A couple of astute FrontBurnervians sent along this ESPN profile of Samir Patel, the Colleyville kid who spelled words and broke hearts the past two years at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Whose heart? Well, mine for one, which is why the FrontBurnervians are astute. They know what a big fan I have been — and continue to be — of Patel. The Bee just won’t be the same without him. (Also, hi Robert.)
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Ok, seriously… are you guys just cribbing from Unfair Park today?
Oh, and that should be “Whose heart?”
Noted and corrected. (And thanks.)
crib away, man, who cares, this hear’s a blog on the interwebs where attribution, scoops, and plagiarism are moot points…seriously
and i went to a halloween party this past october as samir, complete with a beatles-esque hairdo, white golf shirt, khakis, white chuck taylors and a big name tag hanging around my neck that read “Samir Patel Fort Worth Star-Telegram” with his entry number on it and only one person at the party knew what my costume was
rock on, samir
After tutoring for a number of Indian and Asian families who seemed ridiculous and fanatical and overbearing about their children’s schooling and then getting a lot of white, upper-middle-class clients, I now support the crazy Asians and Indians. I can’t tell you how many “overscheduled” white suburban kids text all day and don’t study worth a damn. They may have swim practice for two hours after school and then 90 minutes of violin, but they’re masturbating during swimming and then on Facebook on their IPhones during stringed-instrument practice.
In other words, Samir, your parents may hate you if you don’t become a cardiologist, but that’s better than valet parking.
How did you get that video on the ESPN recap? Is it an embedded hyperlink?