Goodbye Field Gulls

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 10:32 AM PDT Comment 88 comments

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck shows me the door. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

113 posts. That is the extent of my career at Field Gulls. While I've had a good time over the last six months, I am sad to say that I am moving on from this wonderful site after having just been accepted to medical school. While I will certainly try to read John's work as frequently as possible, I just can't afford to dedicate the time necessary to do daily football-related blurb writing.

I hope you all appreciate the outstanding quality of the work that John turns out on a daily basis because we as Seahawk fans are spoiled rotten. I'll try to drop by and post once in a while if something tickles my fancy, but in a month's time I'll be up to my neck in textbooks and up to my wrists in cadaver.

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Best of luck to you

You added a ton to the site, and I’m sorry to see you move on. Med school, huh? Going to UW?

"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?" - Dr. Venture

by Eegah on Jul 15, 2009 10:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to punch you in the throat.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 15, 2009 11:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Me first.

by BrianL on Jul 15, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come and get me, big boy.

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know how to deal with loss.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 15, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You cry, Scruffy.

Let it all out big guy.

by BrianL on Jul 15, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm setting up a SoCal cage fight

by seattlebruin on Jul 15, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be there in 2 weeks.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 15, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congrats and good luck!

The demise of the Broncos in '09 is our future. Pray hard.

by Nick Andron on Jul 15, 2009 11:21 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Sad to hear you're leaving, but good luck in med school

by aerozeppelin on Jul 15, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good luck and Congratulations.

Med school seems it would be a heck of a lot of work, but it probably beats work.

On a selfish note, now I’m going to have to look for my own Seahawks-related material on a daily basis, and that sucks.

by LantermanC on Jul 15, 2009 11:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sadly for all of you this means we're going to have to replace the link of the day with Scruffy's twitter feed.

by BrianL on Jul 15, 2009 11:36 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

John Morgan gif of the day?

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 15, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

No one wants to see that.

by John Morgan on Jul 15, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Like that would stop him

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 15, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your head pasted on a self-gratifying cat could only end well.

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why was Scruffy's wild card status revoked?

by Nate Dogg on Jul 15, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He cut the brake lines

by abender20 on Jul 17, 2009 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's all you, buddy.

by BrianL on Jul 15, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congrats to you

Sad to see you go. Yours and John’s posts make up a fair bit of my weekly reading time, time which will now be lessened. Either way, best of luck to you

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 15, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats and all the best man!

I hope it’s mostly Hawks related stories, not so much NFL related stories.

by Seahawka 12th on Jul 15, 2009 12:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

So in hindsight my reader poll from last week looks silly.

Thanks for all the responses! Nothing will ever come of them!

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats and good luck

Thanks for good times.

:salute:

by Vasilii on Jul 15, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for your contributions.

Best wishes on your career path, which sounds like a bright one. :)

Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer

by Misfit74 on Jul 15, 2009 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the work you put in.

And congratulations on your acceptance.

by Fear on Jul 15, 2009 12:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations on med school.

Wish we could have had more in season content from you but the daily links definitely helped speed up the dogs days. Thanks for all the time you put into the site, don’t be a stranger.

by Nate Dogg on Jul 15, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks and Congrats

I’ve appreciated your daily links as they have made my work more enjoyable and less productive these last few months. Congratulations and best of luck with Med School.

by HuskyJosh on Jul 15, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm hoping I get to see more than one or two games this year, but the combo of

zero Hawks primetime games, living in Chicago, and scholastic duties may make that tough.

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, you got one guy here moving to Missouri who will hopefully make it to the Rams game

"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?" - Dr. Venture

by Eegah on Jul 15, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Always have torrents / live streams

Sad to see you go dude, but I guess saving lives/doing plastic surgery is more important than football. I guess.

by GarethLewin on Jul 15, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How?

Hey, I’m in the Navy and overseas for the first time. When I lived in Virginia NFL Sunday Ticket did me well, but I wasn’t sure how to watch my beloved Seahawks while in Japan!?

PLEASE!!! Tell me more about torrents/ live streams or any other way I can watch the games?

by StonerHawk on Jul 16, 2009 2:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

TenYardTorrents is a private tracker, but they're pretty strict about their upload policy.

