Bakers Dozen

Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t

  1. davenport
  2. skidoo
  3. ice box
  4. queer (meaning strange)
  5. Negro
  6. venereal disease (VD)
  7. Chinaman
  8. Oriental
  9. Colored
  10. The N word
  11. wire or cable
  12. “Thinks he’s shit on a stick”
  13. “Washroom” for bathroom

Pass

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting
  8. It Happened One Night

The winner in 1934, and the earliest-released one I’ve seen in a theater. It was an OK romantic comedy but no big deal IMHO.

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting
  8. It Happened One Night
  9. The Sound of Music

It was a drive-in theater. Remember those?

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting
  8. It Happened One Night
  9. The Sound of Music
  10. Chicago
    Ah, drive-ins. Yes, I remember.

I remember seeing the first Star Wars, and Paper Moon, in drive-ins.

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting
  8. It Happened One Night
  9. The Sound of Music
  10. Chicago
  11. The Shape of Water

The most recent winner, and the most recent winner I’ve seen in a theater. Again, although I enjoyed it, I didn’t think it was all that.

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting
  8. It Happened One Night
  9. The Sound of Music
  10. Chicago
  11. The Shape of Water
  12. Lincoln

Most recent one I’ve seen

Oscar-winning Best Pictures that you’ve seen in a theater

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting
  8. It Happened One Night
  9. The Sound of Music
  10. Chicago
  11. The Shape of Water
  12. Lincoln
  13. Braveheart

13 things you’s rather be doing right now.

  1. Sitting on a Beach

13 things you’d rather be doing right now.

  1. Sitting on a Beach
  2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been

13 things you’d rather be doing right now.

  1. Sitting on a Beach
  2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been
  3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better

13 things you’d rather be doing right now.

  1. Sitting on a Beach
  2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been
  3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better
  4. Napping in a hammock on the beach

The hammock and beach parts aren’t possible but I can and will nap soon

13 things you’d rather be doing right now.

  1. Sitting on a Beach
  2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been
  3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better
  4. Napping in a hammock on the beach
  5. Decorating the house for Christmas

…but I’m told I have to wait until after Thanksgiving.

…did not win Best Picture.

Repaired:

  1. Titanic
  2. Amadeus
  3. Gladiator
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Annie Hall
  6. The French Connection
  7. The Sting
  8. It Happened One Night
  9. The Sound of Music
  10. Chicago
  11. The Shape of Water
  12. Chariots of Fire
  13. Braveheart
    mmm

13 things you’d rather be doing right now.

  1. Sitting on a Beach
  2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been
  3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better
  4. Napping in a hammock on the beach
  5. Decorating the house for Christmas
  6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis.

I may have the opportunity to enjoy one of these tonight.