My Mom Should Be on the Huffington Post

Everybody and their mother said that Sarah Palin resembles Tina Fey. But not my mother. She knew that was way too easy. (Wow, a brunette with glasses.) My mom knows that to get to the bottom of celebrity lookalikes in this campaign, one needs to think outside the box. The following is an actual email from my mom, sent minutes after the conclusion of the Democratic Convention (Google Image Search by me):

Jack, I think there is a resemblance between Haley Joel Osment ( had to look that up on the computer) and Joseph Biden. Of course, Biden is what Haley Joel will look like when he gets older -- 40 years older. Again, I'm thinking of Osment as he was in "Sixth Sense". The computer said he is about 20 years old now, and will be in a Broadway play this coming fall. mom


I can see it! Ah, but my bipartisan mother wasn't done. For minutes after the end of the Republican Convention, she sent me this email:

Jack, Watching McCain deliver his speech I noticed that he resembles Charles Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin) when Chaplin was older with white hair. Hope Hanna doesn't drop too much rain on any one place. See you tomorrow. MOM


Again: Spot on! All you political pundits could learn a thing or two from my dear old mom.

And you'll be happy to know that I had a nice dinner with the folks the next night, and they made it to, and back from, a bar mitzvah in Tarrytown with no real interference from then-Tropical-Storm Hanna.

Brush with Celebrity

Brushes with celebrities are a recurring theme at Salt in Wound. I haven't had much to add to these posts. For one thing, there are few celebrities in Albany. For another, much of my knowledge about celebrities (Lee Israel? Bernie Brillstein?) actually comes from Salt in Wound

So imagine my excitement when I found out that Keenan had just finished spending two weeks in a yurt with none other than the son (or possibly grandson) of esteemed Channel 13 weatherman, Bob Kovachick!