named them Noah and Bailey, and we never let them go outside the house.
[Brief aside: I realize that bringing up cat stories is like bringing up Jesus -- at least half the people in the room start eyeing the exits -- but bear with [...]

Let me just start by saying I don’t generally go in for the brand worship. But how cool is this?
It’s the new Apple Store in New York, set to open today.
They’ll be open around the clock, so any time of the day you can ooh and ahh and trundle down the stairs to buy [...]

So the other day that crazy Wee was talking about her artistic adventures in black and white, and how it’s really much more difficult than using color, because – as I understood it, anyway – there’s less to work with, less to hide behind.
I just wanted to say that I bet she’s right.
My recent experiences [...]

Okay, just one more of my mini-movies, and I’ll get back to the writing, I swear.
It’s just that this one’s my favorite.

So I’m intensely enjoying this Curious City film festival coming up. I plan to submit no less than six short movies, one for each category, and as I’m compiling each 60-second cinematic masterpiece I’m finding myself looking at things differently.
Now when I’m, say, motorcycling through a cemetery, and I see a giant, perfect, freshly mown [...]

James: Well, how about this one? I think the song “Vicarious,” by Tool, would be *great* for your on-hold music.
Simon: Yeah, probably. Although “Sober” is always a classic.
James: Oh yeah. Kick-ass video, too.
Simon: Yeah…
Colin: Hey, what about “Prison Sex”? Prison sex is always good.
[quiet, uncomfortable pause]
Simon: What?

I’ve been checking the nest in the arbor today, and it looks like Robynne and her birdlets have flown the coop. All of the chicks were ready, I guess… they were covered in feathers and getting too big to all fit in the nest anyway. I’m happy for them, and I hope they have a [...]

We were just sitting here in the living room just now, trying to decipher a particularly obtuse passage in a piece of work I’m rewriting, and neither of us could make sense of the last sentence.
We just keep saying it to each other, shaking our heads.
“Motion is reality.”
“Motion is reality?”
“Motion is… reali… what? What does [...]

I woke up this morning and realized there have been some seven hundred mornings since May 2, 2004 that I’ve gotten to wake up next to my wife, Penelope.
I’m a lucky man.
Here’s a picture from a few months ago, taken at the sushi restaurant where we had one of our very first dates. We’re a [...]

With our two-year anniversary coming up, I feel qualified to dispense a bit – just a bit – of relationship advice to anyone reading this:
Let your wife dress you.
Now, I know you’re thinking, “Whatever, Colin. You’re the same guy who said you never think about what you’re wearing. That was item #82 on your Hundred [...]