A fan has somehow got me listed on a database of movie actors: Though genuinely thrilled, and

very grateful, I have no clue how he did this. Nor do I have any clue what

the following means: “In a couple of weeks the Oracle of Bacon at U

Virginia will download the latest records from IMDb and you’ll be able to

compute your Bacon Number. I have a hunch that you’ll have a Bacon Number

of 3, ’cause Chuck Norris has a Bacon Number of 2 and you’re one step away

from him. You’ll also be able to play the Star Links game, at the same

site, to see if you’re closer, graphically speaking, to Alex Baldwin or

Arnold Schwarzenegger… hopefully, it’s the latter.”