Unlikely Twins
Unlikely Twins, Part XIII
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Odds are pretty good that on August 4th, The President will be celebrating with someone other than a retired football commentator…
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| Barack Obama, Yes We Can! |
John Madden, YES!!! |
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Unlikely Twins, Part XII
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Two July 28th birthdays with very different styles when it came to dealing with US Presidents…
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| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady and Socialite |
Hugo Chavez, Crazy South American Dictator |
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Unlikely Twins, Part XI
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Over time, July 18th has produced both men that inspired nations full of millions of people and men who inspired people filled with millions of tattoos…
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| Nelson Mandela, South African Leader |
Vin Diesel, Star of |
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Unlikely Twins, Part X
Monday, July 12th, 2010Over the years, July 12th has produced all sorts of royalty…
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| Yul Brynner, The King! |
Richard Simmons, The Queen??? |
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In which I apologize to Astrology fans everywhere…
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010OK, so it all started back in August of 2009, when I saw on one of those “Born on This Day…” sites that Leonard Bernstein and Billy Ray Cyrus share the same birthday. I thought this was somehow ironic, and posted it under the heading “Proof That Astrology Is Nonsense.”
Fast forward to April of this year, when I turned the concept into a (mostly) weekly series, showing photos of pairs of celebrities who shared the same birthday and were somehow “odd couples.” Eight of these posts went by with the usual reaction – an occasional comment or a “Like” from the Facebook crowd.
But then yesterday, I published my ninth post of the series (George M. Cohan & Franz Kafka), and started receiving multiple messages from folks who were upset about how I was over-generalizing, over-simplifying, under-valuing, and speciously criticizing the field of astrology. None of which was the point, of course, as much as it was to highlight weird pairs of celebrities. That said, astrology? Really? Is nothing up for free ridicule anymore? Ah well, live and learn.
In any case, I’ve renamed the series Unlikely Twins, and have removed just about all references to astrology and/or horoscopes. Hopefully, we can all now share a weekly chuckle, and leave the arguing to important matters – like politics. Or whether the World Cup is getting in the way of a perfectly good baseball season.
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(And oh, by the way, Happy Birthday to both Ringo Starr and Gustav Mahler, composers of Yellow Submarine and Kindertotenlieder – Songs on the Deaths of Children, respectively…) |
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Unlikely Twins, Part IX
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010I thought at least one of these guys was born on the Fourth of July. Turns out, it was July 3rd. In any case, they likely went about their days very differently:
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| George M. Cohan, Optimistic American Icon |
Franz Kafka, Freaky Nightmare Inducer |
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Unlikely Twins, Part VIII
Saturday, June 26th, 2010Their shared birthday, June 26th, and a penchant for sports may be the only two things that apply to both of these guys…
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| Derek Jeter, One of the Nicest Guys in Sports |
Michael Vick, Forever in the Dog House |
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Unlikely Twins, Part VII
Sunday, June 20th, 2010On June 20th, these two guys are likely thinking about vastly different things. But they’re both thinking, “Hey – it’s my birthday!”
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| John Goodman, Fictional King Ralph of England |
Nouri al-Maliki, Actual Prime Minister of Iraq |
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Unlikely Twins, Part VI
Monday, June 14th, 2010Whatever the astrologers have to say about people born on June 14th, they couldn’t possibly be correct for both:
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| Donald Trump, “You’re Fired…” |
Boy George, “You Come and Go-o-o-o-ooooo” |
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Unlikely Twins, Part V
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010These two June 8th birthdays likely did not exchange gifts…
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| Kanye West, George Bush Hates Black People? |
Barbara Bush, George Bush Loves his Mother! |
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