six degrees of relevance

let's play a game. try to connect the top two stories in the google news sidebar the same way you connect actors to kevin bacon. here's an example:

1. e*trade to buy harris direct -to-
2. astronauts unfazed by landing delay

1. e*trade to buy harris direct
2. e*trade is based in san francisco
3. san francisco is where starfleet headquarters are in the star trek universe
4. star trek is about astronauts
5. astronauts unfazed by landing delay.

hmm. too easy. not funny enough. let's try again:

1. phoenix coyotes name gretzky head coach -to-
2.photographer shot with BB gun in front of spears’ home

1. phoenix coyotes name wayne gretzky head coach
2. wayne gretzky fucks babies
3. babies do not have opposable thumbs
4. paparazzo do not have opposable souls
5. paparazzo is german for photographer
6. photographer shot with bb gun in front of brittney spears' home

hmmm. getting there. maybe i'll try again later. maybe not. not.