The Taylor Swift of the middle-aged

"@Chris — apologies to you and all Bono fans. I agree, he’s very passionate. But, in my opinion, he’s all style and very little substance. You wouldn’t compare him to a pure, gifted singer (like Groban or even Keith Urban, who is also stylistic, but unlike Bono, he remains in key). Bono is the Taylor Swift of the middle-aged."
(Dec. 11, 2009, Story Fix)

The George Carlin of the DC universe

"Mr. J is just a guy whose sense of humor is a bit off from mainstream. He is the George Carlin of the DC Universe."
(Sept. 9, 2009, Silent Hill Resorts)

The Tom Cruise of golf courses in Malaysia

"What can we say? While Bunga Raya was nice enough, crossing over to the palm, it’s easy to get blown away. We’re talking about a major character here on this course. This is like the Tom Cruise of Golf Courses in Malaysia. Compare it with, say, UPM or Nilai Springs, which are essentially like Awang Bin Amri or Lim Chin Ho. Don’t know who the heck these guys are? They are bit actors in Cerekerama and a few Chinese Series. I just made up their names, but that just further strengthens my point: Saujana Palm blows these sorry excuse of golf courses away. BLAM!"
(Dec. 5, 2009, Gilagolf)

The Ron Artest of the English Department

"I do wonder, as a passing final thought, how the ending can be entirely 'throwaway' in Victor's eyes if he professes to like the second-last line, which is a departure from the horse-heavy 'intensity' he warns me against, and which leads (with what seems to me to be thundering inevitability) to the last line? I wonder, after reading his post, whether I ought not to sprinkle more 'throwaway' lines into the rest of the poem. But then, I guess I kind of like diving after loose words in a poem, just like Victor does with loose balls on the basketball court. I tell my students that I'm the Ron Artest of the English Department, as a matter of fact."
(April 15, 2005, The Miracle Shirker)

The Elaine Benes of international diplomacy

"Hillary Clinton: The Elaine Benes of International Diplomacy."
(July 7, 2009, Exurban League)

The David Letterman of Korea or whatever

"FireHouse’s popularity in Southeast Asia: We went over there and were really surprised at how everyone knew our songs. They didn’t speak English but they could sing all the words to our songs. We were playing huge places for huge crowds, did a lot of TV shows – like the David Letterman of Korea or whatever, and the same kind of thing in Thailand. It was just awesome and we went back for like 4 or 5 tours of Southeast Asia. It just kept growing and growing and it was a great time."
(April 30, 2009, Bill Leverty, Melodic Rock Concerts)

The Will Ferrell of foodstuffs

"That's too abridged for me; I found myself looking at the tables around me for Sriracha or a little leftover tonkatsu on someone else's plate to spruce up the noodles. You'd be better off ordering a small bowl of saimin on the side with a plate lunch of Kona Kitchen's smoky, salty Kalua pig and cabbage. Slow-roasted pork is the Will Ferrell of foodstuffs: Even when the performance is dialed-in or over the top, you're always glad to see it."
(May 18, 2009, Jonathan Kauffman, Seattle Weekly)