Serrefine, S-E-R-R-E-F-I-N-E, serrefine.

It's time once more for that weirdly fascinating event known as the National Spelling Bee (airs tomorrow and Friday). The kids are awkward (some more than others), yet there is something captivating about watching these middle school boys and girls triumph on national t.v., unashamed of their nerdliness. If you've never seen this event before, I highly recommend catching some of it - Tivo the finals if you can - I'm willing to bet you won't be able to click away from it.

It's the reason...

It's interesting how random memories collide sometimes. Just days apart, my kids were asking about my favorite TV shows when I was a kid (as part of our new nightly "Dinner Games") and Sarah over at Jake and Nina Save the Day posts part of an episode from one of them - a show I haven't thought about in years - what are the chances? I just had to go a-searching for more:

Say it ain't so, AB

I'm shocked and disappointed - Alton Brown is a born-again Christian:

In 1992, Brown says, he found God, or maybe God found him, but he blundered away until he became a born-again Christian. The single biggest life-changing thing for me is I just got baptized last year. Everything else pales in comparison to acceptance of Christianity. That's number one.

I never would have thought. Unitarian Universalist, sure. Even United Methodist I could understand. But born-again? What's next? Bill Nye is a Jehovah's Witness? Richard Dean Anderson is an Intelligent Design creationist?