Numbers are flying around at a breakneck pace. Between the buzz about web 2.0 and the whole six degrees of separation thing I need a calculator to keep up.And speaking of numbers and the six degrees of separation issue - did you ever think that your Bacon Number would ever fall below seven?
If you know me it can. Who knew? Be prepared for a shock.
YOUR Bacon Number can now be officially confered upon you by the the Bureau of Bacon, that most august beacon of Bacon-ness
And if you connect to me on Gather, or claim to be on my mailing list or get my RSS feed (or are prepared to lie about either) the number can be an amazingly low Five!
Short Story: How we get from You to Kevin Bacon . .
Maury Chaykin was in the movie Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon . So Maury has a Bacon # of 1. Lucky dog.
William Shatner was in the Kidnapping of the President way back in 1980. Ancient history.
BUT guess who else was in it? Aha! Good old Maury. So that means that Shatner has a Bacon # of 2
Patrick Brown played a part in Boston Legal just this past Tuesday. And who is the big Kahuna in Boston Legal land? Bingo! No other than William Shatner. Voila! Pat has just shimmied himself neatly into a Bacon # of 3.
Stay with me because we're getting close to your part in all this.
Susan Reynolds - blogger, netaholic and artist - played the part of Mom in the 1992 era drama of Pat Brown playing the part of suitor to daughter #2. So ergo: Susan is elligible for a Bacon # of . . . . .
ta da! 4 !!!!Are you totally breathless yet?
So last but not least.. . well kinda least since you plug in after me here but you can soon change that by telling someone you know that they are #6 . . . but anyhow. ..Now we introduce You, playing the part of blog reader, Gatherer / Gatherite / Gatherette / whatever - connected to Susan in her recurring role of Blogger / artist / writer & "new media maven" . . . giving YOU a Bacon # of 5
See? Thanks to technology, an offbeat artist - marketing maven, Gather, blogs, the internet and of course Al Gore . . .Ta Da! You're a FIVER!
Now go brag to someone.
They'll probably will laugh out loud but at least you won't be last in this list anymore because you can confer a Bacon number of six on them.
And then they should thank you.
Right. As if.
© 2006 Susan Reynolds adapted from Case Notes from the Artsy Asylum
Background: Pat Brown? Shatner? What? If you missed that part of the story check this out.
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Comments: 17
Thanks for starting my day off with a laugh.
We need a reason to laugh out loud - not to mention to talk about ourselves as being connected to the rich and famous without having to actually deal with all those messy divorces and autograph seeking crowds ourselves.
I'm thinking I need to write an article about Ephemeria for wikipedia. LOL - would that be a hoot or what?
I imagine this three or four paragraph thing about the honor of the Ephemerian Artistamps which are only issued for important occasions like Chin-hair week or Bike to work month or Corn on the Cob days (all true past issues) and all this sonorously read by the Allen Shore character on Boston Legal. The image is delightful even beyond - um - hmm. If I say it I'll have to flag the article.
Oh how easily amused I am.