This was posted over 21 years ago; my opinions, thoughts, attitude, and writing style may have evolved since then, and this post might have been different if it were to be posted today.
speaking of symmetrical things driving me nuts, it reminded me of adrian monk from the tv show “monk”. i was watching that show today, and it reminded me a little of columbo… and wouldn’t you know it, but right after i watched my recorded copy of it, columbo was on tv! i love watching columbo, it’s great.