Eric, you are a wimp. For seven months my wife was on a different continent. Don’t try to tell me about long-distance relationships :). For that matter, even Josh has you beat with his Spanish lady-friend. Also, screw evening cell phone minutes. Use Skype: it’s free. You both have to have broadband, but that’s not a problem, right?

I really think that Josh is right about evangelicals. I tried to tell my mother that Osteen doesn’t preach the Gospel, and she looked at me strangely and asked, “What do you think that the Gospel is?” The thing is, my mother knows the Gospel, the real one about sin and crucifixion and resurrection, but she thinks that Osteen’s positive-thinking mantras are a perfectly normal part of it.

This is why I’m not an evangelical.