Mudlark's 6 degrees of separation

a cosmic revelation from Paul

Ok, so you've probably heard of the six degrees of separation, something dealing with Kevin Bacon and how everything is ultimately related to everything else.

Ok people, get ready for him to go on about something really strange.

Oh, so you're here again huh? Actually this is a really great "small world" story.

So what's it have to do with six degrees of separation?

Well nothing really, just thought it would be a cool title for the article.

All right, lame excuse but I guess it'll have to do.

Anyway, we just received an email from an old friend and it amazingly turns out to be exactly 6 degrees (or bullets at least).

• Al Gagne was in the original version of Mudlark. When writing the history of the band, I originally had to put Al with no last name because I had forgotten it (well, it HAS been over 25 years).
• Janet B. knew Al Gagne and just wrote an email to the band telling us that Al's last name was Gagne. There's probably another 6-degree story as to how she found our website.
• My wife Linda and I discussed who Janet B. could be. We decided who she was, Linda wrote her an email and we awaited a response. After Linda sent out the email, Paul remembered that Janet's last name indeed began with a "B" but it was a different last name. They both expected an answer from Janet saying that we were crazy and had no idea who she was.
• Janet sends an email back saying, "yes, that's me". The reason she has a different last name is because she married a guy named Tom with that last name and took his name when she married him. We didn't know this, just turned out that way.
• The guy she is married to is the younger brother of Pat, who is the brother-in-law of Greg.
• So, not only did Janet know Al Gagne, but she is "Papa" Mudlark's (Greg Smallwood) brother's-in-law sister-in-law.

Wow.

Jeez, so your telling me that because you figured out how to get the thing listed in six bullets, that means there are six degrees of separation. Actually, I count maybe 2 or 3.

Well, that shows you why you're just a virtual pain in the ass that happens to hang around our website. IT'S A SMALL WORLD, asshole!

Ok, sorry.

As I was saying, is this a small world or what?

Say tuned to this website for more of life's moments.

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