Notice the Facebook box at right? As I write this at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, my FB page records 497 fans.* Who will be the 500th? Who? Who?? (The anticipation is practically unbearable.)

You can sign up right there in the box, as long as you’re already on Facebook.

* 5 p.m. Tuesday: 498.

* 8 a.m. Wednesday: 501! Well, that was easy. Thank you to Kimberly Holiday (497), Robin Gonzalez (498), Darryl Musick (499) and Ms. 500, Nicole Leo. Not to mention No. 501, Ron Scott, for giving me a cushion against defections.