Comments on: Six Degrees of Adam Baldwin

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:41:12 +0000

I’ve never been one to be star-struck. I figure they’re just lucky to have made it into that field, and they aren’t any better at their craft than anyone else is. I’ve talked (and drank) for a few hours with Jim Plunkett and his wife in LA at an upscale hotel bar, played golf with John Daly twice, run into Ethan Hawke at a Starbucks (and made a bonehead out of myself by telling him that my wife always had a thing for him…stupid), and I ate dinner and talked about Arkansas with the CEO of GE, Jeff Immelt, back when he was CEO of GE’s Medical division and I worked for them. Oh, and I played 18 holes with Gil Gerard for you Sci Fi’ers. That was something else…he was about a biscuit shy of 3 bills at that time.

And my best claim to fame was that our rock band, Mace and Chain, was scheduled to open for Autograph at an outdoor show in Batesville, AR back in High School, but they backed out a few weeks before. Otherwise I’m sure I’d be rich and famous by now. LOL

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:46:40 +0000

Hmm… I used to know quite well, the grandfather of the little girl (Alicia Witt) in the original Dune movie. I actually met her at his vacation place a few times.
We listened while she played piano like a concert pianist at less than 9 years old. She was basically, a child genius too.

Hmm.. I bumped into a few other famous people in my life (Golfer John Daly twice). Oh well.. the one I wanted to mention, I can’t remember his name.. go figure.. LOL

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:48:37 +0000

Simon, that’s cool about Fillion. My wife and I watched “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place,” and I recognized him immediately when I first watched “Firefly.” Now that you mention it, I remember that cameo. Had forgot about seeing him in that, but I’ve only seen that movie twice.

I’m sure I heard of pbWiki from you at some point. It’s a cool thing, and I used it for the same purpose (saving drafts of blog entries) until I switched to WordPress, which has a very cool Save as Draft feature. I compose in a text editor, then copy and paste and “Save as Draft” so I can get to it no matter where I am, without having the same computer.

(crap! Forgot to answer the validation question again.)

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:06:15 +0000

I use my pbWiki to draft blog posts since I compose from both work and home, so saving a txt file can be frustrating if I’m not AT the appropriate hard drive. Quite fond of my peanut butter.

And I can claim a single degree of separation from Nathan Fillion, Uber-Star of Firefly and Serenity. I worked with him here in Edmonton when he was still a struggling actor, before he scored the soap opera gigs and Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place and then than quick cameo on Saving Private Ryan.

Yeah, we’re close personal buds. He just probably doesn’t remember.