I think you have to maintain at least a 1:1 ratio in order to use it.

by BrianL on Jul 16, 2009 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, boo.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Jul 16, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but it's not that bad.

Generally if you get in on the torrent in the first days its posted, you’ll seed as much if not more than you download anyway. I don’t mind seeding for longer than necessary for other Seahawks fans who can’t watch the games live.

Stacey Nelson throws flaming screwballs.
It's great to be a Florida Gator!

by Wayward Llama on Jul 17, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sites like Justin.tv had a lot of games early on last year, but the NFL caught on pretty quickly.

I’m still waiting for the NFL to come up with a product like MLB.tv.

by abender20 on Jul 16, 2009 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't be surprised if they have streaming within two years

They’ve already got it for MNF.

by thebyron on Jul 16, 2009 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good luck, bender.

Just follow Tourettes Guy’s advice, and you’ll make it through med school just fine: GO COUNT YOUR DICK!

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Jul 15, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm hoping my cadaver won't be male.

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lookin' for a spot o' fun with the missus, eh gov'nuh?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Jul 15, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I don't want to dissect male genitalia. I'm not certain how many ways my body could betray me, but I'm fairly sure I'd faint in a pile of my own sick.

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that wasn't fun!

I had a female cadaver, but we had to work with someone else’s as a larger group. It wasn’t as bad as when we sawed the face in half with a hack saw. Between the eyes, through the nose and right through the front teeth! Nasty.

On the bright side, your lunch will smell like formaldehyde!

Enjoy and we’ll miss you!

by StonerHawk on Jul 15, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

...and that's why I could never do med school.

by thebyron on Jul 16, 2009 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Best of luck in medical school.

I appreciated your contributions here and they made a great supplement to the usual.

Also, well done with the caption.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Jul 15, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats!

Does this mean you’ll be able to keep me alive long enough to see a SB win?

by Robert on Jul 15, 2009 1:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You expect to die before February?

Tee hee.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Jul 15, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The doctors are uncertain and an advanced tumor is nothing to giggle at.

by Robert on Jul 15, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have you submitted your Make A Wish request yet?

by BrianL on Jul 15, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think requests to have sex with John Carlson go over so well with the Make-A-Wish Foundation

by seattlebruin on Jul 15, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs

Well, not the ones submitted by males anyway.

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't the Make-A-Wish foundation for kids?

by ninjasocks on Jul 16, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm 13

Guess that means I’m to old to smile one last time…

by Robert on Jul 16, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Whoah, my bad...

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Jul 15, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's Robert. He's joking.

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

v_v

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Jul 15, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations and all the best.

by thebyron on Jul 15, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It's really sad to see you leave

Pull through and do well in med school!

"And Joe for Matt Hughes, dislike may not be a strong enough adjective!" - Mike Goldberg

by SSreporters on Jul 15, 2009 2:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Abender - you'll be missed...

BUT – much more important – I’ve had this cough for the last week and I was going to ask John for advice about it – but now that you’re going into Med school – what’s your advice?

OK – and now about that lump under my right…

AND – the discharge from my…

by Mylegacy on Jul 15, 2009 3:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

See a doctor

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Yeah, like Dr. Phil.

by LantermanC on Jul 15, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy Crap

Good luck in Medical School! I hope to grow up and be just like you someday.

… if this next semester of O Chem, P Chem, and Analytical Chemistry doesn’t kill me…

Chad Brown for the Ring of Honor!

by Big Seahawk Loser on Jul 15, 2009 3:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Look at the bright part...

when I was getting my P.E. endorsement from CWU, I had to deal with cadavers myself.

The probability to you seeing a cadaver that looks EXACTLY like your grandmother WHILE she just died of cancer is pretty low.

I hear it only happens once in a blue moon.

Just wish it wasn’t me the last blue moon….

Please, for the LOVE OF GOD, stop suggesting next year's 1st round pick (or picks) be used for Taylor Mays and or a QB of the future. Let's just let the season unfold, people, and evaluate much deeper in the process!!!

by whiskey chainsaw on Jul 15, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

GO CWOO!

