Yeah, I Know. It’s Lame. But Still…
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed or Ron Jeremy? (left image from CNN.com, right from http://centerstage.net/) Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) or Senator Palpatine (S-Naboo) ? (left image from...
View Article“The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy”
Hi, Prime Minister Timoshenko? Yeah, Senator Organa called, she wants her hair back. And all we get is a crummy Palpatine-looking Senator. I wonder if Oleksandr Tymoshenko have seen that “Friends”...
View ArticleNYPD Skywatch
Exhibit A: OCP Enforcement Droid Series 209. Exhibit B: NYPD Skywatch Sentinel Droid Surveillance Tower.
View ArticleNew York City Float Committee
Exhibit A: Neo dodging bullets Exhibit B: Member of the New York City Float Committee dance group
View ArticleDoppelgangers
I was having dinner with my childhood friend and his girlfriend. The girlfriend, who met me for the first time, told me that I looked a lot like another friend of hers. Once again I was reminded of my...
View ArticleDarren on the Train
Since we are on the subject of lookalikes, a couple of weeks ago I thought that I saw Darren Aronofsky on the train. It was on the BMT Brighton Line which is featured so prominently in Pi, and he got...
View ArticleYoung Count Leo Tolstoy
For years I’ve been reading Count Nikolai Tolstoy’s “The Tolstoys, twenty-four generations of Russian history, 1353-1983” on and off. Amongst other interesting and surprising things that I’ve learned...
View ArticleWalmart’s New Logo
Walmart is changing its logo. From this: To this: MSN wonders out loud: “What does Wal-Mart’s new logo mean?” “”(The new sunburst) looks organic. My sense is they are trying to say, ‘we’re an eco-aware...
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