Distinguishing marks...

I had to laugh.

"Do you know you look like, um, that actor," the waitress asked. "what's his name?"

"Billy Bob Thornton," I nicely barked back.

"YES! THAT'S IT! I knew it, you look just like him. Have you ever thought of..."

"No, I have never thought of being his stunt double."

Shaking her head, she walked away, disappointed that I wasn't too thrilled to look like someone else, especially this particular celebrity.

I am the opposite of BBT. I have no tatoos, I have NEVER been married to Angelina Jolie (can't say I would want to be. Lucky for Brad, eh?) and I would never make ANY of the movies he has been a part of, well, almost. I really enjoyed "Astronaut Farmer," but that is beside the point. I don't want to BE Billy Bob Thornton, but some people see me and assume that either I am him, or I want to be him.

Do you look like someone famous? Do you look like someone infamous. Take comfort in that you don't look like someone on the Post Office bulletin board...that's positive.

If we see clean and shiny outside we assume the rest is the same. Look like a celeb, well, people treat you that way. Go out in shabby clothes, unshaven, malodorous and well, it will be a whole new world. OK, it's not SO bad being mistaken for BBT after all. But maybe I should look a little closer next time I see someone who, on first impression, makes me think of "The Fugitive" before he was proven innocent.

Or better yet, next time you see me, on the street and at my worst, just assume I am a malodorous, unshaven, celebrity IN COGNITO!

And watch out for the Paparazzi!