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[desh]

So this kid Danny and his family lived next door to my mom and me when I was growing up. His family moved away when I was about 3. He was 7 then. I don't really remember the family; maybe one or two vague memories, and really only the names were somewhere in the back of my mind.

My mom and I stayed in the same house for about 9 more years, and then moved a couple of times since. We now live in Center City, maybe 8 miles from where I grew up.

Danny just bought the house next door.

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[dubhain.livejournal.com]

There are only five hundred people in the world. The rest are done with mirrors.

[desh]

Actually, did I ever tell you how much my supervisor in my old job reminded me of you?

[dubhain.livejournal.com]

Is that a Good Thing™, or a Bad Thing™?

[desh]

Good thing. You both have quite Interesting Pasts, for one. I think he may have you beat there, since I don't think you've ever died, but you're funnier. So it's even.

He's even on LiveJournal. Somewhere. Never did figure out his username.

[ag5j.livejournal.com]

all you need is the "....and the guy told me DANNY HAD DIED 5 YEARS AGO!" and you have a great scary story

[eboniorchid.livejournal.com]

Maybe this is a Six Degrees of Separation moment, only with places/houses instead of people. If you two were to compare notes, you might find that you had been neighbors with any of his previous neighbors, for example. I have a professor who is especially interested in "mapping" as an analysis of self and relationships. Might similarities in the two shared locations provide insight on shared personality traits, desires, or experiences? That's kind of a rhetorical question, but it is quite an interesting coincidence.