maybe a rumor, maybe not

Fresh from the newswire:

"Did you know that Bill Maher kind of mentioned your spelling bee on his HBO show???"

Details forthcoming.

Update from friend:

Bill Maher has this show on HBO, and the end of every show (a highlight of the show) he has these things called 'new rules'... where he has humorous insights on news of the day.. and the LAST new rule, was something like.. NEW RULE.. ADULTS MUST STOP ACTING LIKE CHILDREN.. and then he went off on a tangent on how adults (I guess around our generation) spend their time doing childish things like playing video games, and Halloween, etc.. and he says.. I MEAN TODAY YOU EVEN GO TO SPELLING BEES IN BARS........

Now there's absolutely no way someone on his writing staff didn't read the NY Times article to get that part in there.

I concur! Bill Maher's writing staff is vaguely aware of my presence!