An Award to Remember

Did you watch the Oscar Awards last week? I watched bits and pieces of it. Did you see the woman who won an award and thanked her WIFE!!?? Did you see our former Vice President win an award for his re-election campaign movie?ah?I mean global warming movie. Did you see the guy win the supporting actor award for his movie part as a foul-mouthed dirty old man? Isn?t Hollywood great!!?? No wonder I don?t go to the movies any more. Even if you watched the whole thing, it did not show all of the awards given that day. It would have taken too long and the show would have lasted twice as long.

One award you probably missed was the award given to me for one of the Best Presented Sets on the NGC Registry.

I did not arrive in a limo. I drove home from work in my 2003 PT Cruiser.

I did not walk down the red carpet to accept my award. I walked out to my mailbox that day and picked it up there.

Not one photographer was snapping my picture.

I did not dress in a tuxedo to accept my award. I was wearing khaki cargo pants with frayed cuffs and a ketchup stain on one leg, a tee shirt that said Yosemite National Park on it, and a flannel shirt. No shoes, just some well-worn socks. Where are the fashion police when you need them?

No need to dress warmly here in California in February, where we are enjoying year-round summer-like weather as a result of global warming caused in part by excessive carbon emissions from dairy cow flatulence. Something?s got to be done about those cows! How?s the weather were you live?

I did not give an acceptance speech for my award, but if I did, here is what I would have said.

?Could you please check the envelope one more time and make sure my name is on it? Ok, good.?

?I would like to thank the Academy for this prestigious award. I started my award winning set with modest goals, and so enjoyed acquiring the coins, researching information about the coins, and presenting it along with photos of the coins, that it evolved into a set worthy of receiving this award.?

?I want to thank my wife and kids for their support. I would also like to thank my mother, who helped start me collecting coins when I was 10 years old. In those times, one could actually find interesting and collectable coins sorting through rolls of coins obtained from the bank. Indian head pennies, buffalo nickels, mercury dimes worth far more than their face could occasionally be found, and coins actually containing silver were commonly seen in spare change. How times have changed.?

The music started to play and my speech prematurely ended.

Although my award arrived with less publicity than an Academy Award, it is no less prestigious or appreciated by me. Thank you to NGC and to all my loyal fans. I will be signing autographs at Muldoon?s Tavern on Friday night at 5:30 p.m. See you there!!

NGC Award