The Bilbo Baggins of squatchery in British Columbia

"Bushman!

The Bilbo Baggins of squatchery in BC. A wealth of knowledge and anecdotes! Stacks of books and tapes with emails flying everywhere. The phone never stops at his place 'I ain't lying!'"
(May 13, 2006, Bigfoot Forums)

The Dr. McCoy of stupid

"Damn, she's like the Dr. McCoy of stupid."
(Feb. 26, 2008, Democratic Underground)

The Elizabeth Taylor of atoms

"The 'hydrogen economy' has never materialized for a good reason. Hydrogen is basically what you might call the 'Elizabeth Taylor of atoms,' i.e., it is always married to something else. While it is true that one can 'extract' hydrogen from water, the ugly truth is that IT TAKES ENERGY to 'divorce' the hydrogen from whatever it is 'married' to. So much so, in fact, that if every car on the roads in the US was currently powered by hydrogen instead of gasoline and/or diesel fuel, we would in fact be MORE dependent on foreign oil than we already are. Essentially, there is no free lunch. The idea of a bunch of motor vehicles carrying around compressed hydrogen in their fuel tanks sort of smacks of a bunch of potential rubber tired Hindenburgs, too, which isn't exactly an attractive proposition."
(June 8, 2008, AccuWeather.com)

The Dan Marino of bath-time

"Miranda actually came up with a good analogy. She thinks I’m the Dan Marino of bath-time, i.e. I’m great at what I do, but I’m missing that one big component. For Marino it was the Super Bowl; for me it is bathing my daughter."
(May 25, 2007, The Daily Daddy Blog)

The Odin of free software

"For me YOU are saving the world since you are so personally committed to free software. I know RS (yes the church of emacs) as well. He is the Odin of free software. Linus was pushed by Tanenbaum into his success story. Debian and all the authors willing to share their work do such a great job. They shall get all the credits for their work! But you bring all the best of free software to the common world which would not know that there are alternatives."
(April 30, 2008, Mark Shuttleworth)

The Dwight Schrute of the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian church

"God’s grace in my work as a Pastoral Intern and seminarian has given me the opportunity to deliver one evening sermon a month. Usually the last Sunday of the month. I’ve had two scheduled so far, not accounting for various fill-ins while Pastor Fisher was away. This has proved a blessing. Please pray for me as I work toward becoming the Dwight Schrute of the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian church. That’s right, I’m aiming to become Assistant to the Pastor."
(Jan. 7, 2009, Jon Spach)

The Lois Lane of the tundra

"Just a reminder that Caribou Barbie once planned on being the Lois Lane of the tundra:"
(Sept. 30, 2008, TBogg)