So I'm looking at Melanie Lynskey's gallery on IMDB and I see her in a pic with Peter Paige from an appearance for a movie they did together and he looks familiar. After checking his IMDB profile I see I was an extra on an episode of "Related" that he was on. I guess that puts me two degrees of separation from Melanie Lynskey...sorta kinda.

Even better, last week I was an extra on "The Closer" last week which stars Kyra Sedgewick who we know is married to Kevin Bacon which puts me 1 degree of separation from Kevin Bacon. How cool is that? Yeah ok I know it doesn't really count but it's a victimless crime.

The "New Jersey" bridge used in the movie is actually on Long Island and leads to the island where my folks live.

Whoa, I'm originally from Long Island. Small world.

1 degree of separation from Kevin Bacon.

2, actually. One from you to Kyra, and one from her to the Bacon.

AnthonyDe - that's excellent. Do you know when your episode airs?

Melanie Lynskey WHOOO!!! (For some reason, when I first read that, my brain saw "Melanie Lynskey" and thought "Riff Regan". I need to get my pointers re-initialized.)

She currently plays Rose on "Two and a Half Men". She's easily the best thing on the show.

Ah yes. DH watches this. She is fun on th e show. (I never can get through an ep though because the laugh track turns me into insane woman)

I'm not big on remembering names so I did the Google thing and Tim will be so very relieved that I approve.

(For some reason, when I first read that, my brain saw "Melanie Lynskey" and thought "Riff Regan". I need to get my pointers re-initialized.)

Ha! Wrong Willow? Yes, yes you do, Betsy.

Scott and I were at a class at our church, Wednesday night. The leader asked some question of the group, and I made a Firefly reference, in response. Turns out, he and his wife are fans (although they found it after cancelation). I refrained from bragging (just) that Scott would have been killed on FF, if it had lived, and that he had been killed on The Inside (although that was mostly because I haven't ever gotten to see that episode, and won't unless the DVDs ever come out).

She currently plays Rose on "Two and a Half Men". She's easily the best thing on the show.

I think I've only watched that show a handful of times. sj or Laura, is Rose the character who has an obsessive crush on Charlie Sheen's character?

AnthonyDe - that's excellent. Do you know when your episode airs?

The Closer? It's the first episode of the second season. Not sure when exactly.

Seriously, for those of us who are hopelessly behind, are we allowed to ask the concept of the new show?

I believe the pitch we got earlier was " Magnolia meets North by Northwest." Which piqued my interest. It led some to deem it "just like Cannonball Run " or, perhaps, "like The Amazing Race with more death."

"Death Race 2000 with better writers"?