Six degrees of separation: Brian san to Barack Obama
"..if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth."
So please determine how I am connected to the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Here's a hint: I will count people I interact with on Mahalo (say Jason Calacanis or Jeff Hoard) as people I "know".
The winner will be decided by speed of response along with the craziness of the connections.
P.S.
Jason definitely knows actor Kevin Pollak and bonus points for anyone who cleans up the Kevin Pollak Mahalo page.
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And who can resist threading it all through Kevin Bacon?? I can't!
1. brian san <-- (Mahalo) --> Jason Calacanis
2. Jason Calacanis <-- (?) --> Kevin Pollack
3. Kevin Pollack <-- (A Few Good Men) --> Kevin Bacon
....(wait, am I playing the right game??)
4. Kevin Bacon <--"Sleepers"--> Robert DeNiro and Brad Pitt
5. Robert DeNiro <-- political supporter --> President Obama, AND
Brad Pitt <-- ninth cousin --> President Obama
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M$@brian_san < ~~ > @jasoncalacanis
@jasoncalacanis < ~~ > Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) or Ev Williams (co-founder of twitter)
Tony Hsieh or Ev Williams < ~~ > President Obama via the Summit Series http://thesummitseries.com/news/summit-news/3/
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hey, you guys. this entire thread is too too funny for me.
I have totally no connection, nor know anyone who does.
I am pretty sure I have no african american ancestors (genetically), though i did discover 10 years ago, some russian ones who fled the country (shhhhhhhhhhhh)!
2. Mithrandir <---(friend)---> Lucy (Netherlands)
3. Lucy <--- (family)--->Aunt of Lucy (Kenia)
4. Aunt of Lucy <--- (neighbour)---> Parents Obama (Kenia)
5. Parents Obama <--- (family)---> Barack Obama (USA)
Not that crazy, it actually is true...
HEY! You know Barack!
My knowledge
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Well what are you waiting for!
I will have to give you a reprimand for setting the bar too high at an early stage!
Note: The "Kevin Pollack" page should be deleted as a misspelling. The real Kevin Pollak page is up and running, and I just gave it a spiff. Looking pretty okay, I think.
I don't really know the guy (although according to theory, a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend a friend of mine should know him), so I'll leave that one to others.
Oops.. sorry :) I didn't clean up the Kevin Pollack Mahalo page though...
@brian san - @philipy (Mahalo)
@philipy - C (friends)
C - X (dated)
X - Nelson Mandela (grandchild / grandfather)
Nelson Mandela - HM Queen Elizabeth (visited with)
HM Queen Elizabeth - Barack Obama (visited with)
There you go... six degrees to Barack Obama, and the Queen of England and Nelson Mandela thrown in for free. :)
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If I knew Barack Obama's cleaning lady or barber, I'd have given you that route. But unfortunately I don't! :)
Seriously I probably know enough people in Chicago that there is some route like that. But I wouldn't know what it was.
that one is clever and funny, so true!! :)
Show off lol :)
Well Done!
@briansan <~~~> @bunnyphuphu
@bunnyphuphu <~~~> President Clinton
President Clinton <~~~> President Obama
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I'm almost afraid to ask how you know President Clinton, but I gird myself and ask "Bunnyphuphu? How well do you know President Clinton?"
oh this one is my favorite. is it time to vote best answer now?!
brief ... logical ... to the point!
well, if not. I will award you the diamond royal tiara (hopefully better than a blue ribbon)
Don't worry @wdawe,
From they link she posted it appears she waved at him in her pajamas.
(In public with other people around when she was a kid)
If we go the "lame claim to fame" route, it opens up a whole new realm.
I have at least said hello to the following people:
In the world of racing:
Michael Schumacher
David Coulthard
Mario Andretti
Sebastian Vettel
Kosuke Matsura
Hideki Mutoh
Danica Patrick
Tony George
In Japan:
Empress Michiko of Japan
Hiroshi Komiyama, former president of the University of Tokyo
Jason Calacanis --relationship suggested by OP-- Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak --film: The Whole Ten Yards-- Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet --film: A Lot Like Love-- Kal Penn
Kal Penn --Penn is Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liason in the Obama Administration-- Barack Obama
Whew, just made 6!
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Brian San <-Mahalo Community-> Jeff Hoard
Jeff Hoard <-Worked on a blog with -> Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca <-Worked on The Daily Show with -> Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart <- Interviewed -> Barack Obama
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I did find Barack Obama and Jason Calacanis on Freebase, but I did not find Brian San. The persons Barack Obama and Jason Calacanis were not directly connected.
Over time the semantic web will link us all and popular search engines will be able to use friend of a friend(foaf) or similar data models to graph the connections for us.
I have not yet come up with an interesting answer to the original question.
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Interesting!. The Brian san on LinkedIn is not me, I'm Brian Kemper
I'm also 3 degrees from Barack Obama and Jason Calacanis as well.
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morriss003------Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii
Linda Lingle-----President Obama
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Looks like so far you are my "go to" for when I want to request "having a beer" with the president on his next trip to Tokyo!
Definitely a bonus point for working Kevin Bacon in to the mix!
Really? I'm a big fan of Kevin's! (ignore how poorly I spelled his name above)
By the way, Kevin Pollak is doing a chat show with Mahalo.
By the way, I love the fact that this is now the #5 Google search result for "Six Degrees Obama"!
Actually, through my fumbling I think I got it fixed. And can I just say? - JeffHoard is a saint!
Thanks,
I will make a request for a correction.
Yes, I always enjoyed him when he visited the Bob&Tom show in Indianapolis.
He really is good at impressions and a pretty good actor as well.
By the way (and I'm also going to comment above, sorry to repeat), you should know that the "Kevin Pollack" page looks pretty homely, because it isn't the right page - spelling error.
You'll want the Kevin Pollak page instead, which I've gone ahead and brushed up a bit.