Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.

A street lamp on Elizabeth Street looking southeast towards the river an - eventually - Antarctica. This was taken one morning last week, and yes, that is the Marine Board building peeking its head in again.

Here is a very special Sunday Top Five: top five July 19 babies who've passed on traits to MY July 19 baby!

• Vitali Klitschko: combining cold Soviet logic with brutal violence, Ez reminds me more of Vitali than Wlad.


• Ilie Năstase: supremely gifted, if somewhat eccentric. The little bloke has Ilie's great originality and panache without the mental fragility.


• Herbert Marcuse: One Dimensional Man, Ez is anything but.


• Edgar Degas: They share a fondness for ballerinas, in both a critical and romantic sense.


• Vladimir Mayakovsky: committed to the cause and brave enough to ignore form. Ezra won't shoot himself in the head, however.