June 1st is my wife’s birthday.
It is also the Official First Day of Hurricane Season. I merely note that as a point of interest and imply no correlation.
With our hectic schedule, it is often hard to find the time to celebrate special occasions, and yesterday was no exception.
Because of the birthday, I thought it would be nice if I cooked for my bride. I tried to recall what makes for a traditional Chinese meal for such an occasion. I was able to get the chicken part correct, as well as the greens, (there were green colored things in the salad); but, I believe I missed the noodles.
Thank goodness they were just pulling the chickens out of the oven when I got to Super Target and the potato salad and other side dishes were just made as well. You now know my secret to cooking, the Deli.
Yesterday was also the 5th game in the Mavericks and Suns NBA series. I understand that the Mav’s won. I understand this because I read it on the web this morning. I read it on the web this morning, because yesterday was my wife’s birthday. It was also the 1st ever-Prime Time coverage of the Scripps Spelling Bee. ABC covered it…not making this up.
As it turns out my wife, the engineer actually competed in Spelling Bees in her younger years. She was beyond thrilled that it was being covered LIVE on network television. I did not share this thought, but did I mention it was her birthday?
Well, to say the tension was intense would be understating the obvious. Thirteen ‘engineers to be’ took the stage and it was ON.
Game faces, a tug of the jersey and little rituals abounded….one by one they asked questions of the judges.
“What is the origin of the word?”
“Are there any other phrasings of the word?”
You could just imagine sitting beside these ‘Geeks’ years later in a Project meeting: “What is the reason for this project?”
“Have we asked the managers if they really want this project?”
Well, you get the drift.
There was controversy... it was spellbinding. At one point, a young lady was ‘booted’ from the competition for incorrectly spelling some word I had never heard of.
Apparently, they were using the ‘Refs’ from the Super Bowl to judge this competition. Unlike the Super Bowl, (he was never in the end zone and Jackson did get a TD!); they actually reversed themselves and brought the disgraced contestant back into the ‘bee’.
Well, in the end, someone won and another contestant came in second. I think it went into extra innings.
There are few suggestions I do have:
Slow Motion! We want to see the utter look of defeat and fear when a word is spelt wrong and these kids are forced to walk over to their parents who are seated on the same stage.
Cheerleaders! “A…B…C…D”...or something like that…
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