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When the weirdos come out of the woodwork to post comments on year old blog entries to prove that while they're great at spelling, including all of the words necessary to make a sentence, not so much.   That's right, it's spelling bee time and, again, it's on like Anqi Dong.  The rounds leading up to the finals have been going on yesterday and today, so let's find out where my picks from last year are and rank them based on TOTALLY circumspect evidence:

Tia Thomas: Even though this year's profile picture is a washed out mess, she got profiled on Good Morning America, which means they have a vested interest in seeing her go far.  If you know what I'm saying.  I'm saying Robin Roberts is going to crack some kneecaps.
Odds: 3:2.

Lina "aquaintance of nutjobs" Bader: This year's profile pic is much clearer than last years, and she appears to have an army of seventh-graders willing to post anonymous comments on my blog, which is a bad sign.  I think this is her last eligible year, so she's got that going for her.  How about a deal, Bader's Brigade?  If Lina Bader makes it to the finals and sniffs her hands Sealfon-style in the first round tonight, I'll take that as a sign that you're actually friends with her and will adjust my rating accordingly.
Current odds: 100,000:1.

Anqi Dong: A lot of the canadian kids got wasted in the fourth round, but the Donger made it through.  I'm going to continue to hope that we have a national spelling bee champion from Saskatoon named Anqi Dong for as long as possible.
Odds: 2:1.

2007 Wendy Gueh Memorial Mogwai Award: this lazy-eyed cutie muffin: Rosa Nguyen.  Odds someone will feed her after midnight: 5:3.

I can't give out a Crazy-McCuckoopants award just yet.  There's a lot of scary looking kids in this year's field.  We'll see how it goes.