Flip off, haters

It wasn't a complete cakewalk, but Chicago teacher Colby Burnett converted his big first-day lead into the quarter-million grand prize in Jeopardy's tournament of champions. That's nice, but what I really like is his attitude toward his Internet hate club. Basically, that attitude is eff off.

Which is exactly the right attitude, in my cocky opinion. Colby said this about the haters: "I like the fact that I know things. I've been involved in academic competitions since I was 14 years old." Yeah, and now he's $350,000 richer, with his hundred grand from the teachers tournament win.

None of his Internet detractors will ever have to worry about winning that kind of money on Jeopardy. Colby didn't even take grief from Alex Trebek about his name (which, in case you didn't notice, is also the name of a type of cheese). "I’m not taking this from anyone. I don’t care who you are."

This guy's got cojones. Good for him, and congratulations on the victory.