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Somewhere in this elaborate rubbish pile I call my office there's a quote from...

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Jul. 23, 2009
Somewhere in this elaborate rubbish pile I call my office there's a quote from a late John Updike poem ruminating on how long he will be remembered after he dies. He did die, of course - apparently we all will, which is just unfair - and so the poem takes on...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler