The holidays are a funny time. One remembers things such that he is only two degrees separated from ___ ___.

I have very few living blood relatives, but among them is a second cousin whose $100,000 Bar Mitzvah I attended at a posh New York City hotel some twenty years ago. In recent years, until very recently, he was romantically linked to one of the biggest superstars on the planet.

Somehow I had forgotten this. Not that it matters in any way whatsoever, other than having a ready anecdote when asked that question, “What celebrity connections do you have?”

I won’t fill in the blank, because that would result in a bunch of unnecessary Google traffic. But damn, it’s quite odd just how juicy it all is, and how it had completely slipped my mind.