Doppelgangers

I was having dinner with my childhood friend and his girlfriend. The girlfriend, who met me for the first time, told me that I looked a lot like another friend of hers. Once again I was reminded of my many doppelgangers.

Yes, I seem to have a pretty generic look. You know, we all share a common ancestor about a thousand years ago, but some people, like me, probably share one a lot sooner. A bit like all these WWII era inhabitants of a French town visited by a son of a WWI era American soldier in Bill Mauldin‘s famous cartoon:


“This is th’ town my pappy told me about.”

Once, walking around in Brooklyn I’ve noticed a guy who looked a bit familiar, but I could not immediately understand why. I noticed that he was looking at me a little strangely too, as if trying to figure something out. His wife, on the other hand figured it out a in a split second – I could tell by her rounded eyes and pointed finger. If you’d put peyos and kipa on me, you would not be able to tell me and her husband apart. The three of us chatted for a bit about this and went on our separate ways, a little bit shaken by the experience.

Then, one day I thought that Travis Ruse, the very talented subway photographer, finally captured me on cmos. I’ve never met Travis, but I always thought that eventually either I’d spot him on the train or I’d end up in one of his pictures. This picture confused me a great deal. I could not tell if it was me in it or not for 15 minutes or so. Only small details were wrong: I don’t wear t-shirts under dress shirts, my glasses at the time had brown frames and I am slightly fatter. The blue shirt, pants and shoulder bag strap are spot on.

Update:
Long after I wrote this one, I ended up at the same company as Travis Ruse.

Update:
Here’s a picture of me with Steve Wozniak. There’s some resemblance, wouldn’t you say?

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  77. When I was growing up I was a ham. I would go on tv at the drop of a hat. In my small town it was fairly easy.

    One day I was channel surfing and there I was on tv, but I couldn’t remember filming it. The hammy acting, the voice, the outlandishness, it was all there and all me. Later I met the actor, name of Adam.

    I was often asked if I had a younger brother named Adam by strangers – he was the source.

    He’s a greek, I am a RussianJew/W.A.S.P. mix so I suspect no recent common ancestry.