So today I get an e-mail from long-time friend Marni Penning, who writes:
Hani...
I keep running into your name! I'm working at Strategic Legal Solutions,
and your information pops up just about every other day. How are you doing,
sweets? What's new in your life?

So I say, Hey Marni, I temped for them by way of Paul Nasrani, one of the partners and a friend of mine. I also say, by the way, Paul knows Ralph from DBP (where Marni and I also used to both work at different times). I happened to know two people at the same firm and they didn't even know they knew me and not only that, they knew other people I knew as well.

A bit circular here.

Hani > Marni > Paul
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V V V
RALPH

Last week, my colleague Stuart told me of an art auction he was going to with his sister, who was friends with a guy named J.A. who worked at "CRIA," an AIDS Organization. I said, "ACRIA?" and we figured the organization's name must have changed over time.

Turns out, my italian teacher & biking buddy Robert, who worked at ACRIA, knows J.A.

Hani > Stuart > J.A. > Robert