Evan O'Dorney wins the 2007 Spelling Bee
Congratulations to Evan O’Dorney – the 13-year-old California boy made winning the Bee look easy. Of all the winners in recent years, I’ve never seen one quite as cool as Evan. Now he gets his 15 minutes of fame, which by the looks of him he’ll have fun with. Interesting minor side point: he always eats fish before competing. That fact makes my appreciation of fresh tuna only greater.
(And what about those Canadians? This was the second year in a row that an American won after a final duel with a Canadian. The North Country apparently creates some fierce, no-holds-barred orthographers.)