Special Update! The 4th Annual Education Enrichment Fund Celebrity Spelling Bee starts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2015. That’s this Friday, which brings to mind m-e-r-d-e, for I haven’t studied at all.

The Bee is tons of fun, and the cause—supporting needy children in the Tucson Unified School District—is a great one. Go to 4th Annual Celebrity Spelling Bee for information and giving instructions. Note that I’m way behind on my goal. Help will be much appreciated, and please attend, for it really is lots of fun.

Yours truly, on the way to a 3rd place finish.

P.S. Yes, that is Congresswoman Martha McSally on my far right. (She was not yet elected as of last year’s Bee.) She took second place. To my immediate right is Hilary Van Alsburg from the Tucson Children’s Museum. She won last year and the year before, and is now running the event.