tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post6962470243405995669..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-74990912886493851782012-05-30T15:29:50.549-04:002012-05-30T15:29:50.549-04:00Absolutely!!!Absolutely!!!Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-4876232680173738402012-05-29T21:50:07.355-04:002012-05-29T21:50:07.355-04:00Marsha, we'll have to set up a law-school Bee ...Marsha, we'll have to set up a law-school Bee viewing party next year.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-83935897228999267842012-05-29T21:32:41.137-04:002012-05-29T21:32:41.137-04:00My staff is used to it, after all these years....My staff is used to it, after all these years....Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-30330193179948881352012-05-29T21:31:10.454-04:002012-05-29T21:31:10.454-04:00Oh...and as for that poem? More like a prayer. Her...Oh...and as for that poem? More like a prayer. Here it is...along with some personal reflection from the events of today: <a href="http://misplacedapostrophes.blogspot.com/2012/05/alexs-prayer.html" rel="nofollow">http://misplacedapostrophes.blogspot.com/2012/05/alexs-prayer.html</a>Uncle Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-89334199530928396782012-05-29T21:26:20.413-04:002012-05-29T21:26:20.413-04:00<span>Thanks! Totally agreed, Cat. :-) Also,...<span>Thanks! Totally agreed, Cat. :-) Also, yes...very happy to be on good graces again. Things are totally copacetic now.</span>Uncle Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-70201470124768102422012-05-29T21:14:01.006-04:002012-05-29T21:14:01.006-04:00There are also banners for every winner dating bac...There are also banners for every winner dating back to 1969. And there are displays with factoids, pictures, quotes, and other paraphernalia for every year of the bee since its inception in 1925. Super cool to see. The banners are gargantuan and really impressive. It's really, really cool to look back on history and see how the bee has evolved. I would not be surprised if there are plans to improve this area (actually called Hall of Champions, now that I remember it). I mean, c'mon...now they're talking an <strong>international</strong> spelling bee? That's ambitious.Uncle Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-47049814560873694102012-05-29T21:10:36.556-04:002012-05-29T21:10:36.556-04:00Digging out the headphones now, and hoping the off...Digging out the headphones now, and hoping the office mate doesn't jump too much when I cheer out of the blue.lisasednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-16414742732926747612012-05-29T19:18:29.952-04:002012-05-29T19:18:29.952-04:00Any decent graduation party will run much later th...Any decent graduation party will run much later than the Bee. Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-48756631669404995142012-05-29T18:47:34.533-04:002012-05-29T18:47:34.533-04:00One of my friends is holding a graduation party Th...One of my friends is holding a graduation party Thursday night. The look on his face when I told him "sorry, can't come, liveblogging the spelling bee" was CLASSIC.Samir Patelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-33389823829410046322012-05-29T18:46:03.563-04:002012-05-29T18:46:03.563-04:00There once was a National Spelling Bee
with a pron...There once was a National Spelling Bee<br />with a pronouncer named Dr. Bailly<br />It was quite a good show<br />And the masses followed<br />On a liveblog elucubrated by we!<br /><br />... okay, so that last line is fodder for the Friday Grammar rodeo. Sue me, I was never good at poetry, and I had to get it to rhyme. [I get bonus points for using Dr. Bailly's winning word, right?] Samir Patelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-37044065459998714482012-05-29T17:00:26.875-04:002012-05-29T17:00:26.875-04:00This is why G-d made headphones. And sick days.This is why G-d made headphones. And sick days.Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-83827467453155506532012-05-29T14:11:03.756-04:002012-05-29T14:11:03.756-04:00Then it should be an "open" Bee. Not a ...Then it should be an "open" Bee. Not a "National" Bee. "National" implies of one nation, which this clearly is not.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-66359814595609446282012-05-29T13:58:12.302-04:002012-05-29T13:58:12.302-04:00I'm sharing an office this year, so I won'...I'm sharing an office this year, so I won't be able to listen in real time. Sigh.lisasednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-11548203861381263022012-05-29T12:53:55.209-04:002012-05-29T12:53:55.209-04:00Uncle Spike, what else is in the Spellers' Hal...Uncle Spike, what else is in the Spellers' Hall of Fame? I would love to see that!Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-58347820404741461962012-05-29T11:36:13.553-04:002012-05-29T11:36:13.553-04:00Go, Uncle Spike! I'm so glad you're back i...Go, Uncle Spike! I'm so glad you're back in the mix after the Late Unpleasantness. :-) I'll forever remember you as Scoot, pretty much the greatest thing about my one and only trip to the Nat'l Bee. Gleemonexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-44422935011103849152012-05-29T11:20:46.908-04:002012-05-29T11:20:46.908-04:00Woohoo! Bee week! All productivity will now cease....Woohoo! Bee week! All productivity will now cease.Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-8274950941054839842012-05-29T10:46:19.607-04:002012-05-29T10:46:19.607-04:00Sorry, that was me, back for the Bee.Sorry, that was me, back for the Bee.BeeFannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-4896905622439169802012-05-29T10:45:32.693-04:002012-05-29T10:45:32.693-04:00It's like the US Open in golf or tennis. Or, ...It's like the US Open in golf or tennis. Or, for that matter, the French Open or All-England. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-49174148669431926042012-05-29T10:15:37.909-04:002012-05-29T10:15:37.909-04:00Before we start the Bee coverage, I have an honest...Before we start the Bee coverage, I have an honest to goodness question for all of you -- If we have competitors from Canada, China, "Europe", Japan, Ghana and New Zealand...shouldn't it be the International Spelling Bee?Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-60409550083901732992012-05-29T10:05:58.775-04:002012-05-29T10:05:58.775-04:00There was a poem/prayer that former pronouncer Ale...There was a poem/prayer that former pronouncer Alex Cameron's colleague came up with. Kinda long and highfalutin, but pretty cool, too. I bet I could scrounge it up somewhere... (seeing as how I'm at the host hotel, and the prayer is in the "Spellers' Hall of Fame.")<br /><br />It's lots of fun to be at ground zero for all the spelling excitement again!Uncle Spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-18912737404069953242012-05-29T09:24:24.558-04:002012-05-29T09:24:24.558-04:00We need an official toast. Or an epic poem. Or...We need an official toast. Or an epic poem. Or a limerick. Something.sconstantnoreply@blogger.com