Clarification

Years ago, MAD TV used to have a segment in which they would clear up some "confusion" that people might have in distinguishing cast member Will Sasso - at the time a large, heavyset man (he's since lost a lot of weight) - from various other celebrities.
It would typically go something like this:

Jennifer Love Hewitt appears on-screen and says, "Okay, this is the last time."
She indicates herself and says, "Jennifer Love Hewitt."
The screen changes and we see Will while JLH says, "Will Sasso."
Toggle back to JLH, "Jennifer Love Hewitt."
Back to Will, "Will Sasso."
We then conclude with, "I hope that clears things up."

The gag works better with visuals, but along a similar vein Scott and I were talking about my recent entry about Torta di Pasta and he said, "Not to be confused with Portia di Rossi," and suggested that I post something to make that distinction.
So, in that spirit, here we go:



Portia di Rossi...no, wait! I mean, Torta di Pasta ("Ozzy Salute" not included)




Portia di Rossi ("Aussie Salute" may be included)


To help clear things up even further, think of it this way:
Torta di Pasta is an Italian dish often eaten by Jon.
Portia di Rossi is an Australian "dish" often eaten by Ellen DeGeneres. (Ba-dum-tssh!)
But seriously folks...

When Scott suggested the idea I thought about taking it further and doing a sort of compare and contrast entry that demonstrates the differences between myself and Ellen, but upon reflection I discovered that, the Torta/Portia issue aside, there are no differences. We're practically twins.
Think about it. We're both into women, neither of us has managed to have an overwhelmingly successful sit-com or develop much of a movie career, neither of us wears skirts, and our daytime talk shows are both smash hits (Mine airs right after Tyra in most markets. Check your local listings.)
I'm actually writing this entry from the comfort of my own home, as our new boss seems to like to let someone go home early on slow days. Today was my day (Scott went home yesterday). If Kathleen weren't out of town I would have suggested that Brian be the one to leave early (though if he had spoken up and said that he wanted to go I probably wouldn't have argued), but, as it's been a long week for me, I decided to speak up and say that I wanted to be the one.
Not that I had anything to do with the extra time, though I did use it to write up this and watch some of the shows I recorded over the past couple of nights.
In any case, I hope we're clear on the Torta/Portia thing.