The Barbara Bush of the air force

"The MiG-21, despite being the Barbara Bush of the air force, is still much cheaper, simpler and easier to maintain than the more complicated and expensive MiG-23 and MiG-29. There's still a large number of MiG-21 operators vs 23 and 29 operators and parts are easier to find. Plus there's ALOT of companies offering upgrades to the MiG-21.. thus it makes a cost effective interim solution until something better could be acquired. It is likely that this 'better' aircraft will be western, so why not upgrade it with western avionics and get the pilots used to them beforehand."
(Dec. 27, 2004, Key Publishing Ltd. Aviation Forums)

The Karl Rove of husband-dom

"I tried to conduct the 'business' I have with my husband with the highest of standards this evening, but he's like the Karl Rove of husband-dom. - he turns everything around on me and tries to make me feel like it's my fault for our problems."
(Aug. 26, 2008, ADHD and Marriage)

The George Jetson of breakfast

"Hey morning glory, want to be the hero in the morning with your kids? Whip pancakes in seconds without the mess. Make pancakes in a flash that will Aunt Jemima blush. Be the George Jetson of breakfast. With a swish and presto, Batter Blaster is the trick. Just spray the pancakes on the pan and you are ready to go. For all the accident prone dads out there, this is the perfect solution for you."
(Jan. 2, 2008, Sandbox World)

The Sideshow Bob of newsreaders

"Radar, I'm sorry that you had to interview this egotistical bag of wind, but I admire the balls it took to do it. And it was great that you finally put Karma's blog right in his smug face. Of course, you didn't get an answer, just an unintelligible tap-dance about 'truth' and 'journalism' and 'legally true,' not to mention 'doing anonymous stories about myself.' How can one do anonymous stories about one's self? And didn't he essentially say that what was said on Karma's blog is true? He sounds like Bill Clinton (no offense to you, Bubba) parsing the word 'is.' What a tool. He's the Sideshow Bob of newsreaders, not the next Murrow."
(Dec. 4, 2006, Radar Online)

The Dan Savage of Canadian political commentary

"Rick Mercer, of Codco/This Hour Has 22 Minutes/Talking To Americans fame, now has a blog, which you can get as an RSS feed for your LJ friends page. This is, in my view, the best thing to hit LJ's syndicated feeds section since Savage Love. And in fact, now that I think of it, I suppose Rick Mercer is kind of like the Dan Savage of Canadian political commentary, so I guess there's a parallel there."
(June 24, 2005, Livejournal)

The Neil Young of Star Trek

"Good God Man, 'Has Been' was one of the greatest albums of the oughts! No one is meaner than Shatner to Shatner. Buy the album - it's great, lots of guest musicians, produced by Ben Folds. Seriously! Shatner was the Neil Young of Star Trek, George is the Graham Nash. (Spock is obviously Stills, Bones is obviously Stills)."
(Nov. 13, 2008, Huffington Post)

The Britney Spears of planets

"The Tracker’s head is spinning like a hot jupiter cooked with too many plasmatically searing eruptions of confusing and somewhat repetitive news. One thing is sure: for a place without a common name a world called HD 189733b has gotten a lot of attention the last two days. It’s the Britney Spears of planets - in the news with or without much new to say. We read of it about two weeks ago. And before that, about a year ago. (OK, starlets and other young, pretty, and unpredictable entertainment stars get more ink than this real star). All this due to the gases - CO2 and H2O - in its atmosphere as revealed in spectra that the NASA space telescopes Hubble and Spitzer have gathered. The science here is wonderful - I just don’t understand the news flow."
(Dec. 11, 2008, Knight Science Journalism Tracker)