Night Owl Cards

  I found it a little odd yesterday that the Oscars were broadcast the same night as the NCAA tournament selection show. Different audiences for the most part, but I know people interested in both. I used to be interested in both. But I probably watched less college basketball this year than the early 1980s, and I think the last Oscar telecast I saw was when Dances With Wolves won best picture. Both are so off my radar that I don't know any of the movies that were named for best picture and could've picked only two of the No. 1 NCAA tournament seeds before they were named. But both events are so ingrained in the American public that those familiar activities, filling out brackets and handing out awards are often used to stir up conversation for whatever topic (fill out your bracket for the top 64 ballpark foods!). I've gone that route to, especially the awards thing. I do it at the end of every year.   And I'm doing it again ... well, the bracket part, not the awards pa...