I got a box of toys today. . .

This is partially a "Lis and I are such bad influences on each other" thing, and partially a "Lis and I are such good influences on each other" thing.

So, Lis convinced me that I needed to finish up getting all the things I think I need as a gigging function bartender. So we went to http://www.barproducts.com and got a bunch of bar products. Which is what they sell at that website. As, perhaps, you might guess.

Most of it was stuff that I actually do need.

Okay, most of it was stuff that would be more-or-less useful to me, even if I don't strictly need it.

Okay, fine. It was all cool stuff. But I WILL be using it for work.
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My aunt and uncle now have eleven credits on IMDB. They're really genuine working actors.

Go Auntie Ellen and Uncle Rob!

Just so you know:

Ellen Becker-Gray has a Bacon number of 2.

Ellen Becker-Gray was in Stiffs (2006) with Lonnie Farmer
Lonnie Farmer was in Mystic River (2003) with Kevin Bacon

Also:

Ellen Becker-Gray has an Arnie number of 3.

Ellen Becker-Gray was in Stiffs (2006) with Joseph R. Sicari
Joseph R. Sicari was in Kicking & Screaming (2005) with Tom Arnold (I)
Tom Arnold (I) was in Kid & I, The (2005) with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Although, once Underdog comes out, that will be shorter:
Ellen Becker-Gray in Underdog with James Belushi
James Belushi in Jingle All the Way with Arnold Schwarzenegger, for an Arnie number of 2.

And:

Ellen Becker-Gray has an Elvis number of 3.

Ellen Becker-Gray was in Stiffs (2006) with Nicholas Cairis
Nicholas Cairis was in Last Tycoon, The (1976) with John Carradine
John Carradine was in Trouble with Girls, The (1969) with Elvis Presley

Thanks, University of Virginia Computer Science department!