"random msn story you might want to read instead of your email" is actually funny today: this one is about how to give an appropriate acceptance speech when (not if) you win an oscar. i'm including my favourite tip below. note that, in a break from my usual online style, i'm leaving the original capitalization as is. that's because, at times, it makes this so much funnier.
Don't Assume That God Voted for You
No incarnation of the Creator of All Things is registered as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and nowhere on the Academy ballots is there a category for Best Vessel Through Whom God's Blessings Might Flow. (There remains some question, however, about whether Jesus Christ personally chooses the Grammy winners.) Winning an Oscar does not make you a special agent of God's will or the divine favorite over your fellow nominees -- or, for that matter, over the lepers in your category who must suffer the enduring shame of not even being nominated. (Didn't Jesus say that the un-nominated would inherit the earth?) Do not demean the concept of the Almighty by implying that either you, or the members of the Academy who voted for you, are somehow helping to implement God's Mysterious Plan so that you all can bring about the End Times. Even if it's true, don't. It's just bad form.
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That is hilarious! Note to self: winning an oscar does not equal eschatological fulfillment :)
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