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Thank you, Matt Bouldin, for providing us the gayest picture of the year:

You can view all five of this year’s commercials by CLICKING HERE.

Because we’re looking for something to do, we’ve decided to grade the 2009 Seattle Mariners commercials.  We’re just weird like that.  All grades are out of five stars.  Also, cast your vote for your favorite ’09 M’s commercial at the bottom of the article.

Commercial #1

Title: 24/7

Starring: Mariner manager Don Wakamatsu.

Premise: Wakamatsu’s life is all about baseball.

Grade: 4 stars

Best parts: Wakamatsu’s offhand side comments while reading (“Huh, I didn’t know that.”) and watching movies (“I love this part.”).

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Former Sonic James Donaldson has thrown his hat into the ring for Seattle mayor.  Donaldson is a local business owner and is basing much of his campaign off improving business relations between the city office and local owners.  He is also placing an emphasis on bettering underserved areas of the city, and cites a disconnect between the current mayor and the city council as a major reason why there has been a lack of action from our leaders.

Unfortunately, many of us who want to see changes in Seattle don’t live within the city limits, and therefore cannot vote on mayor.  But as we all know, competition breeds excellence, and having a big name figure like Donaldson in the running for public office shouldn’t hurt matters any further.  And while Donaldson may not be the ultimate answer (he is a former Coug, keep in mind), at least his name isn’t Greg Nickels, and that’s a great thing.