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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Taking It Personally

Taking It Personally: Advantages of Being Low-Def In a High-Def World

But it may mean you have more remotes to lose.

This was a highly technical and, at the same time, a highly frustrating weekend. Although, after an adult life spent wrestling professionally with computers and their ilk, maybe I have just repeated myself.  Technical so often equals frustrating. It think it all started right after the arrest of Whitey Bulger. With all those new pictures of him flying around, the calls, emails and other personal contacts started almost immediately. A local attorney was the first to mention that Whitey Bulger and I look alike. I don’t see it personally, but my wife thinks so as do several others including Chuck, a local tree guy and one of the more observant people I know. (A picture of me alongside Mr. Bulger is included, just to show you how far-fetched …

Hank Manz

11:30 am on Thursday, June 30, 2011

The personal response count is depressing. 28 voting for Whitey, 2 for Popeye's father, and just one astute enough to see that the obvious lookalike is with Harrison Ford. But I absolutely deny that the reason Jennifer Aniston had "Norman" tattooed on her right foot was because it is my middle name.   more ›

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