So I suppose the end of a season is as good of a time as any to do a little administrative house cleaning, and with that in mind I wanted to re-post the site rules and regulations and just give a quick "Welcome!" and "thanks!" to new members and readers. See more after the jump!

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A lot of you guys are familiar with me as "mattlock", but I suppose my days of relative anonymity are behind me. Now that you know my actual name, there's no way I can hide from all the creepy stalkers in the world, especially since I have such an unusual and uncommon name. I was much safer when I was only known as a wrinkled old misspelling of an Andy Griffith character.

Anyways, Danny graciously asked me to be a regular contributor, and I took him up on the offer because I love writing, I love sports, and I love people, and this was an opportunity to combine those three things into a great big happy pile. Hopefully it won't end up a failure pile in a sadness bowl.

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Hey guys! And girls! 

A couple of quick notes for you:

-- I wanted to take a minute to encourage you all to write fanposts, because they're your friend. Fanposts are great because they get conversation going, discussion going, arguments going, and enthusiasm going. They are free. They can be fun. You can show off your writing talents. You can bring up good points. You can share your thoughts on the Seahawks. You can talk about college prospects you like. You can be funny. You can be serious. You can be intelligent. 

You can be all these things and most importantly, you can contribute to this community. I've noticed some really, really great fanposts these last few weeks and just wanted to encourage you all to keep em coming. If you have thought about it and then either got lazy or got scared, stop being a lazy ass or stop being a sissy. Just kidding. But seriously. Do it. 

I am thinking of doing a weekly "fanpost of the week" feature where I pick out one fanpost that either made me laugh or made me really think, and highlight it on the front page. The international fame and prestige this garners should be reason enough for you.

In all seriousness though, increased fanposts will make this place more interesting, plain and simple. So I implore you, share your thoughts! 

-- Don't forget about the Field Gulls' tickets page. It's up at the right corner of your screen and gives you the opportunity to find great deals on Seahawks tickets. So give it a look-see. 

This shows you the average prices of home games over the season, as of a couple of weeks ago. As you can see, apparently no one cares about the Bengals so you might want to jump on that boat right now.

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When Danny asked me to join Field Gulls as a writer, I was flattered.  I mean, I had never been called "Spider" before and I didn't know what Wheeled Skulls was but it sounded like a bad-ass biker group.  I have seen Sons of Anarchy and though I had never had experience running guns, I was willing to learn.

Most of you will know me under my former name: Humbled Fan

Then he explained to me that I must have mis-heard him and I was sorely disappointed.  I had already spent $400 on a leather vest with the name "Spider" on it.

However, my tears of sadness quickly turned to tears of joy (after a short burst of Tears for Fears) when I realized that he wanted me to write for my favorite Seahawks blog. 

But if there's 19 things I love in this world, I would have to say that the Seahawks and writing are both in there, somewhere between the first season of Major Dad and Starburst Jelly Beans.  So it's a perfect combination of Hawks and writing that has ultimately led me to this moment. 

If I am going to treat this like a job interview where you are interviewing me for the position of Field Gulls writer (and I think that's an entirely fair way to treat this) then you'd probably ask me "Why the hell should I listen to you?  What do you have to offer me and what makes you qualified?"

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Talk about the perfect storm of Fridays. The last day of the week before a 3-day weekend. Seahawks and Raiders play the only game in the NFL tonight. Tomorrow is first day of college football. Thank GOD it's TGIF!!

A couple of notes and introductions for you on this glorious day:

-- It's Jacson's birthday today. For all the other Field Gulls' writers whose birthday's I've missed, I'm sorry, but I'm friends with Jacson on facebook and therefore I found out it was his birthday today. So wish him a happy birthday and tell him how you feel about him.

-- New addition to the blog: Chris Sullivan, formerly of Seahawk Addicts and 30AcreFortress is now an official member of the Field Gulls writing team. He's a great football writer, a funny guy, text messages and tweets in gangsta vernacular, and knows the Seahawks like the back of his hand so I'm pumped to have him aboard. Give him a fist bump below. (UPDATE: Also, it should be noted that Chris signed up for SBN about a week ago and inexplicably and improbably got the screen name "CHRIS"... how that name hadn't been taken yet is beyond me. Nonetheless, welcome Chris.)

-- New addition to the blog: Dukeshire, who some of you know through the comments section and open threads, has agreed to come on and contribute for Field Gulls as well. I'm excited for this edition because it's clear to me that he's some kind of football savant and has a great eye for schematics and strategy. Furthermore, he's a good writer so I think he'll bring a lot to the blog. Give him a one-armed man-hug below.

These guys, along with the ever excellent and prodigious T-Beeks (I just made up that nickname) will join forces with Field Gulls Stalwarts Benne, Scruffy, and BrianL, aided and abetted by the irreverant genius of Jacson and whatever it is I to bring you, to provide to you everything you need to know about the Seahawks.

Just when you thought life couldn't get better, you throw in Field Gulls Poet DJ C_Raig to spit some eloquence, Whiskey to throw down the Weekly Fantasy Football gauntlet, Krazyleggs the Professor of Seahawks Lore, DavisHsu the Field Gulls Comptroller (I have no idea what a comptroller is in real life but it sounded cool...  Davis is the FG Numbers/Stats/Predicting the Future master), Scott Enyeart the Resident Carrollosphy Expert, and round it out with some player scouting with a British Gentleman's perspective from Rob Staton. 

It's like the Justice League of Extraordinary Nation Avengers or something.

Happy Friday! Oh, and a video below that needs no introduction. 

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The SB Nation iPhone app is now available in the App Store!  And it's Free! 

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