"EVAN O'DEARNY, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS UP, HE'S AN ADORABLE PINT-SIZE SPELLING GENIUS AND I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT ONE DAY HE'LL CREATE SOME KIND OF AMAZING BOX-TYPE OBJECT THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD SOMEHOW": The by-line to our Bee coverage was "The Writers," -- was this Shonda? -- but we collectively loved Evan O'Dearny.  Well, he didn't build a "box-type object" but he's sure done okay for himself.  The SF Chronicle follows up with him seventeen years after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

OKAY, CAMPERS, RISE AND SHINE, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR BOOTIES 'CAUSE IT'S COOOOOOLD OUT THERE TODAY: It's February 2, so it's time to talk about the movie again. Do you buy the whole Buddhist thing, or should we just quote lines for a while and generally discuss its awesomeness?

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