Meanwhile, back at the ranch, a kid from Indiana won the National Spelling Bee tonight... and its $35,000 cash prize. When I was in the finals in 1980 and 1981, the winner took home $1000. Those of us in the middle of the pack took home checks for $50. We also weren't televised, because people back then had enough sense not to put pitiful nerds on national TV. Like everything else, now it's big business, complete with mini-features to tell the contestants' "back stories". My back story? "F*** off, I'm a lonely geek. I study spelling words at lunch because I'm afraid of people yet crave their approval. My best time for solving my Rubik's cube is 1:06. My hobbies include getting angry at basketball games. Is that enough background for you?" Ah, the good old days...
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