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Separated At Birth #18: Kevin J. O’Connor and my sister’s husband

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When I first saw The Mummy back in about 2000 or so, I immediately thought that the character Beni looked familiar to me. For the longest time I couldn’t place whom he looked like, but after watching it again a few days ago, it dawned on me. My sister is married to someone who […]

Separated At Birth #17: Conrad Janis and Kurtwood Smith

While watching North And South Book II recently I looked at one of the characters and said, That’s … that guy! What’s his name? You know. He played Mindy’s father on Mork and Mindy.”
When everyone finished telling me to stop talking through the show I went to the computer and looked up North And South […]

Separated At Birth #16: The Andorian Commander Shran and Tuffy Smurf

I should start by crediting this post to Daughter Number Three; she’s the one who first noticed the resemblance and bugged encouraged me to write this post.
Anyway, the whole story, in a nutshell, is that we were watching Star Trek: Enterprise and, when we got to a scene where humans first encountered Andorians, my daughter, […]

Separated At Birth #15: Barack Obama and Peter “Apophis” Williams

I’ve had a few people express the opinion that I should do a “Separated At Birth” post for Barack Obama. One person wanted me to compare him to someone from a group of motorcycle accident attorneys, but I just didn’t see the resemblance.
The other night we were watching Stargate SG1 and it hit me: Barack […]

Separated At Birth #14: Daughter Number Two and Granddaughter Number One

The other day I came home from the store and my wife handed me a photograph of my granddaughter that I’d never seen before. It was really strange because, while I’ve taken a lot of digital images of her, none have been printed yet. It took me longer than I’m willing to admit to realize […]