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Dan Holohan: Collectors

Each object comes with a story. Sit with it. Hold it. Listen to it.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
December 6, 2019
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When I knocked on the doctor’s front door, a dog on the other side went nuts. And this being my one and only visit to the doctor’s house, I took a healthy step back.


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Dan Holohan: Thankful

Reflecting and reminiscing this holiday season.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
November 8, 2019
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When our daughters were small, we would wake them before dawn on Thanksgiving morning and drive into Manhattan to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from a spot on Central Park West, just across the street from The Dakota (the apartment building where John Lennon lived and died).


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Dan Holohan: When minds close

Facts mean nothing to people on a mission.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
October 7, 2019
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A guy I don’t know emailed me a question. I get a lot of that because I’m easy to find on the internet.


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Dan Holohan: Thermostat adventures

A look back at odd places.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
September 9, 2019
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Twenty-five years ago, I wrote a story for this fine magazine. I titled it, “Only Gus Touch.” Over the years, many people have told me they still remember that tale and ask if I can send them a copy. Sure, why not?


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Dan Holohan: Windows

Let’s hear it for fresh air.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
August 7, 2019
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No more double windows!” That was the title of an article I read in the Chicago Evening Post. The year was 1911 and the page was yellowed with age.


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Dan Holohan: Dopey decisions

How your customers see the world matters.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
July 10, 2019
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Here on the Isle of Long, if you throw a stick you’ll probably hit a Target store. I don’t have a problem with that because I really like Target stores.


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Dan Holohan: Riding with the King

Which came first: Steam or hot-water heating?
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
June 10, 2019
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Mr. Alfred G. King, it’s so good to hear your voice, even though you’ve been dead for quite some time.


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Dan Holohan: The metal manometer

A simple mistake led to the invention of the common pressure gauge.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
May 13, 2019
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At first, Eugene Bourdon was annoyed when he saw what his worker had done to the metal tube. The tube was in the shape of a spiral and it was to go into a laundry machine they were building in Bourdon’s shop.


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Dan Holohan: Crank it down?

A quick guide to the three most profitable words in my vocabulary.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
April 10, 2019
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In 1989 when we started our business, The Lovely Marianne asked me what I was going to do to make money for her and our four daughters. I told her I was going to write books, but it would take some time to do that.


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Dan Holohan: Why my hair is brown

It pays to trust the professionals.
Dan Holohan
Dan Holohan
March 12, 2019
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I’m 69 years old and my hair is as brown as it was when I was a teenager. A bit of it, mostly around my ears and the back of my neck, sneaks in as gray, but some Russian barber just buzzes those stray hairs away and I’m back to being a young fella again. I like the Russian barbers.


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