Month: March 2006

Dirtbags win first game of season

The Dirtbags won their first game of the Spring softball season, 11-10 over the Athletics, tonight at the Waxahachie Sports Complex.
The Dirtbags made a great turnaround to win the game in the 6th, after trailing the entire game.
The slow start worried Dirtbag fans as the team (1-0) fell 7 runs behind by the 2nd inning. But with a fired up defense, the team began their comeback, holding the A’s to only 3 runs for the remainder of the game.
The Dirtbag hitters also came out swinging in the third and closed the A’s lead to only 3 by the 6th inning.
Down by one, with no outs, Jonathan Blundell, who was pulled from his spot in right field after the 2nd inning, knocked a line drive over 2nd baseman, scoring a run and rounding 2nd to third after several errors by the A’s.
With the game tied, Blundell waited on third as his right field replacement and roommate, Matt Lehmann stepped up to bat and drove his second single of the night right over the 2nd baseman’s head.
On the dropped ball, Blundell scored, giving the Dirtbags their first win of the 2006 season.
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Ok. It probably wasn’t near as glorious as that sounds. But I have to tell you, I wasn’t having a good game or much fun until I knocked that line drive into the out field right over 2nd base.
I stopped at first, but after the runner scored and the catcher fumbled with the ball I took off running to 2nd, where another bad catch let me round the base and get to third.
I was completely out of breath when Matt drove the ball right back over the 2nd baseman. I took off running and beat the throw at home by mere seconds.
I was 1 for 3 for the night with one RBI.
Matt was 2 for 3, with two singles and the RBI.
And yes, they pulled me from right field after the second inning, which was fine, because I’m no good there and I hate playing outfield.
But everyone always says, “You may not play that great, but you play with all you’ve got.”
I’ve got a nice cut on my arm from where I ran full steam into the fence while chasing a ball that just missed going foul.
I’d give you everyone else’s stats, but I really didn’t pay any attention. If anyone else on the team wants to comment on their stats, feel free.
So there you have it. My big fish story for the week.
I’ve got to say, it’s been a pretty good week so far, “and it’s only getting better.”

Weirdest lunch ever

I went home for lunch (as usual), fixed myself some chicken and rice and accident’s spilt some rice on the floor.
So once I finished eating I went to get my vacuum to clean up the rice.
I plugged it in, turned it on and then BOOM! my vacuum bag exploded everywhere. Me and everything within a 10 feet radius was covered in dust and dirt.
Unbelievable.
There went my lunch time nap. Dang.

New TV pilot shot at SMU

ABC was out shooting a pilot at SMU this week, for a show called “A House Divided” that stars Dylan McDermott.
From Frontburner:

I spoke to a friend who auditioned for (and received) a small part in the pilot. The premise of this series is that a liberal president gets elected by a narrow margin – or by Electoral College votes only – sets out on his crazy, far-left agenda, alienating the “working people” of a small Midwest American town, who in turn either are victimized or glorified by ego-driven, out-of-control heads of state (a governor, an FBI chief, a rogue Senator), and all of a sudden: civil war.
The shots at SMU are the military academy locations.

Church in Eden

This is from a group in Eden in Leamington Spa (cross the pond).
Jonny Baker has this “ad” on his site.

You love God but you just can’t do Sunday morning style church?
You’re really not into singing songs all the time or you don’t believe that singing songs is the only way we can worship God?
You would like to be part of a church where you are accountable to each other and are responsible for helping each other grow?
You’re tired of professional Christianity and you just want to be church like it was with Jesus and his followers back in his human days?
You believe Church is more fluid than a building or tradition.

Sound interesting?

Where will your passion take you?

Scoble talks about SXSW and the founder of Wikipedia.

Last night I heard Jimmy Wales speak. He told his secret. Why he started Wikipedia. He made me cry. You see, last night we were speaking as part of the 20×2 event. 20 speakers. Two minutes each on stage. To answer this question: what is the secret?
His secret? He was gonna be cute, he told us. Say something funny about how Wikipedia knew his secret. But, he thought he’d ask his five-year-old daughter. “I don’t have any secrets, dad,” she answered back. But, alas, she turned out to be Jimmy’s secret in the end. See, when she was born she was in a world of hurt. I forget the disease’s name. You know when you have something you can’t remember that you’re in a world of hurt. She was given 1 in 3 odds of living. Jimmy did some research on the Internet and learned everything he could about that strange disease and found one of the world’s leading doctors. He tried an experimental treatment. Only 50% had lived through that so far. The doctor put some new, experimental, protein-based fluid into her lungs and flushed them out. Turned out she lived, and the story ends happily. Jimmy told us that he wanted everyone in the world to be able to find information on things like his daughter’s diseases and find the world’s experts on them. The day he got his daughter home from the hospital is the day Jimmy started Wikipedia.

What is your passion? Where will it take you today? How will it affect your life and change you? How can you make your passion my passion and vice-versa?
Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks
When you’re passionate about something, you’ll live it. You’ll breathe it. You’ll die for it. And your passion will be evident to everyone around you.
And they saw that they were just ordinary unschooled men, who had been with Jesus