Jonathan D. Blundell

Found a video from Live-8 with Bono and The Coors singing when the Stars Go Blue.
Bono’s such a stud.

So… apparently I was more in the zone last night than I thought.
We weren’t down one run last night when I went to bat. We were down three runs, with the bases loaded.
I hit three runs in, not one. All I saw was the guy standing on first – I didn’t see the other two runner.
Yeah. I had no idea we were down 7-10 when I went up to bat. And like I was telling Edward, I know someone was talking to me before I went up to bat, but yeah – no idea what they said.
So here’s my season record now: .333 with 3 RBI’s.
Weird.

Mark Batterson blogs on Christ cursing the fig tree and what his church has set as their goals:

We have two goals for everybody who attends NCC: plug into a ministry & plug into a small group. It will never be more complicated than that. Ministry is where we get our spiritual exercise.Small group is where we get our spiritual food. We want to keep offering more and more small groups. So on one level we’re expanding exponentially. We have sixty-one groups this sememester. But we try to keep it simple. We want NCCers to do two things: get excercise via ministry and get discipled via small groups.

So many times I’ve seen churches do great at one or the other, but not both.
In further talking about the fig tree, Mark writes:

One of my favorite Jesus sayings is this one: “Wisdom is proved right by her children.” In other words, the proof is in the pudding. If you want to buzz you can’t just talk the talk. You’ve got to walk the walk.

Willie Nelson has given his voice for Kinky Friedman’s run for governor.
The Texas music legend recorded a 60-second spot for Kinky pushing “clean energy and clean government.”
From www.kinkyfriedman.com:

The idea that Texans (and Americans in general) should be getting its energy from renewable, stable sources, has been a Kinky campaign theme since the beginning.
“Renewable energy stabilizes prices, creates jobs, reduces pollution – and will bring us new revenue sources that can go directly to our schools,” Kinky says. “But our leaders continue to support reliance on dwindling fossil fuels instead of investment in renewable, sustainable technologies. Texas buys more energy than it makes. Why aren’t our leaders investing in Texas?”

The ad is scheduled to run on more than 150 radio stations between now and the May 11 deadline for Kinky to get over 45,000 signatures to be placed on the November ballot.

“With a little imagination, Texas can lead the nation into energy independence,” Nelson says in the ad. “I support Kinky Friedman and I support biodiesel fuel, because they can give us the two things we desperately need in Texas: clean energy and clean government.”

Many have commented that this may take Kinky away from his “one-liner” campaign and start showing Texans more on the issues he’s concerned about.
Listen to the ad

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.”