Soon we, the Official Website of Alex Goodling, will be needed no longer. Soon patient love will blossom further into a new reality. Soon our hero will enter into a new realm of grace and joy.

Soon and very soon.

...Godspeed, Alex and Ruth.

 - The End of the Beginning -

(Before we go on, we would like to point out that we are now switching to posting pictures of The Official Website of Alex Goodling Staff. But only on occasion.)

Alex the Beautiful is down south. On vacation. Or something. Soaking up the proverbial sun. Check out his Other Site to see the maintenance that our newest intern is doing on its dusty cyberspace.

So we are of course here to entertain and provoke you to new levels of Alex Goodling awareness. We think it best to start, and likely end, on a Tough Quiz:

1. Alex's horn is:
     a. Golden
     b. Silverish
     c. Copper
     d. Dirty

2. Alex has swallowed, amongst other things, one of these:
     a. Jew Harp
     b. Cicada
     c. Guitar pick
     d. Dick Cheney

3. If we were to publicize the "Anthem to Alex", what is probably a phrase or word we wouldn't use?:
     a. Alex the Beautiful
     b. "Blazin... Hazen..."
     c. Ace the Extra Cream
     d. Ruthie
     e. "OooookLAhoma, where the wheat will something something and some RAAAIN..."

4. Alex:
     a. is kind of Rich
     b. is Very Rich
     c. Comes in Mild, Spicy, and Hot varieties
     d. Was a ballerina

5. You think Alex would be most hilarious as a:
     a. Action figure with fully functional CLC key set and pizza box!
     b. Mermaid...or merman (?)
     c. Muppet
     d. Ballerina (There are male ballerinas...but perhaps we should call them ballerinos...but perhaps not...)

6. If Alex starred in an Amazing Motion Picture, it would most likely be a combination of:
     a. The Land Before Time IV, Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, and Barney: The Movie
     b. The Last Starfighter, Red Dawn, and While You Were Sleeping
     c. Hello, Dolly!, Oklahoma!, and Home Alone
     d. Beauty and the Beast, Napoleon Dynamite, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

7. Alex can speak:
     a. True
     b. False
     c. Bulgarian
     d. Yeah, right.

8. Alex's car is named:
     a. The Heidy-Ho
     b. The Loveboat
     c. The Blazen Hazen
     d. Richard

9. Which of these countries has Alex visited?:
     a. Bulgaria
     b. Mexico
     c. Neptune
     d. Texas

10. Which of Alex's friends do you think needs to get married the most?:
     a. Jose-Ricky Alcantar

11. They are making a National Treasure II. Alex should play:
     a. the villain, opposite Nicolas Cage
     b. Nicolas Cage
     c. the treasure 
     d. all of the ensemble

12. If you were Alex, you would:
     a. Court Ruthie
     b. Rock at laser tag
     c. Have lots of friends
     d. And that's all there is to it.