Whether Dean is being benevolent or just dutiful, I will call it gracious. He has completed my listing on blogs4God.org (I thought it was .com, but I'm sure all the normal TLD's have been reserved). Yes, he did put me back near the top on the uptime list. Maybe sometimes it's useful to blow off a little steam.

While I'm at it, I must mention something that I really respect about Dean (I'm just being specific here; not that there's only one thing). Dean is a thinking man's man. He turned me on to some helpful books for "thinking Christians." If you hadn't noticed the thinker statues in my current site design, the intellectual life is one that is of great importance to me.

Upon his recommendation, I have purchased Love God With All Your Mind and Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don't Think and What to Do About It. I'm not done with the books yet, but I like what I've read so far. I just realy--pause--Really--pause-REALLY need to take a gander at the two other books he keeps referencing. And just to keep sharing the love, I've used his affiliate links whenever possible for this post.

I also bought Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling after Amazon recommended it in the "also bought" section for Love God With All Your Mind.

Oh, and one more *very important* thing I have to thank Dean for: a good laugh. During my due diligence research for this post, I had a long overdue return visit to one of all-time favorite websites: Strong Bad E-mail at HomestarRunner.com. I watched these clips.