Colin Dullaghan

Like most folks who generate and format ideas all day long, advertising writers suffer from a nagging curiosity about whether anybody out there actually likes our stuff.
One big perk (in addition to the steady streams of subject matter and paychecks) is that sometimes our bosses and clients will pay to find out.
A while back [...]

Hey, you know those Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs you can get? The ones that last twice as long and use a quarter as much energy as the regular kind? In addition to costing way more?
Well, go down to your nearest Home Depot this Sunday (April 22) and they’ll set you up for free.
It’s Earth Day, you [...]

There’s a realtor by where I live, trying to sell a house. His sign is out front: “For Details, Call Charlie Disharoon.” Now, I pass his sign a lot. But I can tell you that even from the very first time I saw it, that name — Charlie Disharoon — has been lodged in my [...]

Esprit d’escalier (e-SPREE des-kal-i-YE) noun, also esprit de l’escalier
Thinking of a witty remark on one’s way out of the room or otherwise too late; hindsight wit or afterwit. Also such a remark.[From French esprit de l'escalier, from esprit (wit) + escalier (stairs).]
A great term that applies quite often to my life, and perhaps to yours [...]

Hey, check out Google’s new free broadband access plan! Man, I wonder why it is that all the best stuff seems to come out (so to speak) on this particular date?

Hey, check out Google’s new free broadband access plan! Man, I wonder why it is that all the best stuff seems to come out (so to speak) on this particular date?

Hey, check out Google’s new free broadband access plan! Man, I wonder why it is that all the best stuff seems to come out (so to speak) on this particular date?