SHONDA, OF COURSE, HAS DIBS ON SAMIR: When you're getting ready to pick your entries in the 2006 ALOTT5MA Spelling Bee Pool, realize that there are five spellers in it for at least the fourth time this year: five-timers John Louis Tandy Tamplin of Kentucky (seen here prematurely wearing the orange and black) and my 2005 pick, New Jersey's Katharine Close; as well as four-timers Rajiv Tarigopula (#4 in 2005); muesli victim Nidharshan Subra Anandasivam, who started prepping again the moment last year's competition ended; and, of course, 2005 runner-up and all-around-cutie Samir Sudhir Patel. Your pre-Bee scouting begins with this quintet.
(Tentative rules for this year: select three spellers, at least one of whom must be a first-timer and only one of whom can be a 4x entrant or higher, and you get one point for every word spelled correctly in the oral rounds. As always, eternal fame and glory are your sole prizes.)
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