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Look Again

Effective costume jewelry is a reminder that we must not always trust our first impressions when experiencing the world around us. What are some everyday encounters that might warrant a second glance?

  • That tall, innocuous man, buzzing and clicking beneath the leathery veneer of his face-concealing trench coat? Look again: It is one of the mimics from the 1997 Guillermo del Toro film Mimic. Watch out, don't let it mimic you!

  • That painting of Abraham Lincoln in the lobby of the downtown post office? Look again: That's Lincoln alright, but his trademark stoic smile seems to stem at least partly from the fact that he's piloting a remote-controlled helicopter. Nicely done, Great Emancipator!

  • That tree in your front yard? Look again: What you originally ignored as unusual bark formation is now incontrovertibly a slow-writhing storm of anguished human souls trapped in the wood. Nothing will go wrong, probably, if you set aside a Saturday afternoon to take a hatchet to it.

  • That guy on the elevator asking for your autograph? Look again: It is Hollywood hunk Matt Damon, and you have been reverse-paparazzi'd my friend! How is it going to feel when you're the one appearing on TMZ all sleepy-eyed and paying the nanny in vodka?

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