And here's the world Spam-eating championship, with eaters converging at Austin's Circuit of the Americas to compete for five grand in prizes. Three Texas locals – Greg Wilson (Austin), Jocelyn Walker (Sherman), and Alex Perez (Dallas) – will take on a battalion of the nation's top-ranked eaters to see who can, um, who can eat the most Spam in eight minutes. Because this, still so near the beginning of the 21st century, in the Second Year of Our Plague, is part of what our species calls entertainment.