"The State of American Cinema" February 10, 2023

[Dplass]

I listed out all the states in order too. But then thought, outside knowledge, like knowing where the heck Cimarron takes place is NEVER required. So I abandoned that idea quickly. Think this one kinda broke the rules a bit. But maybe I'm just bitter I didn't see MONTANA staring me in the face after I listed the states out vertically, lol.

The only rule of metas is that there are no rules.

[EVJ]

Maybe I missed the call or email or ??? How would I be contacted with the good news? I just know the mug is mine.

Everyone! Check your “junk” folder.
That email from Mike Miller is sitting somewhere.

[hoover]

I listed out all the states in order too. But then thought, outside knowledge, like knowing where the heck Cimarron takes place is NEVER required. So I abandoned that idea quickly. Think this one kinda broke the rules a bit. But maybe I'm just bitter I didn't see MONTANA staring me in the face after I listed the states out vertically, lol.

The only rule of metas is that there are no rules.

I thought the rule was we don't talk about metas!

[mheberlingx100]

Maybe I missed the call or email or ??? How would I be contacted with the good news? I just know the mug is mine.

Everyone! Check your “junk” folder.
That email from Mike Miller is sitting somewhere.

Unless he’s also selling some kind of blue pills in the same email, it’s not me.

[Tom Wilson]

Maybe I missed the call or email or ??? How would I be contacted with the good news? I just know the mug is mine.

Everyone! Check your “junk” folder.
That email from Mike Miller is sitting somewhere.

Unless he’s also selling some kind of blue pills in the same email, it’s not me.

Same here. My day's correspondence is all about burial plots, debt consolidation and unsolicited gift cards ... not to mention a breathy come-on from "Ava," who apparently is dying to show me photos.

[Grover]

Everyone! Check your “junk” folder.
That email from Mike Miller is sitting somewhere.

Unless he’s also selling some kind of blue pills in the same email, it’s not me.

Same here. My day's correspondence is all about burial plots, debt consolidation and unsolicited gift cards ... not to mention a breathy come-on from "Ava," who apparently is dying to show me photos.

Thanks for the tip, EVJ. I would have missed out on this one: Avoid constipation - This "pooping trick" helps people slim down fast after 40.
That could be even more important than winning a mug. Oh, nothing from Ava, but I have a date offer from Rhonda.

[LadyBird]

I have date offers from Lauren and Paola and Kristen and Esmerelda--but no Liams or Eriks or whatever! As well as numerous warnings about people logging into my apple and microsoft and facebook. And undelivered packages. No little pills though.

[BarbaraK]

I had all that sort of stuff, several emails with the name, though not the correct address, of a friend encouraging me to open a link, and curiously, this week’s Fireball crossword.

[Joe Ross]

Stay tuned for the winner...

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

[Merry Potter]

There might be a good explanation...

[Joe Ross]

Last week’s winner: Jim Wilson.

[chart]

Looks like the winner was Jim Wilson, whereabouts unknown.

[Tom Wilson]

I wish I could blame bad penmanship and snag the mug ... but I'm sure I typed Tom and can't claim otherwise.

[Onaquest]

Jim Wilson is almost an anagram of my name. Oh wait. No it isn’t.

[Sleepy]

Funny how for this puzzle the winner has no location! I’ll guess he’s from….Montana?