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FATHER-SON? - a college-age Newt Gingrich and TV character Dwight Schrute (from "The Office", as portrayed by actor Rainn Wilson).
Well, you can come out of your air-raid shelters, now .... and stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
SEPARATED at BIRTH - former presidential candidate Rick Perry ....
...... and Chris Coleman - new manager of the national soccer team of Wales.
It won't help to lower the shutters ... but it might if you stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
Standing behind the GOP front-runner ... well, you might catch sight of ...
UNCLE-NEPHEW? - Singer Donny Osmond - the youngest of that clan .....
... and Craig Romney - come to think of it: the youngest of that clan, too.
Help keep this crazy train rolling by stopping in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
FATHER-SON? - the late Russian president Boris Yeltsin and our favorite(?) GOP spouse Marcus Bachmann.
.... and so it goes.
For now? Why not stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
FATHER-SON? - rock singer Sammy Hagar (Montrose, Van Halen) and TV host Guy Fieri (Food Network).
.... for which Sammy Hagar says he is a 'closet restaurateur' and Guy Fieri is a 'closet rock star' .. and the two have collaborated, unsurprisingly.
Happy New Year, everyone - why not begin by stopping in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
Each year brings the centennial of certain events in history - and 2012 promises to be no different ....
ANTARCTIC NOTES - the ill-fated voyage of the British captain Robert Falcon Scott to reach the South Pole first (as well as conduct scientific research) will be commemorated in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, England that opens on January 20th ... three days after the 100th anniversary of the date they reached their goal .... in second place, and fated not to return.
Have a Happy New Year, everyone - but first, help ring-out-the-old .... by stopping in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
Recycling isn't limited to paper, glass and metals ...
OLDER-YOUNGER BROTHERS? - two former GOP governors and presidential contenders: Wisconsin's Tommy Thompson (now running for the US Senate) ....
... and Mike Huckabee from Arkansas (and now, Fox).
....in the words of Rick Perry, "oops". Well, help lighten-the-load by stopping in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
Politics, meet Entertainment .... or something like that ...
SEPARATED at BIRTH - the Politico reporter Maggie Haberman and the star of '30 Rock' and "Weekend Update", Tina Fey.
Help ease the strain ... and stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
Sometimes, there are only temporary doppelgangers .... so you have to take notice quickly ...
SEPARATED at BIRTH - Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson and Spain's King Juan Carlos (now wearing sunglasses after suffering a bruised eye).
Before the holiday season begins in earnest - stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
The entertainment industry has both change and continuity .... even when you're not expecting it ....
FATHER-SON? TV/film star Dan Aykroyd ....
and film star Justin Theroux ("American Psycho", "Mulholland Drive").
Help get the month of December kick-started: stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
FATHER-SON? - the late Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones and film star Rupert Grint (from the "Harry Potter" series).
Help keep this crazy train rolling, by stopping in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
The nexuas of entertainment and politics, part 73 ......
DIRECT DESCENDANTS? - TV star Eddie Munster (as portrayed by Butch Patrick) and congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI).
Who knew that he came from 1313 Mockingbird Lane .... well, instead of going there, why not stop in here for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
If a recent Herman Cain commercial seemed stranger than normal ... perhaps this is part of it ...
FATHER-SON? - TV/film star Wilford Brimley and Herman Cain's chief of staff (and new TV star) Mark Block.
What a drag .... but you can help lighten-the-load by stopping-in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
Even on a single network: ya gotta do a double-take:
FATHER-SON? - two MSNBC hosts: Joe Scarborough the former congressman .....
... and Chris Hayes - also a writer for "The Nation" and whose Saturday/Sunday morning MSNBC shows are worthwhile.
The walls are closing in .... but before they do, stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
Leave it to J. Edgar Hoover's men ... to muddy the waters ...
SEPARATED at BIRTH - Gaspar Llamazares, a member of the Spanish Parliament and a digitally age-progressed mockup of what Osama bin Laden might have looked like - which was based on a campaign photo of Llamazares (that used by an FBI forensic artist). Now Llamazares is suing the FBI because he was unhappy with the apology he received at the time.
Good luck pal. For the rest of us: why not stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....
