AND THE AWARD GOES TO...

...TROY'S WORK TABLE CHRISTMAS PALE ALE.
Christmas Pale Ale was not very successful. A recent bottle tasted better after additional bottle conditioning, but still was nowhere near stellar. CPA was, however, given the title of Official Beverage of "The Island"—the kitchen island! The friend B. even made a sign declaring such. He removed the label from his empty bottle of TWT CPA, scanned it, added the aforementioned appellation, and planted the sign in the middle of the kitchen island.


...THE FRIEND B.
Not only did he make the sign for TWT CPA, but he finished off the last four bottles of it. And, he drank them while seated at the kitchen island, on his own bar stool brought from The Lair. As his wife stated, the stool was "already conformed to his ass." He called it "comfort."


...JON STEWART.
He was a good award show host. He was funny, sarcastic, and respectful. He read the audience well and kept things moving along. He ensured that one of the award recipients was allowed to give her acceptance speech, after she had been previously "cut off" by the music in a previous segment.


...OSCAR JEOPARDY.
Everyone present answered movie trivia questions or identified movies from sound clips played on an iPod and home theater system. Categories included "Jerry Bruckheimer Films" of which I scored 0 of 6 points, "Chick Flicks" of which I scored 3 of 6 points, "Soundtracks," "Comedy," "Grey's Anatomy Stars," and "Steve Carrell." I scored 38 overall points out of a possible 72, which was a fair showing. I believe the highest score was 58.


...THE FRIEND M.
He was a good award show party host. We watched the Academy Awards on DVR, with a lag time of ten to fifteen minutes behind the actual show. This allowed us to skip all commercials, the three Enchanted musical numbers, and some of the extraneous filler material. It also allowed us to concentrate on the awarding of Oscars, acceptance speeches, Oscar Jeopardy, and the various potluck items—spaghetti stoup, won ton appetizers, the wife's bite-size cakes, beer, wine.

All in all, it was a fun evening, especially considering I had only seen one nominated film—Documentary Feature nominee Sicko by Michael Moore—and that I didn't win a door prize this year. I drew Cate Blanchett for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Elizabeth, who did not win her category. Hence, I did not win any money. There is always next year!