“As Joe the Plumber fades into a distinctly embarrassing part of American history, a new face has emerged from the crowd and assumed the glow of Sudden Random Celebrity: Jeff Kolodjay, 31 years old, of Norwalk, Connecticut, has become the Face of the Crash of 1549.”

I admit that when I first saw this guy on the news yesterday, I thought he was a Brooklyn hipster.

I then predicted that he would be on the Today Show this morning, and — of course — he was.