JSWO - Josh Scobey World Order 4 Life!

by Christian on Jul 15, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

c-wiggity-woo

Nothing like the breeze off a frozen Ganges in the wintertime.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Jul 15, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ellensburg - "We hope to have a Sizzler by 2012!"

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 15, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Ellensburg: Come for the rodeo and...uh...

by BrianL on Jul 15, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and Taco Bell!

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 15, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

there was a Red Robin...

when I was there. But they apparently didn’t live up to corporate standards or some such, so they lost their license and had to change their name and what have you…

This was late 90’s…

You could also come to see Rich at the clubhouse of the excellent golf course… ugh.

Was it Frazzini’s Pizza? With the guy who owned it that drove a drunk bus… until he got pulled over for a DUI… IN THE DRUNK BUS!

Mmmm… U Tote Em’s. Love old school burger places…

by whiskey chainsaw on Jul 16, 2009 6:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They got a Wendy’s after I graduated in 2004. The Fred Meyer went up while I was there. I dig the Red Horse and I’m two yellow tickets short of a free Super Mother at the Tav. Them burgers is good, as are the beer-battered mushrooms at the Tav.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Jul 16, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Red Horse?

What’s the Red Horse? That apparently wasn’t there when I was…

Ahhh… The Tav. Burgers and Beer… good times, good times… maybe the best of times.

by whiskey chainsaw on Jul 16, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I rarly make it past The Brick in Rosyln,

when I head that direction. Of course that always leads to Old #3. I will have to explore this Red Horse.

I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.

by Dukeshire on Jul 16, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Old #3 is closed sorry to say.

Red Horse is decent, but Wing Central and Wing Central’ Roadhouse are the places for food. Roadhouse right now is the lone decent eatery.

JSWO - Josh Scobey World Order 4 Life!

by Christian on Jul 17, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

post-04...i think

I think Wing Central went up after I left. I’ve actually never set foot on or even near the campus since I graduated in 2004. I just know the little market that was kiddie-corner from Lind Hall (geology major) went under new ownership, as did the little restaurant across the street.

…and I did develop a soft spot for Ellensburg Pasta Co.’s bread and dipping oil.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Jul 17, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You said you would be coming over.

You fail me.

JSWO - Josh Scobey World Order 4 Life!

by Christian on Jul 17, 2009 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Had to rec that one

My feeble attempt: Ellensburg – “What smell?”

"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?" - Dr. Venture

by Eegah on Jul 16, 2009 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Back in the 90's

when the feed lot was there next to the pond and that crappy golf course, it was bad. People would avoid going to the southern part to eat because it would ruin any food.

JSWO - Josh Scobey World Order 4 Life!

by Christian on Jul 17, 2009 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations!

And good luck.

I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.

by Dukeshire on Jul 15, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

med school?

Ain’t that a b. Seriously, though, good luck.

Did someone say cadaver?
http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/05/13/waking-the-cadaver-declares-metal-inquistions-sergeant-d-is-an-internet-fagit/

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Jul 15, 2009 6:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats, Aron.

We’ll toast on Sunday!

by Teej on Jul 15, 2009 11:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sourfest!

by abender20 on Jul 16, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well med school is quite the accomplishment!

Will you still be a site regular? Or do you forsee an extra heavy workload?

Either way, congratulations, thank you, and good luck!

The Yankees suck-a-doodle-doo!

by JamMasterJesus on Jul 16, 2009 3:32 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

As I said above, I'll try to read what I can and hopefully I'll have a chance to drop a post here or there,

but I have a feeling I’m going to need to be busy.

by abender20 on Jul 16, 2009 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Grats and Good luck

enjoy the corpses.

by Professor on Jul 17, 2009 12:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Fuck you, abender!

FUCK. YOU.

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I just thought I would change it up. Seriously, this sucks. Your writing will be missed. But hey, if it means you go cure cancer, I guess I could live with that.

Good luck in your schooling and career. Make sure you take a night off every now and then for a game thread.

by Wilder. on Jul 17, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good luck Bender.

As the husband of a newly-minted resident, I can promise you that med school will be over in a flash. Third year will be the toughest, fourth year will be a breeze.

Stacey Nelson throws flaming screwballs.
It's great to be a Florida Gator!

by Wayward Llama on Jul 17, 2009 3:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs