A Sea Of Red

AKA 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee...
...everyone from "country of origin is USA" in the semis today has been eliminated, at least the ones I have seen. I think tonite's finals will look much like the front desk at a budget hotel or the checkout counter at a convenience store.

(yes, sad commentary on my life that I am actually watching it)

i am watching that now.

But having Greeny and Golic is great!!!!!

givemethemic wrote:But having Greeny and Golic is great!!!!!

yeah finding the most boring radio personalities to do the most boring play by play is a great fit....

also having golic and greeney doing the Scripps (sounds like script) spelling bee is something i find hilariously ironic...

How can the kid be protesting "Clevis." Geeze...what a moron.

Rooskies, call Cider Jim and make sure he's watching as well...this could be valuable information for Quiz Bowl tournaments.

Fumblerooskies wrote:How can the kid be protesting "Clevis." Geeze...what a moron.

And all you students wondered what the LU Faculty did during their summer breaks! It doesn't get any more exciting than that!

Wow. Barbeque and spelling. You live a full life, Fumble.

Libertine wrote:Wow. Barbeque and spelling. You live a full life, Fumble.

....and don't forget a healthy does of FlameFans.
and it is BARBECUE....or simply BBQ.

and the winner is...

Thirteen-year-old Evan O'Dorney of Danville, Calif., breezed through the Scripps National Spelling Bee with barely a hitch Thursday night, taking the title, the trophy and the prizes in a competition that he confessed really wasn't his favorite.

Great quotes...

The home-schooled eighth-grader easily aced "serrefine" -- a noun describing small forceps -- to become the last youngster standing at the 80th annual bee. He triumphed after a tense duel with Nate Gartke of Spruce Grove, Alberta, who was trying to become the first Canadian to win.

Afterward, Evan spoke more enthusiastically about attending a math camp in Nebraska this summer than about becoming the English language's top speller.

"My favorite things to do were math and music, and with the math I really like the way the numbers fit together," he said. "And with the music I like to let out ideas by composing notes -- and the spelling is just a bunch of memorization."

Evan, who tied for 14th last year, won $35,000 cash, plus a $5,000 scholarship, a $2,500 savings bond and a set of reference works. He said he knew how to spell the winning word as soon as the pronouncer said it.

The kid who juggles at home while his mother calls out words...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2889479

Maybe he can come and tutor GMTM

Did any of you guys see 'Akeena and the Bee'? The juggling was mentioned in there as well.