Read this article by Malcom Gladwell for an extended analogy between Russia, the USA, and Israel in the development of "Revolution in Military Affairs" (R.M.A.) and Douglas Engelbart, Xerox, and Steve Jobs in the invention of window-and-mouse-based personal computing.

"Remember in the Dark Knight Rises when Catwoman pulls the Batman move on Bruce Wayne, and disappears from sight the second he turns his head? Bruce Wayne mutters, "so that's what that feels like." That's Tom Coughlin and Giants fans after this pass rush domination."

Source: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/audibles/2012/audibles-line-week-10

An extended, multi-layered analogy between the brain and the Internet.

"Following our recent detour into political analysis, here is a story about the statisticians that helped Obama win the election by identifying blocks of voters/donors that could help lead the campaign to victory. I think there are some lessons here for individualized health."

Source: http://simplystatistics.org/post/35491656378/sunday-data-statistics-link-roundup-11-11-12

Hard drives are like cars... someone gets a lemon and then discounts the whole brand.

Source: Friend's comment on Facebook.

Threatening to leave a country after a person is elected president that you voted against is like finding out that one-third of your girlfriend is ugly and deciding to cheat on her.

Source: A friend's Facebook status on the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections.

One of the most popular answers on Quora (> 4k upvotes!!!) draws a deep and very humorous analogy between the extreme difficulty/complexity of estimating the length of a coastline and how that depends on the length of the measuring stick, and the extreme difficulty/complexity of estimating the length of a software development project.

Works of art are like people. They can lift you up, teach you valuable lessons, and inspire you in your daily life—but only if you're willing to invest some time getting to know them.

Source: http://qr.ae/804kl

Soap-shish - inspired by the abacus and shish kebab