That is the question. And, though it took about 5 minutes, the answer seems to be yes. Huzzah! I'm in NYC, have had a great interview with the Zuda folks (thanks, guys!), and am planning the day.

One of the disadvantages to a gmail address is that the e-mails you send and receive are sorta monitored, spied-upon, you name it. It pays attention to what is said and plugs in ads, contacts, and so on.

One of the advantages to a gmail address is the same thing. So I found this morning a link to The Spirit Site.

Looks spiffy, folks. I'm putting the New York Con panel on my schedule, you can bet! (You have listened to the podcast of the interview I did about this and much more with Producer Michael Uslan, right?)

Sorry to post this so late in the day, but I wanted to notify everyone that I have just shoveled a skidload of [credit-card] cash to the website for Bob and Ray.

This is the final day for a Half-Off sale "in honor of Bob Elliott's 85th Birthday." I think the stack of simoleons completes my collection of currently available recordings of the decades of delight produced by Elliott and the late Ray Goulding. (If you check the website above, you can click on the Charles Osgood audio for a brief sample. You can hear an interview with Elliott and more samples of their strange, gentle, absurdist routines at National Public Radio.)

Again -- apologies for telling you so belatedly, but I couldn't let the deadline pass without recommending the special sale.

One reason this site is set up the way it is is that I want a fast way to check some of my favorite sites. In case you're one of the folks who doesn't look at them with the fervor with which I do, let me recommend yet again that Mark Evanier has some of the best pop culture commentary in the biz. In fact, in several bizzes. (Well, "bizes" didn't look right. What can I say?)

At any rate, I hope vast numbers of people will take to heart his posting on "questions from the audience." He has an update on it today, but please look at the original -- and tell your friends. He's not the only person I've read on the subject (and I've heard Neil Gaiman do a devastating impression of the sort of questioner under discussion) but, as one of the best panel hosts around, Mark certainly knows whereof he speaks.

On a completely different "links" topic, I note that www.maggiethompson.com has been offline for a day or so; I'm assured that The Problem Is Being Solved. Just not yet.

And, finally, I was delighted to hear on this morning's Weekend Edition Saturdaya lovely interview with Bob Elliott, who seems in fine fettle, as he prepares to turn 85. I'm not sure the interview conveyed the hilarity of his comedy sketches with partner Ray Goulding (and I have known a very few people who never have grasped their talents). But do listen to it -- and to the links offered there. Wonderful.