So I know we are up to our elbows in snow and Sochi, but in these frigid days of February don’t forget that the Oscar’s are just around the corner… and before you know it, March Madness will be here and then SPRING! (too soon?)

In celebration of movie madness, the Excel Rain Man Osculator is back for its 5th season! So whether you have seen all of the nominated flicks or none (me)… Spice up this year’s Academy Awards with the Excel Rain Man OSCulator (OSCAR + Calculator = OSCulator)… which is yet another Allyssa Tzavlakis creation!

The OSCulator is an easy to use Oscar winner pick-um game…. so let the betting begin! Here’s your chance to be a fantasy commish and bring the amazing OSCulator spreadsheet-based pool to your office chums, bowling league, intramural kickball squad or supper club.

Consider the OSCulator to be a great warm-up for the upcoming season of sports-related wagering without the risk of having your dreams dashed when Towson drops Kentucky in a nail biter.

To use the free Excel Rain Man 2014 OSCulator:
Go to the Tips & Tricks page of www.ExcelRainMan.com and download the file called 2014 OSCulator.
A pop-up window will appear asking you to Open or Save this file. We recommend saving the file in a memorable directory on your PC (Desktop or My Documents).
Now find the 2014 Osculator.zip file that you saved, right click on it and select “Extract All…”. Once this is complete (note the Wizard is happy to walk you through this), we suggest opening the 2014 OSCulator Guide to walk you through your brand new 2014 OSCulator.
Direct the pool entrants to download the 2014 Oscar Ballots for free from the Tips & Tricks page of www.ExcelRainMan.com. Ask all participants to enter their Name where indicated on the form and make a selection for each Award Category using the available dropdown menus.
Your crew sends back their completed Ballots.
You (aka the Pool Manager) will keep track of their selections via the 2014 OSCulator. Let our OSCulator do the work of tallying up the results on OSCAR night so you can get back to your white zin and enjoy the rest of your evening.

Please note that both our PC and Mac friends can participate in the OSCAR Pool by filling out the ballots, but the 2014 OSCulator has to be run by a PC.