I was going to put all of these under the fanshots, but I can only seem to put one image per shot. In any case, here's a few highlights from last Sunday's game versus the Jets.

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Courtney Taylor falling reception late 2nd quarter

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John Carlson TD reception late 2nd quarter

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Josh Wilson INT off Brett Farve late 4th quarter

I'm going to try and get Wilson's QB sack gif'd tomorrow. Anything else I should try to capture?

Fascinating tidbit from Geoff Baker this afternoon. The Mariners will no longer be using an advanced scout for games.

One new development with the Mariners that kind of got lost in the crazed aftermath of that 12-player J.J. Putz trade is that Seattle will no longer use an advance scout for games. This role is instead being transfered to the team's new department of statistical analysis. The idea is that the team will receive video of their opponents and have workers in the new department break down each pitch from a statistical viewpoint. They can grade the break on curve balls, tendencies to throw certain pitches in certain situations, figure out what hitters like to swing at, that sort of thing.

Sounds almost as if they're going to be using PitchF/X quite a bit next season. This seems to be the first real news we've heard about the new department of baseball research that GMZ spoke about shortly after being hired.

Now, what are the odds that Jeff, Matthew, and Graham have submitted resumes?

Well it's Friday. Finally.

Today's interesting links:

• Looks like we could be in for some fun weather tonight.Snow and/or high wind expected by the evening commute.
• Ancient cannabis stash found in China.
• The six most pointlessly elaborate movie murder plots.
• The NPD Numbers are out for November's console sales. Nintendo sold a stunning 2 million Wiis, Microsoft sold a very respectable 800,000 360 consoles, but Sony's PS3 took it in the shorts. Now The Washington Times is letting Sony have it.
• Sony really can't catch a break. Now Second Life Home is broken.
  

Today's potential discussion questions:

• Who here is good with car detailing? My Celica is showing the tell-tale signs of red paint oxidation and I'm wondering how I should deal with it.
  
• Remember those classic novels you had to read in high school? Which one did you hate the most?
  
• Snow gets a bad rap around here by the media. Personally, I love it. Do you still get excited every time you see it snowing around here?

Late edit: Today's the last day to donate to Dave's scholarship fund. If you've been thinking about it but haven't donated yet, Here's the pledgie link.

Well I'm back at the office today. Those UPS batteries have been cleaned out and the place is safe again.

Today's interesting links:

Kotaku has their annual holiday gift guide out today. The gift prices ranges from "Secret Santa" to "The Person you're Hoping to Sleep With."

Seattle city council votes to extend the SLUT service. My commute gets a little harder and slightly more dangerous.

Jesus Christ it's going to get cold this weekend and ZOMG SNOW!

Another Extreme Makeover home is facing foreclosure.

Fans bid farewell to the instant Polaroid film.

Guitar Hero arcade system coming in February.

Today's potential discussion topics:

• Read any good fiction novels lately?
  
• Who can find me the cheapest deal on a full 1080p 32 - 37" HDTV?
  
• MLB: The Show's "Road to the Show" feature is incredibly addicting and a great time waster. Y/N
• How much Christmas shopping do you have left to do?
  

Whiff

Vintage Russell

Where would we be without your fiery veteranosity?

I'm going to be eating leftover turkey for weeks.

Since we're officially in the Holiday season, radio stations are going to be playing Christmas music. Again, and again, and again. There are some holiday tunes that are great, and some that are just. Plain. Awful. 

So let's look at some holiday-themed discussion questions!

• Favorite Christmas-themed song?
• Least favorite Christmas-themed song?
• Real or fake tree?
• Do you brave the Black Friday crowds?

In the news today/interesting links:

Five ways the video game industry is screwing you.

Ten highly anticipated video games you'll never get to play.

China's first homegrown jet makes a trial flight.

"Dirty Jobs" is off in Yakima picking hops for a new episode.

The world's oldest person dies at 115.

I think it's been about a month since I put up one of these.

Today's interesting Links

Own a copy of LittleBigPlanet? Don't be surprised if your levels disappear and don't be surprised if Sony doesn't give a rat's ass.

7 Methods for Coping with Tragedy (Courtesy of James Bond)

6 people who died in order to prove a (retarded) point.

7 Most Impressive (and depressing) geek collections.

The 5 Most Ineffective Anti-Drug PSAs of All Time

Today's potential discussion topics:

• If you could steal any instrumental musician's talent, who would it be and why?
  
• What annoys you the most about your job?
• Does Shareef really not like it if you rock the casbah?
• What's your favorite cheesy 80s music video?
  
• You're trapped in an elevator with Kenny G, Hitler, and Mussolini. Your gun only has two bullets. What do you do?

Posted over at Lookout Landing earlier...

If you've been to any sort of college or professional sporting event in Seattle, you've seen Ed McMichael, The Tuba Man. Sadly, The warm tones of his tuba after games won't be heard again.

Ed McMichael, the Seattle Sports Tuba Man, murdered at 53.

Ed was one of my earliest professional sports related memories. I remember listening to him in front of the Kingdome as a child in the mid-90s. I've had a few brief chats with him outside of Safeco and Qwest over the last few years. He was as friendly a fellow as anyone.

Rest in peace, Ed. Seattle has just lost a beloved piece of our sporting culture.

via seattlepi.nwsource.com

Post-game bitching goes in here. Try to keep the reactionary fanposts to a minimum. Actually, if you're thinking of creating a fanpost and there's nothing constructive to say, it would probably be best not to post it.

If you don't feel like bitching about football, let's talk music.

This is a great cover of a classic Bobby Blue Band tune "Farther up the Road."

One of the four people in this music video doesn't belong. He's sort of Londonbeat's own Brian Russell.

A few weeks ago we talked about things we hate. Let's talk about things we like.

-Rain

-Thunder storms

-Pumpkin pie

-House, MD

-Doctor Who

-West coast jazz

-Felix Hernandez

-Adrian Beltre

-Marcus Trufant

-Matt Hasselbeck

-Yamaha brand saxophones

-Intel brand microprocessers

-NVIDIA brand GPUs

-Cake that isn't a lie

-Campy sci-fi movies

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