Good Old Roger

Here are a couple of quotes for today:

"In heaven when they said brains I thought they said trains, and I hid behind the door"

"I'm willing to offer my summer cabin in Vermont for a honeymoon, should you be exchanging marital vows."

You Look Like

So I after have a discussion with DeEtte about who looked like who, I decided to consult the experts. I went to several sites but this one seemed a little more legit, and besides it creates these cool collages. So here is Number One. Decided I'd start with a good picture. You know, an angsty one. Results:

Not bad, Sting, Tom Cruise, Van Dam, and some how also Brandon Lee (koo koo), and an Asian woman...Kyoko Fukada! I look so much like an Asian woman. Hard to tell us apart. When I was in Japan everyone thought I was a native. "Nice kimono." This is, of course, until I spoke. Blast!

Next I decided to mix things up a little and try a more normal picture. Whoa!

Oh Yeah! Now this is more like it. Andre Agassi, I know who that is. Vicente Fox....ok, I'm like half Mexican and I do have a little facial hair. Brendan Fraser, we do both have some scruff. And wait, Alexander Lukashenko! Nice. The caught the facial hair and the receding hair-line. This is sophisticated stuff! Other dudes...not sure who you are...wait, isn't Bruno Ganz the dude who played Hitler! They nailed me. I'm a dead ringer for Hitler. After all, we share the same birthday. Uncanny. Ok, lets take this to the next level.

Sweet Baby James! 2 men and 6 women. Not bad. They are batting a 250. That's respectable. J-Lo...they must have known about my ghetto booty. Tim Curry, I don't have facial hair this time, tough match but they found it. And my all time favorite, I look like Sally Struthers!!!!!

Now I decided to test this stuff by putting a real celebrity in there and seeing if it could match. I have to give them credit for the first 2 matches, but the rest have sent me into hysterics for the past hour.

I can't decide which I like better, Ariel Sharon or Pharrell Williams? Robbie Coltrane is pretty great and don't forget about Al Pacino, after all they are both black and white photos. Actually Carlos Santana may be the closest match. Dang there's just no getting it past these pros.

Pavarotti

A few years ago I started to get into the music of Luciano Pavarotti. I decided that one of my life goals would be to see him in concert. To help me out, a few of my friends got me two tickets to see Luciano in concert, in DC, for his final farewell concert.

I traveled to DC on the date of the concert with my friend Marie. We were so excited. I'll never forget coming out of the metro at the Verizon Center and seeing the sign on the doors saying that the concert was cancelled.

Since then there has been talk of rescheduling but it just hasn't happened. He has struggled with pancreatic cancer and last night he died.

No piece of music has ever moved me the way that Nessun Dorma does when being performed by Pavarotti. I believe this is one of the greatest musical performances I've ever heard. I get goose-bumps every time, without fail.