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Friday, June 04, 2004

Spelling Bee Gangsta (video)

Some of you already probably saw this on the news, but I still HAD to post it. Yesterday, at the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., 13-year-old Akshay Buddiga fainted on stage when confronted with the daunting task of having to spell the word "alopecoid". To the crowd's amazement, Buddiga had the presence of mind to shake it off, get back up and correctly spell the word, thus making him the first official Spelling Bee Gangsta. Oh, and he also went on to place second in the competition.