I’m super stoked that my favorite show LOST returns tomorrow night after a 13 week hiatus. The producers have finally decided to run Season 4 in continuous fashion, a la another hit serial, 24. (Parenthetically, I’ve been pleased so far with 24, although we could all see the “twist” at the end of last night’s episode coming a mile away.) From the previews, we’re pretty much assured that Kate & Sawyer make it off the “other” island and that Jack is going to be left behind. After about 3 more episodes, don’t expect to see Jack for quite a while. My prediction: the time he spends in “Other”-land with Juliet will make him sympathetic to their cause. Should be a great run of episodes here to close out the season.

Wouldn’t you hate to be the baseball coach at the University of Florida? I’ll bet he’s thinking, “Thanks a lot, Urban & Billy.”

Joshua’s favorite movie of all-time is the Disney flick Cars. We took the kids to the mall on Friday and let them each pick out a toy at the Disney store. Of course, he had to have Lightning McQueen. I love to hear him pronounce Lightning’s name. Phonetically, he calls him “White-men Ah-keen”. Indeed, son.

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I was so glad to see my boy Peyton finally get the monkey off his back by winning the big one. Not sure he deserved to be named MVP, but who cares? And is there a classier guy in professional sports than Tony Dungy? The comment that’s been ringing in my ears in the aftermath of the Superbowl: Dungy’s remark, “You can win doing it the Lord’s way.” He’ll always be Coach to me.

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Pitchers and catchers report next week. The Cards officially begin their title defense. Baseball, it’s been a long, lonely four months.

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If you look closely, you’ll notice a few new links in my community section. I’ve added my old friends Lucy and Dylan Pyeatt. They were in my youth group back in Kingsport. Lucy just started her blog and she’s a little apprehensive about the whole thing, so you’ll all have to check out her page and encourage her to join the rest of us in the blogsphere. Dylan is a sophomore youth ministry major at Harding and he’ll be joining our staff as a youth intern this summer. Be sure to check out their blogs when you have the chance.

There’s also a blog in my Links section for Skinny N’ Rich. 5 of us are a part of a weight-loss team participating in the Scale Back Alabama competition. You can check out our blog and keep up with all the pounds we’re dropping. I’m proud to say that I stand atop the current leaderboard with 16 lbs. lost since January 22nd. I probably can’t keep up this kind of pace, but at least I’m eating right and exercising consistently. Follow the link for more info.

Over here at Already & Not Yet, I passed the 50,000 hit mark today. I started this whole blog thing a little over two years ago in an effort to reach the teens of our youth group. I began by posting devotional material on a semi-regular basis. After 71 posts in ’05, I really hit my stride in 2006. I started posting more regularly and my writing took a more personal tone. This blog largely functions as a repository for my thoughts on the things that comprise the fabric of my life: family, God, baseball, music, grad school, friends, prayer requests, etc. For those of you who check this page out on a regular basis, I thank you. I appreciate your comments, your encouragement, but mostly your presence in my life. I have no idea how long I’ll keep this thing going, but I enjoy the community we share here.