A modern Day O'Connor?

Rosario, O'Connor: Separated at Birth?

I rarely write letters to the St. Paul Pioneer Press editor, but I couldn't resist it this time, when a human-interest columnist compared his plight to that of Sandra Day O'Connor's.

Ruben Rosario empathizes with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (“When a high court justice had to work unpaid,” Sept. 12), who could find no law firm willing to employ a Stanford-educated woman in the 1950s.

She had to work gratis before landing a paid job as an attorney.

Rosario knows her plight all too well because he too “wrote close to 50 newspaper articles unpaid while fetching coffee …. I was passed over a few times in favor of fair-haired boys who had relatives in the newsroom.”

Right. Rosario is a modern Day O’Connor.

Did it ever occur to Rosario that he was passed over not for the color of his skin or his Hispanic surname, but for his sappy writing, which is as banal as the subjects he covers?

Julie Jacobson
Stillwater

Why the Queen Looks Better in 3D Glasses than I Do

The Queen & I: Separated at Birth?

How come when the Queen of England dons 3D specs, she (still) looks like a classy lady, but when I wear them, I look like a complete doof?

This is why:

• The queen had a professional photographer, makeup artists and quite possibly someone to retouch her photo. I'm just me.
• I’m wearing unflattering active glasses from Sony, while the queen appears to be wearing passive lenses with a sleeker, face-fitting design.
• Sure, anyone can look good wearing a fancy hat, pearl earrings and a pretty necklace.
• I’ve got those evil devil-eyes, while Queen Elizabeth II looks positively angelic.
• The Sony eyewear makes my ears stick out unnaturally. Yeah, that’s it.
• I never had lessons on how to smile in front of a camera.
• Honestly, the right side is my better side

AMX, Crestron: Separated at Birth?

This is too priceless: arch rivals Randy Klein of Crestron (left) and Michael Olinger of AMX.

Iron image: Jesus or HDMI eye pattern?

You be the judge: Take the poll top right.

Mary Jo Coady of Methuen, Mass. thinks she found an image of Jesus on her iron.

According to the Boston Globe, she shared the photo on Facebook, and was reassured by friends that they, too, saw Jesus on the iron.

"So I said, 'OK, I'm not crazy,'" Coady said.

Funny thing is ... I received the same image from HDMI guru and CE Pro contributor Jeff Boccaccio who says, "When you turn the iron sideways,  it looks like an HDMI eye pattern."

Of course, I have my own ideas:

Separated at birth?

I know the B&W Nautilus speaker comes in red. Anyone have a pic?