Friday, February 20, 2015

87th Academy Awards Preview: Are Middle Children Better Actors?

     At first glance, it would appear this won't be a very good year for Middle Children at the Academy Awards. I’m no math whiz, but I did a little statistical breakdown, and the numbers are dismal. Each of the four acting categories has five nominees, which means there are a total of 20 acting nominees. First the bad news: only four out of 20 nominees are Middle Children. That’s just 20%! In the “Best Actor” category, Eddie Redmayne is the only Middle Child nominee -- a mere 1/5 of the category. It’s the same story in the “Best Supporting Actress” category -- Patricia Arquette is the sole Middle Child representative. The “Best Supporting Actor” category offers the best chances for a Middle Child to walk away with an Oscar: 40% of the nominees are Mid Kids - Robert Duvall and J.K. Simmons. (Sadly, only one can win.) And I can safely say that there is no chance a Middle Child will win “Best Actress, as none of the nominees are MidKids. Not great numbers, right? By comparison, last year there were seven Middle Child acting nominees. But while numbers don’t lie, they don’t always tell the truth, either.
I want to make a Golden
Globes joke SO badly!

     While only four MidKids are nominated, here's the good news: I say 75% of Middle Children nominees will win! Let me state that even more impressively: Middle Children will win all of the categories they are nominated in. 100%. That’s right, a Middle Child sweep. Eddie Redmayne in “Theory of Everything”, Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood” and J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash.” (Sorry, Mr. Duvall, but as a Middle Child, you should be used to not being the favorite.) And the chances that any of these MidKids will thank their older or younger siblings during their acceptance speeches? 0%!!
Enjoy the show...

Find out everything you never needed to know about all the Middle Child nominees!
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Use this handy chart to impress friends and family with your
worthless knowledge of Academy Award nominee birth order!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Can You Feel the Love, Middle Child?

     Yeah, me neither. So, once again, I've created Valentine's Day cards with extra special sentiments just for Middle Children. Because the only thing worse than feeling left out, left alone and left behind, is feeling that way on Valentine's Day! (CLICK HERE to see cards from previous years.)
     This year's cards might not make you feel any better, but at least you’ll know you weren't forgotten! Hey, it's a start.
Click on images to see them larger, then download and e-mail, or just forward the link to this post. And if you want to totally blow a Middle Child's mind on Valentine's Day, buy them a gift from the Smack Dab Shop!

















     Oh, did I forget to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day!? How typical.