Cathie and I took the kids to go see the movie Because of Winn-Dixie last night. What a great movie! The movie deals with the daughter of the local preacher, she's new in town with no friends. She meets a dog, and in turn learns about community and and connections to others as she comes to understand her past, especially her mom. It's a tear-jerker in parts, maybe it's just stuff going on with friends of ours that made it especially poignant. The amazing part was that Dave Matthews was in this movie playing a slow guitar playing vagrant. It's a good role for him. He fit really naturally into it. I was try to explain to Nate how much my friend Jason loves Dave Matthews. I came up with this, "If that man were a woman, Jason would've probably married him instead of Jess."