yes - that's exactly how i look at it. it's concentric circles
   of influence. But there's also the part of influence that I love
   -- the random encounters, the times you meet a person you've
   never met before and will never meet again - but like two
   electrons who shared opposite ends of a field once, their spins
   will forever influence one another no matter where they roam.
   "spooky action at a distance" love it. "