The Batman of mucus

"We tweeted: 'Crank Ludlow is like the Batman of mucus' a determined vigilante with questionable methods. Brill" We meant: Loin-cloth-wearing Crank Ludlow pretty much sets the tone for the anthology. A charismatic prankster, his adventures are solely about forcibly imparting his snot onto others via his feet. He even manages to booger-kick Bob Dylan (but not quite Richard Nixon, for shame)."
(March 1, 2010, Martin Steenton, Avoid the Future)

The Aimee Mann of drywall installers

"'I'm pretty much the Aimee Mann of drywall installers.' (Unhelpful Analogies Series, #1)"
(Feb. 17, 2010, Dan Cronin, Twitter)

The Richard Pryor of handing out small cups of Snapple

"Sometimes it's some little old lady who leaves you alone as you walk by, but sometimes it's a guy who has to be like the Richard Pryor of handing out small cups of Snapple, all making the hardest sell in the world, like you wronged him in another life and his only vengeance will be if you try his stuff."
(July 8, 2004, A Journey Into Reason)

The Benjamin Franklin of molecular quantum mechanics

"But the attractor of the day was in the SCIENCE podcast. Roald Hoffman, the Benjamin Franklin of molecular quantum mechanics, has proposed that graduate students not be funded via teaching or research assistantships but by competitive grants. The big deal here is breaking the bonds of graduate student servitude to the professors who can garner big research grants and need slave labor."
(Aug. 4, 2009, Eptitude)

The Zooey Deschanel of bite-sized desserts

"Maybe even more surprising than the near-perfect cookies, though, was that I found the process of macaron-making surprisingly straightforward. This was not something I expected, given the gallons of virtual ink spilled on the subject on practically every cooking blog I read — some time in the last year or two, everyone (myself included) became obsessed with macarons. Brightly colored but prim, sweet but not too childlike, mysterious and beautiful and ephemeral, truly they are the Zooey Deschanel of bite-sized desserts. And nothing seems to fuel the allure so much as the myth that they're hard to make. That's right, myth: friends, macarons are not actually that difficult. I measured my ingredients, whipped my meringue, folded in the dry stuff, did my dozen turns of macaronnage, measured, piped, slammed, rested, baked, sandwiched, and ate. All told it took about an hour. Okay, call it two, if you want to count the time it took to bring the egg whites to room temperature."
(Nov. 23, 2009, Eat Me Daily)

The Strawberry Shortcake of university presidents

"Throw my hat in the ring as a big fan all things axe. I was at that cincinnati bowtie reception and can say without a doubt that the axe was worthy. And I agree, donkey punch after donkey punch, Axworthy just grins, clenches and takes it like Tony Danza - "who's the boss"- obviously the axe man! At his public speeches there is no doubt he is as fine an oralist as any other. While others decried the so called "axe holes" on Portage, I applauded his vision as the final climax in a long list of Liberal triumphs - this hole was a vision - one of sheer glory. I am tired of seeing him painted by left leaning elitists as the Strawberry Shortcake of University presidents. No, his is a grander vision. Like the proverbial Boston Pancake, Axworthy flattens the excrement that comes his way, like a champ! Go Axe. We are literally behind you all the way!!"
(Nov. 30, 2009, Winnipeg Free Press)

The Gilligan of the periodic table

"Oxygen, the 'Gilligan' of the Periodic Table"
(May 17, 2009, Chemistry Blog)