Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 1,273

…yeah I know you did not ask!

On NPR this morning they reported that the Scripps National Spelling Bee had a tie for the first time in 52 years.  The two eventual winners went through 25 championship words before being declared co-winners.  Then NPR gave their names.  I thought to myself that I could not pronounce let alone spell their names…

Just for the record the winners were Sriram Hathwar, an eighth-grader from Painted Post, N.Y., and Ansun Sujoe, a seventh-grader from Fort Worth, Texas.