Monday, January 26, 2009

Who do I look like?

I saw this on someone else's blog and decided to check it out. You enter your photo and by some algarithm the site chooses a bunch of celebrities with whom you share many facial features. Goofy, and, need I say very disconcerting, to learn that my closest match is Colin Powell?!

The thing is, I wasn't sure I was even going to use this on my blog, but to my chagrin, when I entered my blog address on the My Heritage site, it immediately published to my blog. I very quickly edited it to "draft" and it disappeared—or so I thought! I learned today that if you see my blog through Google Reader you see that original post.

But back to the look alike thing. Oddly enough, as I look at those pictures, the one that I think bears the closest resemblance is Sean Astin. When I was a teenager I was occasionally told that I looked like his mother, Patty Duke. And, should I be concerned that my two closest matches are both men? And those others—Meryl Streep?—I don't think so!

Anyway, now I am curious. If you read this on Google Reader, are you seeing this revised edition? And if so, do you still see the original post?

11 comments:

  1. I'm reading you through the RSS feed in my Safari browser and I only get the revised post. I don't think you look like a man at all, although perhaps you and Colin have similar facial shapes. Now Meryl -- she's mine.

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  2. It looks like it's all based on facial shape, so I think you are safe from concerns. I don't see why Meryl was tossed in either.

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  3. Anonymous11:58 AM

    only two of my matches were woman

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  4. I juts tried this - seven out of eight of my matches were man and eight out of eight I did not recognise!

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  5. Which one is Sean Austin? I only know Colin and Meryl. Your 12X12 picture covers part of the two end pictures.

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  6. I read it on Google reader and since I saw all the pics I assume it was the original post. I think you look like you.

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  7. I saw just the revised post..if you get to a post fast enough before the rss feed process gets ahold of it, you can keep it out of Google Reader...so you were quick enough!I have seen several variants of a post if the poster waited to modify...

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  8. Face shape is like Collin P, but as someone said, NAH..you look like YOU! Am seeing you via google reader. http://HawkLadyRamblingsblogspot.com

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  9. I'm now seeing only your revised version which seems to have replaced the one that was posted for you.

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  10. The pictures seemed to erase your entire right hand sidebar. Can you get rid of the pictures and restore your links?

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  11. How did you get all of the photos in one place? when I did it it only shows one at a time. The one I liked best was Michelle Pfieffer. My only male match was Bing Crosby!

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