Wednesday, April 1, 2009

MyHeritage.com

Ever try to figure out which celebrity you most resemble. Well, now you can find out for sure...sort of. There is a free program (you have to register to use it) called MyHeritage.com, located at the site of the same name that has a face recognition celebrity database. When there you can upload any picture of your face and discover (allegedly) your celebrity double. In a matter of seconds the site provides up to 10 matches from its international library of "2400 famous people", ranging from movie stars and athletes to politicians, scientists and historical figure.
My Heritage.com is a genealogical site, but that one face match feature has supposedly generated 2 million hits already. One of those was me. Now I wouldn't wish a face like mine on anyone. And I have doubts how accurate this face recognition service is. But it is fun, and you should try it. Who, according to MyHeritage.com, is my look-a like? Well it's a mixed bag. Hehe The person who came up first as my twin is one Jack Ruby, the infamous man who murdered lee Harvey Oswald, President John Kennedy's assassin Hmmm I also matched actor Anthony Hopkins, the Hannibal Lecture cannibal of movie fame.. But wait! Before you think I am a murdering cannibal. I also matched other more civilized types. Actors Dennis Quaid, Kirk Douglas, Matthew Perry and Charlton Heston were a match. And one pretty lady from film is my clone, Christina Ricci. In a timely match, Olympic skiing great Janice Kostelic matched too. Forget air headed actors and actresses. I also matched with composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and Chechen President Akhmad, who was assassinated in 2004 ....Well, I guess you would like to kill me too- for writing this stupidity.
Have fun finding your twin Another one of those surveys about sex is out. This one , conducted by drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. (They make Viagra) asked 1,200 married couples in four countries- Japan, South Korea, the U.S. and France- whether their sex lives were good or not good. So which nation's married people have the best and which the worst sex lives? The best was said to be...not unexpectedly, the French, followed by Americans. Those most unhappy with married sex were the South Korean and Japan finished next to last. More specifically:
1) Fewer than one in three South Korean ladies said they were at least "slightly happy" about sex with their husbands.
2) About half the South Korean men said they were satisfied. (they must be in bed with women from other nations?)
3) The main complaint in all four countries was the female refrain that sex happens "not often enough"
4) The Japanese men (only 1 in 3 say so) claim they are not likely to seek therapy for a sexual problem. 5) Only 1 in 10 French men had any complaints about sex. Well, at least French men can do something right...

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