My Evil Twin - Atomizer,

My Evil Twin - Atomizer, from Fraters, writes about fellow Frater Elder's foray to Twin Cities Public TV to watch a taping of Jesse Ventura's America.

He observes in today's installment:

"Last week, the advance team of the Elder and myself scoured the studio for signs of suspicious activity and, having found none aside from a shifty eyed audience member that we pegged as Mitch Berg's evil twin, have deemed that the coast is clear for the arrival of Saint Paul and JB Doubtless."

My evil twin?

Hm. Leave aside that I don't know that any blogger but Lileks has ever met me in person (although Plain Layne once enigmatically noted that we have a mutual friend), and the only hint of my appearance is the grainy, four-year-old pic of me and the kids on my masthead. The thought that I might have an "evil Twin" at TCPTV is disconcerting to say the least.

I've been inside TCPTV (and MPR, for that matter) and most of the men there look like:

• Eskaloid caricatures,
• Ponytailed young Macalester grads who think Phish "sold out"
• Fiftysomething Highland Park retro-hippies who exude Volvo-driving, "What Would Wellstone Do"-ing self-righteousness like some people exude BO,
• Vance Opperman.

So if that's my public image, then I clearly have some work to do.

Posted by Mitch at October 23, 2003 06:00 AM