raj van allen would say that you do, in fact, like practical jokes.

Maybe the extra weight is from the mustache?

rebecca marie: my thoughts precisely. oh Raj.... My heart loves that you even remembered his last name.

Gina- The beauty and potential that is Ry's mustache is gone. His dumb wife made him shave it.

yeah. I called her that. You would too if.....
oh crap.
sorry Jess.
you're not dumb.
(but it was a lovely stache)

but perhaps the key to effortless weight loss was hidden within those soft baby facial hairs... but we'll never know.

I am pretty sure that you are infact, already Gob from Arrested Developement. All you need is a magic show.
I love that you guys don't have a TV. It is my dream, so Eric and I were tlaking about it...but Eric likes to have a few minutes of down time when he gets home from a long day at work, so we decided he could watch a show to unwind. And then we need to watch, "So You Think You Can Dance", and then we decided that we felt to constricted by these rules so we ended up saying that we could watch TV when we want and then we turn it off when it is boring.
...I think we made some pretty good headway. A big step I think.

Ryan - I've been spying on you for probably two years. I don't know how long it's been. I just had to tell you that I LURVE The Colbert Report. He might be the funniest person in the world. I saw the interview with NT Wright but I hadn't seen Tony Campolo's interviews (there are a couple of them out there).

I've enjoyed watching/reading your evolution as a family - especially in the last year or so. I'm not in the exact same place as you but I feel like I'm heading in the same direction. Thanks for sharing your journey.

It's always nice to see a silent stalker come out of the closet!

i've been reading this book about nutrition and some things that vegetarians typically eat are actually sort of bad for them . . . at least that's what this book says. i am working on getting more info before i make any informed choices on changing my diet again.

the book is "nourishing traditions" by dr sally fallon. the thing i do really dig about this book is its stress on eating fermented foods, drinking kombucha, sticking with non-pasteurized dairy products and soaking or sprouting your grains before cooking with them. these all make a lot of sense to me and i am going to try to adhere more to them.

Don't even get me started on that book! Everywhere we turn we hear it recommended by yet another person. We'll get it at some point (probably when we find a good cheap used copy)
Let me know what you find.

I have to agree that flakey people and arrogant people irritate the heck out of me too.

Makes me wonder why I am in ministry!