Coach Fedora spoke Thursday about DeAndre Brown’s off-season progress:

“He’s 6-feet-6 in his stocking feet,” Fedora said. “We’re not talking about a coach’s 6-6; he’s a true 6-6. He weighs 228 pounds and he can bench-press 345. We’re talking about a guy with a 17-foot wingspan (that is a coach’s wingspan) pushing up 345 pounds. He’s different, now.”

Coverage begins with 1:40 left in the video.

“I know you want everything the minute you want it, but it’s better to wait until you’re ready.”

- Don Draper to Pete Campbell

The Blue Angles practiced outside our office windows yesterday.

Friday.
Yee-ha.

We flew-in recent signee Jack Wilson in on Wednesday. His quote about his first moment as a Mariner.

“I got here right as Griffey was hitting a two-run double down the line, so I was pretty pumped,” said Wilson, who watched the end of Seattle’s 3-2 victory over Toronto. “I was pretty excited to walk into that, put on the uniform, went in the bathroom and kind of looked at myself and was like, ‘All right, I’m a Mariner.’”

After leading the league with 2 wins, we fell last night 6-4; should’ve stopped 5 of them.

Oh… and I split the bottom of my toe openat some point during the match. Didn’t realize it until leaving the building. Doesn’t look anything like this though.

“The world continues without us. There’s no reason to take it personally.”

- Don Draper

[Trying to use the user friendly GrooveShark moving forward.]

103 degrees in Seattle.

Keep in mind: Most (and by most, I mean 80%+) of Seattle residences do not have air conditioning… including our fancy pants apartment. We have 1 fan.

Drew Thornley over at Man Up BBQ had what might be the most beautiful BBQ plate I’ve ever seen. Take a gander.

I’m not telling you to vote for followell fotography, but you know.

Vote here.

Looks amazing. Let’s only hope.

Surprised with how many of y’all have joined, and still kept on Twittering. I especially enjoy the back-n-forth conversation which occur between @JByars124, @CatherineGailUp, and @kristybiddle, and @StephHannah.

Follow if you wish.

This may be my favorite quote from the Daily Mountain Eagle this year. In an article discussing the closing of Jasper’s sole skate park, 15-year-old Tyler Herron of Curry offers his 2 cents.

“They said people were drinking and fighting and smoking at the skate park and that’s the reason they closed it down. Well, people fight and smoke and drink at Wal-Mart and they don’t close Wal-Mart down,”

Mad Men yourself.

That’s me with the briefcase. Duh.

Having browsed through it many times in time-killing jaunts to Barnes & Noble, this is officially a new favorite magazine.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

My computer is back. Hard drive fried (had a back-up) and ready to rock.

I know you were all terribly concerned. Back to more frequent blogging.