The big early surprise was Christoph Waltz's win for Best Supporting Actor, but that Oscar should have tipped us off to Tarantino winning, hours later, for Best Original Screenplay.
"OUR elections in the States are so sophisticated we can tell who's won hours before the polls close," boasts a gringo, in an old Mexican joke.
While it was easy to focus on the theater and drama of Mickelson's last-chance birdie attempt at the 18th hole, he squandered his entirely legitimate opportunity to win hours earlier.
The Cardinals were the only team in this carnival that failed to get the memo ordering an epic night because they won hours earlier, 8-0, necessitating a Braves victory.
"Composing gives me great pleasure … there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when one lives in a world of sound," she said.
I asked a guy what was going on and he told me Rahman had won – hours before the result had been announced.
If this was an IQ contest then clearly I won hours ago when the shiny brick didn't react to my CPR, YouTube video help, Google search frenzy, two cups of Costa Rica's finest, WTF adventure.
This week's episode delivered an audience of 9.78 million, winning the hour in total viewers.
"CSI Miami" (3.3/9, 11m) came along for the ride, winning its hour in the key demo and up 22percentt by that measure from last week.
Rain would again interrupt play, with Leconte finally winning seven hours after the start, in a match that saw nearly four hours of gripping drama.
