Thank God for Spellcheck

After so many years of writing and Catholic schools, I'm a pretty good speller. Still, I can't pretend to hold a candle to the spelling bee wizards that went on to compete nationally. I've never even heard many of the words they had to spell out.
Best thing about the Spelling Bee is that it's finally getting some attention. For years I've emceed the local bee sponsored by my employer, The Miami Herald. Except for a story in the paper, it rarely got any attention elsewhere. Over the years, however, as one bestseller featured a bee contestant as its heroine and a couple of bee movies were made, s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g has become hot.
It's about time the brainiacs got as much attention as the jocks.