it's been a long time since I've heard morning-talk-show sound effects

This morning I was woken up by a call from KTYD in Santa Barbara wanting to know if they could call back and interview me in an hour about the spelling bee. I used that hour to wake up ever so slightly and make some coffee, and then they called back, with bobbyblue also on the line and another special guest -- current ESPN Scripps Howard spelling bee winner Anurag Kashyap (pictured).

Hosts Matt and Julie attempted several times to get Anurag's last name right, and then they asked him to spell a word that they couldn't actually pronounce, but Anurag figured out what they meant and spelled "ichthyopathy." (Not sure about that -- it was hard to hear, but the word wasn't "ichthyology"; it was definitely an "-opathy" word).

Bobby and I discussed the bee, our kinder-and-gentler three strikes policy, and how drunk people tend to get at the bee (not much; they tend to save the real drinking for after the competition).

I'd like to give a mad shout-out to bobbyblue, the Will to my Grace, the jelly on my peanut butter.

Listen to bobby's band, y las flores, here.