The one with Love Won't Leave You's progress - March 1

As of March 1, 2006, this is the progress of Avalon's Love Won't Leave You at radio in the United States, Australia, and the rest of the world. Success!

Love Won't Leave You is now #4 at KOBC 90.7! It's knocking at #1!

Love Won't Leave You falls to #5 on CHRI 99.1FM in Canada, after a month at #1.

Love Won't Leave You is now at #6 on The Rock Across Australia, it's highest peak thus far!

On WordFM, Love Won't Leave You enters the Top 10 at #10.

Love Won't Leave You is up two to #12 on TheReachFM.

Love Won't Leave You is at #13 on 91.7 WBGL.

As of February 15, Love Won't Leave You is tied for 16th on Last.fm. It's also #16 with a bullet on 20 The Countdown Magazine.

Love Won't Leave You is up 4 notches to #17 on 103.5 WMUZ The Light.

Love Won't Leave You is ranked #17 for the month on GoForthMedia's Top 20 list.

Love Won't Leave You is up to #18 on Mediabase's survey with a bullet. It's also at #18 on Kingfisher.

On Radio and Records, Love Won't Leave You is at #19 with a bullet!

On KFax, Love Won't Leave You is at #19!

Love Won't Leave You rises two notches to #23 on JQ99 Online.

Love Won't Leave You is up to #23 on BeyondRadio.

On Billboard's Hot Christian Songs, Love Won't Leave You is down to #23 and slips out of the top 20 on its Hot Christian Adult Contemporary chart.

Love Won't Leave You ranks 24th on CCW's Top 25 Singles Adult Contemporary.

94% of women 25-44 on HisAir.net are familiar with Love Won't Leave You!

Love Won't Leave You has been on Sonshine FM's playlist for two and a half months. Love Won't Leave You is also on Calvary 88.5's playlist, as well as 1WayFM 91.9. Love Won't Leave You is still on RROnline's playlist, as well as ninetysix five's playlist.

The one with the "Ask Ganns Anything" post

For 24 hours, you can post any question you want in the comments box (just nothing too explicit or obscene, please). 48 hours from now, I'll answer all the questions.

Should be interesting to see where this takes us, eh? :D

The cheap shot

Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday Happy birthday
Happy birthday to me

This year, my waistline and my age match. I am now 40.

Joke. I'm 29. It's my last year in the 20s. Gosh, I'm ancient.

The one with the Idols who aren't afraid to proclaim their faith

I confess that I started paying attention to Mandisa Hundley after I heard that she forgave Simon for his cutting comments on her weight. I thought to myself, "wow, what a great attitude. That's a Christian walking the walk."

After seeing her performance, I am fully convinced Mandisa Hundley has what it takes to win American Idol, save for the double standard that full-figured women have never truly gone the distance (the closest, I imagine, being Jennifer Hudson, who deserved that title more than Diana DeGarmo, Jasmine Trias, and John Stevens, who lasted longer than she).

Mandisa Hundley was amazing. She knocked Never out of the ballpark, and the other girls just couldn't compare for sheer showmanship. Amazing, amazing. Go girl, rock it for Christ.

I am thrilled that Carrie Underwood took a chance to proclaim her faith with Jesus Take the Wheel, and that gamble has paid off: at six weeks, the song is the second longest-running #1 country single by a female artist in history, tied with Faith Hill's Breathe. If Jesus Takes the Wheel lasts three more weeks at the top, it'll be the longest-running #1 country single by a solo female artist in history (the record holder, FYI, is Connie Smith's Once a Day, which had an eight-week run at No. 1 in 1964-65).

Let's also not forget Ruben Studdard's I Need An Angel, the full-gospel sophomore release. Admittedly, this sold nowhere near his debut, Soulful, but it's all good because Ruben's roots are in gospel anyway, so it's wonderful that he also took the time to declare his faith with the release of that album.

Other Christian American Idol finalists weren't afraid of proclaiming their faith, including first season finalist RJ Helton, who released his own contemporary Christian album, and third season finalist George Huff, whose Miracles was nominated for a Grammy Award.

The one with acceptance

I am fat. Yes, I admit it, I am obese. I've struggled for years with this, and you know what? I accept it.

I accept that I'm chubby. I accept that I get winded up the stairs. I accept that I probably will not live very long before hypertension, cancer, diabetes, or a bus hurtling down Bonifacio Avenue, comes and gets me smack dab in the butt.

I do not, however, accept that I should be judged solely on physical appearance. I do not accept the totality of my worth being based on the fact that I'm pudgier, heavier, or rounder than any of you.

God accepted and loved me as I am. All of y'all should too.