Six Degrees of Separation
I think everyone knows the six degrees of separation theory. Worst case, you've heard of six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Well, I've been pondering this lately, and it seems like with the preponderance of bloggers out there it would be the perfect way to test this theory.
I don't know what the test is. I'll leave that to someone else to come up with.
The reason this is coming up at all is that I stumbled across this blog. I got several hits to my blog directly from him, most likely because he posted a link to a post I'd made.
Here are the facts as I know them:
I don't know what the test is. I'll leave that to someone else to come up with.
The reason this is coming up at all is that I stumbled across this blog. I got several hits to my blog directly from him, most likely because he posted a link to a post I'd made.
Here are the facts as I know them:
- He's a baseball fan
- He has opinions on politics
- He reads
- He's from Portland
- Those in the know know that in Portland you don't have six degrees of separation, you have two or three on a bad day.
Therefore, it stands to reason, that I probably know this guy. Or knows someone who knows this guy. Or I stood behind him in line at Escape From New York Pizza once. And now it occurs to me that there are probably a TON of other bloggers out there who fit this bill, I just haven't stubmled across their blogs yet.
posted by Swankette at 10:39 PM
5 Comments:
Okay, I found this a week late, but here I am commenting on your post about me.
Random facts:
I think I found you via Bojack, but I'm not 100% sure anymore. (Former student?)
Escape From New York pizza should have its own website. At various times in life, EFNY provided 2 meals a week, minimum. I love it that the Guy Who Looks Like Tom Sizemore has worked there for at least the past decade. Remember the old EFNY, right next to Uptown Pet, which was demolished to make room for that lovely surface-level parking lot at 10th and Alder?
So…let’s blog about blogging about blogs. If you follow the link above to the mentioned blog you will notice that this same comment is posted there as well.
So what do I know about this guy Pankleb from Portland…well, plenty…including my recently acquired knowledge about his concussion. The blogger from the House of Swank is new to me though I did follow Pankleb’s link to her blog on Madagascar and now her link to his site.
So, what we know about Michelle is:
• She's a baseball fan (too bad I’m an Astros fan)
• She has opinions on politics (a common PNW pastime)
• She reads (this is a good thing)
• She's from near Portland
• And,…Those in the know, know that in Portland you don't have six degrees of separation, you have two or three on a bad day.
So in all likelihood, all three of us have been in line for pizza at the same time at Escape from New York Pizza, or maybe putting back a pint of IPA at the local McMinneman’s pub. Speaking of EFNY, it sounds like a great place to grab lunch today. Too bad I am in Miami.
Given that there can’t be more than a couple of degrees of separation here, I would be surprised if it took you two bloggers more than a week to properly ID each other.
I am not aware that I am linked on at bojack's website. I consider myself 1.5 degrees of separation from Jack. I used to work for the law school, and met him on at least one or two occasions (which I'm sure he doesn't remember, but I know he knows my former boss, so that's why I'm calling it 1.5)
I was so sad when EFNY moved to trendy-third from their spot across from the Galleria, as my first job out of college was in the Galleria and I could not count on them as a favorite lunch spot.
As for Mr. Anonymous, I'm a bit suspicious about you. I'm as big of an IPA fan as the next person, and I'm as big a fan of the brother's McMenamin as about anyone, but you don't go to your local McMen's to have a pint of IPA. You have a Terminator. Or a Hammerhead. Or a Rubinator. Or some other tasty concoction with a name specific to the McMenamin's empire. You want a simple IPA go to The Pub at the End of the Universe.
Mr. Anonymous (we'll just call him "Sesom" for the heck of it) is very confused about what state he's really from. When his family moved to Portland in high school, he couldn't remember quirky street names like "Terwilliger," so he had his own special names for them. Anyway, I'm disappointed that his description of you left out the "wedding blog." That's a crucial detail, also an idea I'll probably steal if I ever get married. I took a class from Bojack in 2000. Not 100% sure he remembers me, although he posted on my blog once.
If you took a class from bojack in 2000 that means you were a student at the law school at the same time I worked there. I'm sure we aren't one degree of separation, because I worked off campus, but probably 2 (because I knew enough of the staff and faculty on campus) and worst case 3.
The Portland paradigm holds true!
And I must admit that although I never had difficulty with any of the Portland names, as a young child I would refer to Nehalem Bay on the coast as Nahamanama Bay.
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