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So, the Oscars are over. It was fine, Stewart - from Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" - did OK, not great but OK for being the first time. He was even kind of funny at times. Crash upset everybody and won Best Picture, well deserved. The one annoying thing throughout the entire ceremony is how presenters were scripted to remind us we must go watch the movies on the big screen - at full ticket price. Theatres: good, DVDs: bad, was the prevailing message.

Placed my bi-weekly order with FreshDirect, it never ceases to amaze me how quick they are. The groceries will be at my door tomorrow evening, less than 24 hours after I ordered them.

I also got a couple new pairs of jeans, below. One darker, the other lighter. Seven For All Mankind. Got some lip balm while I was at it, compulsive shopping

It's the Oscars tonight. In progress. Let's see what happens.

Playing with BitMe.org, a private, by invitation-only torrents community. They have an extensive catalog of educational books and materials. Impressive. They are very picky as to what torrent clients they allow, I have both BitTorrent and BitComet installed, and neither is approved. I've always had problems with Azureus, so I got uTorrent running instead. Seems to be OK.