Open Thread

This year’s “swag bag” at the Oscars is worth $47,803, and includes: “trips to Hawaii, Mexico, and Lizard Island and El Questro Homestead in Australia, a one-week stay at a fitness and weight-loss retreat, appointments for injectable fillers, a one-year membership to London’s Heathrow Airport’s private VIP service, Krystal Klear water filtration system, acupuncture and aromatherapy sessions, all-kid circus classes, personal training sessions, condoms, a bottle of Bonita platinum tequila, tennis shoes, and ‘portion-control’ dinnerware.”

Have fun watching or not watching the Academy Awards this weekend!

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