Obligatory Oscar night post.

Yeah, we've seen one movie nominated for Best Picture--"The Aviator." So, I've got a great big "Meh" reaction to tonight's festivities. The only thing I have strong feelings about as far as the nominees this year go, is that I devoutly hope "Million Dollar Baby" loses big. Which probably means it will win big.

And, let me get this straight: Ray Charles, Howard Hughes, and JM Barrie all get Oscar nods. Alfred Kinsey's bio gets a major nomination. Who gets basically ignored this year? Jesus Christ. Dude. That's screwed up.

Arnold Schwartzenegger said something interesting this morning on "This Week Needs David Brinkley." And I didn't notice it until he mentioned it. There's no category for stunt work. Man, those guys and gals sometimes risk their lives for the sake of a realistic shot, but TPTB at the Academy think that Sound Editing and Sound Mixing are more important.

Humph.

Obligatory Oscar night post.

Yeah, we've seen one movie nominated for Best Picture--"The Aviator." So, I've got a great big "Meh" reaction to tonight's festivities. The only thing I have strong feelings about as far as the nominees this year go, is that I devoutly hope "Million Dollar Baby" loses big. Which probably means it will win big.

And, let me get this straight: Ray Charles, Howard Hughes, and JM Barrie all get Oscar nods. Alfred Kinsey's bio gets a major nomination. Who gets basically ignored this year? Jesus Christ. Dude. That's screwed up.

Arnold Schwartzenegger said something interesting this morning on "This Week Needs David Brinkley." And I didn't notice it until he mentioned it. There's no category for stunt work. Man, those guys and gals sometimes risk their lives for the sake of a realistic shot, but TPTB at the Academy think that Sound Editing and Sound Mixing are more important.

Humph.

And the winners are...

Poll results are in. Thanks to those who voted. The winners are:

Gift, and
A Mess of Pottage,

with three votes each. I'll start working on the commentaries for those as soon as I'm done with the CYA ficathon thing. Which is, right now, turning into a huge load of angst and anger on Fred's part.

Can't say I blame her all that much.

And the winners are...

Poll results are in. Thanks to those who voted. The winners are:

Gift, and
A Mess of Pottage,

with three votes each. I'll start working on the commentaries for those as soon as I'm done with the CYA ficathon thing. Which is, right now, turning into a huge load of angst and anger on Fred's part.

Can't say I blame her all that much.