The other day I was riding the PATH train from Journal Square to Newark. 30 seconds before the train pulled into the Harrison stop the train’s horn repeatedly sounded and the brakes were applied so hard that several people who were standing in the car lost their balance for more than a moment.
The other day I was in the Rutgers bookstore and a cashier told me I looked like Australian Cricketer Mark Waugh. After I asked for, and received, the definition of Cricketer, I told that student I was going to look up Mark on the web and I said, “if he is ugly there is going to be trouble!”
As I was leaving, the student told me Mark has a twin brother Steve and that I may be the missing triplet.
It’s interesting how people have never been shy about telling me who I look like.
In high school I was told I looked like movie star Tom Cruise.
In college I was told I looked like actor Tom Hanks.
In graduate school I was told I looked like former Yankees pitcher Matt Nokes.
As an instructor at both Saint Peter’s College and Rutgers-Newark my students told me I looked like outstanding actor Edward Norton.
Perhaps one day I will simply be recognized as me.
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