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One step to Kevin Bacon

Have you ever played the game, Six Degrees to Kevin Bacon? The idea is that any actor/actress can be linked, through their film roles, to Kevin Bacon. The game requires a group of players to try to connect any film actor in history to Kevin Bacon as quickly as possible and in as few links as possible.

An example would be: Val Kilmer was in Top Gun with Tom Cruise and Tom was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon, this would give a Bacon number of 2.

Why am I bringing up Six Degrees to Kevin Bacon? I have no idea....other than the fact that I dreamed about him the other night. This was a very strange dream.

I was dreaming about printing loan applications and every time I would hit the print icon on my computer screen, Kevin Bacon would appear. This would happen over and over again.

I guess this means my degree of separation to Kevin Bacon is only one.

I don't even like Kevin Bacon. Why couldn't my dream involve someone hot like Jessica Alba or Natalie Portman or Angelina Jolie?

Every time Kevin Bacon appeared in my dream, I'd throw up in my mouth a little.....or at least I'd like to believe that. It is a very difficult thing for me to admit to you that I'm dreaming about him.

I was talking to Cora last night about my dream and I told her that I equated this dream to a recent episode of The Office. In this episode, Jim conducted an experiment with Dwight to see if he could condition him to a response. Each time Jim's computer produced a particular sound, such as an error message, Jim would offer Dwight an Altoid mint. Dwight would readily accept and eat the Altoid. This would continue each time Jim's computer made that particular sound. After a few times of this interraction, Jim's computer made the "error message" sound and Dwight instictively reached his hand out for the Altoid.

I explained to Cora that my conditional response to hitting the print icon on my computer was to see Kevin Bacon.

She just looked at me.....laughed and said, "your mind works in a very strange way." That statement was followed by, "but I love the way your strange mind works." I love that she loves the way my strange mind works.

My new dilemma, however, is that I am already sleep deprived and now, I'm afraid to go to sleep.

Comments

  1. Sport ModeFebruary 12, 2007 at 1:10 PM

    How interesting. I myself often dream about bacon- but I don't name my foods.

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  2. Curtis MoserFebruary 13, 2007 at 11:13 PM

    I like how you said you throw up in your mouth a little. That really makes me laugh.

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  3. KarlmaloneMarch 2, 2007 at 1:05 AM

    I have known you long enough to know that you *DO* have a thing for Kevin Bacon. The reason you dream about him when you print in your sleep is because of the KB digital wallpaper on your laptop when you are awake.

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