Author: Jonathan Blundell

I'm a husband, father of three, blogger, podcaster, author and media geek who is hoping to live a simple life and follow The Way.

UMHB looses; Trinity wins on 15 laterals

UMHB lost their first game of the year against UW-Whitewater, the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year.
It was a big lost, 41-14.
But while UMHB lost, Trinity (in San Antonio) won their game with an amazing play with just 2 seconds remaining. They used 15 laterals to run down the field and score their winning TD. Amazing.

Weekend roundup

a. Finally got confirmation from the Credit Union about my truck loan around 6:15 p.m. Friday evening
b. Probably should have called the sales guy then but was under the impression he was in a rush and he would call me
c. He didn’t
d. Enjoyed some BBQ at Bubba’s Que in Red Oak. Wasn’t my all-time favorite – but it was a good meal.
e. Caught up on several televisions shows thanks to our wonderful DVR
f. Went to bed fairly early for a Friday night
g. Slept extra late on Saturday morning (expecting a call from the sales guy)
h. Called the sales guy and realized Saturday was probably not my day to get my new truck
i. Cleaned the house and spent a good 30-45 minutes unclogging all the carpet fuzz and Presley hair out of the vacuum
j. Went shopping and bought a new Texas Star for the front of the house and groceries for BBQ to be held later
k. Lit the grill around 5:45 and waited as folks arrived and the charcoal warmed
l. Cooked some great steaks for Laurie and I, let everyone else cook their own steaks, shrimp or burgers
m. Enjoyed a great meal with friends
n. Played ImagineIff with the same friends and found out more outside the game about everyone than during the game
o. Woke up Sunday morning for church as usual
p. Enjoyed not having many responsibilities for the day
q. Was excited to see five more baptisms yesterday
r. Came home and enjoyed a great meal Laurie fixed
s. Fell asleep about the same time Martha, Aunt Linda, Phil and Vicki showed up to see the house
t. Enjoyed their company and then went Geocaching after their visit
u. Struck out four times (although we really only attempted two)
v. Came home, enjoyed a quiet evening and went to bed early
w. now its back to the Mon-Fri grind again

What about you? What did you do? Think you can fill a full alphabet?

Huckabee has best week ever

NPR reports that Mike Huckabee had the best week ever:

Mike Huckabee enjoys the best week of his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination: a bump in poll numbers in Iowa and a big spike in online fundraising.

Listen to the story online, including information on Huckabee’s busy weekend in Iowa.

Huckabee takes the heat

Looks like Romney couldn’t sit quiet knowing someone was snapping at his heals.
From Time Magazine:

That’s why there was special signficance, an arrival of sorts, to Mitt Romney’s seemingly offhand observation Friday in an Iowa Public Television interview that Mike Huckabee had supported “special tuition breaks to the children of illegal immigrants.” It marked the first time that the GOP frontrunner in Iowa had ever singled out Huckabee for an attack.

Gov. Mike Huckabee passed Romney for the first time in a national poll on Friday.
Time reports that while Huckabee is feeling the heat, it’s a good thing.

“I must be doing well,” Huckabee said Saturday morning, when I told him what Romney had said. The former Arkansas Governor had not known about the swipe. Huckabee had spent Friday night, as he put it, “rocking the stage” with his band Capitol Offense before an estimated 650 people at the fabled Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, which was the last place Buddy Holly had played before he died in a plane crash in 1959. On Saturday, Huckabee was to try his hand at pheasant hunting, a popular Iowa sport, which he considered an apt metaphor. “You never put the crosshairs on a dead carcass,” Huckabee said. “Somebody sees me as a real wall mount, and that’s a good thing.”

Read the full story.

HUCKABEE PASSES ROMNEY!

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows—for the first time ever–Mike Huckabee moving into the top four among those seeking the Republican Presidential Nomination.

And just think, I doubt he’s received half the money that the leading candidates have spent.

Rudy Giuliani remains precariously atop the pack with support from 20% of Likely Republican Primary Voters nationwide. Fred Thompson is close behind at 19% while John McCain enjoys a second straight day in third place with 14% of the vote. Huckabee continues to gain ground and is just two points behind McCain at 12%. This is the first time all year that Huckabee has surpassed Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts Governor slipped another point and he is now at just 11% nationally. No other Republican attracts more than 3% support while 18% are undecided.