<p>Back in 1992, my wife and I opened up a barber shop in Houston called Captain Nemo&#8217;s.Â  We decided to place a small advertisement in the local paper to attract more business.Â  We told the ad designer to provide us with something nautical, and this is what came out of it:</p>
<p><img id="image60" alt="Nemo Ad" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Nemos%20Ad2.jpg" width="450" /></p>
<p>Fast forward to 1996.Â  My wife and I were now living on a trawler in Channel Islands Harbor in California.Â  We wanted to dress up a couple of portholes on board the vessel, so we contacted a local stained-glass overlay company.Â  We gave them the same instructions &#8211; provide us with a nautical design of some sort.Â  Here is what they produced for us:</p>
<p><img id="image59" alt="Porthole" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Porthole1.jpg" /></p>
<p>Kinda wierd, huh?</p>

<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54494/367/AE2CC0E3D382A57BB57424B22F0E1A7A.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a><p>Back in 1992, my wife and I opened up a barber shop in Houston called Captain Nemo&#8217;s.Â  We decided to place a small advertisement in the local paper to attract more business.Â  We told the ad designer to provide us with something nautical, and this is what came out of it:</p>
<p><img id="image60" alt="Nemo Ad" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Nemos%20Ad2.jpg" width="450" /></p>
<p>Fast forward to 1996.Â  My wife and I were now living on a trawler in Channel Islands Harbor in California.Â  We wanted to dress up a couple of portholes on board the vessel, so we contacted a local stained-glass overlay company.Â  We gave them the same instructions &#8211; provide us with a nautical design of some sort.Â  Here is what they produced for us:</p>
<p><img id="image59" alt="Porthole" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Porthole1.jpg" /></p>
<p>Kinda wierd, huh?</p>

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