Lost "Catch-22"- Easter Egg

I'm going to write more later, but did anyone catch this: The picture on the head monk's desk included him and the lady from the antique store that was featured in Desmond's flashback!! Interesting!!

Also, a couple of interesting notes on "Ruth" (this is the theological portion of this entry, where I manage to introduce themes from the bible and probably completly botch them!)

Ruth - from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ruth

Two major theological themes are redemption (the verb redeem means to ‘buy back’ or ‘redeem’ but fundamentally its meaning is ‘to protect’) and hesed (loving kindness). Redemption was both a rich social and religious concept in Israel’s daily life. Socially the Israelites were aware of their responsibility to one another to protect the weak and unprotected. Redemption secures the life of the people as a community, not just as individuals.

For Christians the book has additional significance. The connection between Ruth and David is very important because Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, whose husband Joseph was of the lineage of David, thus making Ruth a fore-mother of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:5). The line can be traced as:

Boaz father of Obed
Obed father of Jesse
Jesse father of David
David (eventual) father of Joseph
Joseph "father" of Jesus
Ruth's famous words, "For wherever you go, I will go ...," are used in Catholic and some Protestant marriage services, underscoring the similarity of marriage and religious conversion in their covenantal nature.

Some have theorized that Ruth was in fact an Israelite who lived in Moab, not a foreigner without Israelite blood. This is based on linguistic and textual evidence. (See R. K. Phillips, Rahab and Ruth, Who Were They?.)

Ruth is commemorated as a matriarch in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod on July 16

-Moving from a puritanical paragragh to....SAWYER and KATE....wow, I was a little shocked at the Kate crotch grab....I mean it was obvious. I didn't really need to see that to know that they were "connecting".

-So, the chopper crashed right? I couldn't actually see anything in the water after the splash? What exactly hit the water? So, I guess every trip to this island is a one-way ticket.

-We know where Desmond learned the word "brutha" now. And we also know that the monastery is where he met Penny. And we know he is not very good at commitment to women

-"You two arguing over your favorite "other"? " -- loved that quote from Sawyer. I just love Sawyer anyway and I am really starting to dislike Jack. Jack acts as though it his birth-right to run the island and the Losties - I'm over it!!