CHICAGO - Welcome back to a brand new Ultimate VeggieTales Web Site! Now in its third year on the Internet, the site has moved to its new (and hopefully permanent!) home and gotten another facelift. Welcome to UltimateVeggie.com!

What's different about the site? Well, in addition to the cosmetic changes, we're getting ready to add song lyrics, sound clips, pictures and more from "Silly Sing-Along 2: The End of Silliness?" and "Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed!" (You can already find lots of this ... check out the Episode Guide to see what's already here.) You can also read the latest on the next VeggieTales video, due in stores April 1 - King George and the Ducky! Song lyrics, sound clips and more from King George are also on the way.

We've gotten rid of a few minor features - "streamlined" the web site. Returning visitors will notice that the site's guestbook is gone, for starters. The guestbook was a popular part of the site, but it ended up being too much work to keep clean. I just couldn't keep up!

Now, if you want to send your feedback, you've got a couple of choices: send an e-mail, or sign up for The Ultimate VeggieTales Web Club and tell me (and everyone else in the world!) what you think of the web site.

"VeggieWeb," the site's collection of VeggieTales links, has also been retired. There are a ton of cool VeggieTales fan sites out there - in fact, too many to try and keep track of! Thanks to everyone who submitted their site to be listed.

Visitors use to be able to buy VeggieTales videos right on the web site, through Crosswalk.com's music store. Why can't you anymore? Having retail links helped out Crosswalk, who hosted this site for free. Since the site has a new host now, those links have gone away. You can find VeggieTales videos at your local Christian retailer and in major retail stores everywhere - stores like Target, Wal-Mart, KMart, Costco, Sam's Club - even Blockbuster!

Where is "Mr. Lunt's Merchandise," or "Percy's Video Reviews?" With all the new VeggieTales merchandise being released, that one also became too much to keep up with. But you can always find a complete list of VeggieTales "content carriers" (items that carry a message, like videos, books, CDs and cassettes) in the Products section at Big Idea's official web site, BigIdea.com.

The video reviews are still on hand in case I decide to bring them out of retirement, but the section has been taken off the site because I am now employed at Big Idea - the creator of VeggieTales. So, it's a conflict of interest for me to review their products ... people might not think too highly of my opinion of what I think they do, since I work there!

I hope you enjoy the new Ultimate VeggieTales Web Site, and come back soon to find out what will be added! And don't forget the new address ... UltimateVeggie.com!