Is this a friend of yours, Woody? Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody Bass <[email protected]> > Date: December 2, 2013 at 5:41:30 PM CST > To: WXIA <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman: Small Time Satirical > Gators Blogger Calls It Quits; No One Cares > Reply-To: [email protected] > > http://www.theunsportsmanlikegentleman.com/2013/12/small-time-satirical-gators-blogger.html?m=1 > > Small Time Satirical Gators Blogger Calls It Quits; No One Cares > > Hey everybody, this is my 200th post on the site! YAY! Can you believe it? > However, did you know The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman has been around since the > start of the 2008 season? Well, it’s true, my friends. Granted, I wasn’t > going by The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman in those days and I was only writing > game recaps for my friends on Myspace (HA, outdated websites!), but that’s > where this all began. Then in 2010, I decided to go public, thus TUG was born > on a Facebook page to test the waters before diving into a full fledge blog. > After that season ended, I joined Twitter and shortly after that, I started > this site. > > > > Three seasons and a lot of losses and laughs later, I’m here to tell you all > that this is my final post as The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman. All things must > come to an end, right? It’s time for me to move on and do something else. > What that is, I still haven’t figured out. But, I feel like the time is right > to step away from playing this character. And yes, The Unsportsmanlike > Gentleman is a character. This is satire and if you thought any of this was > real, I will pray for you. (Sadly, some did. Looking at you, Georgia Bulldogs > fans!) > > I’m hanging it up for a variety of reasons. I do this in my spare time for > fun and to give me a creative outlet to keep me sane while I work a mind > numbing office job. My job doesn’t allow me the benefit to sit down and write > during the day when I have down time. Sure, I can sneak away and fire off > some quick tweets here and there, but that’s about it. Sitting at my desk > during the day analyzing spreadsheets with my left brain and trying to come > up with a scouting report with my right brain doesn’t lend me to being the > most focused or productive employee during football season. So, trying to > maintain the site in the evenings and weekends can be a hassle and I don’t > want it to be that way. > > > > But, the biggest reason why I’m hanging it up is because I’m just tired of > playing this character and I want to be myself on the internet for a change. > I feel like I’ve plateaued with this blog and I’ve taken it as far as I’m > going to take it and I’d rather end it now before it became unfunny or stale. > Maybe it has already, I don’t know, but if it hasn’t, then it inevitably will. > > > > I love satire. I don’t think there is a greater form of comedy than a > well-written, sharp, satirical piece, but writing satire is tough. There's a > fine line you have to walk. The best satire is when you know it’s satire. > That is why I am going to leave the satire business to the professionals like > The Onion, Stephen Colbert, South Park, and PFT Commenter. And let me say, if > you don’t know about PFT Commenter, go follow him on Twitter or find him at > Kissing Suzy Kolber immediately. He is so fantastic and astoundingly > hilarious that it makes me angry. If I could do this all over again, TUG > would be what PFT Commenter is, but I’m not smart enough to pull off what > he’s doing or I would’ve have done it in the first place. > > > > Anyway, there are a lot of people I want to thank for the support and helping > me to this point. First of all, the people who joined the Facebook page in > the very beginning, you all are wonderfully, insane people, for whom I love. > You got into a car with a deranged stranger and let him drive you around town > even though he had no idea where he was going or what he was doing and was > never looking at the road. It means a lot. > > > > That goes for everyone who has read this blog and was a fan. I didn’t know > what to expect when I started this. The internet is a dark, damp basement of > assholes waiting to shit on anything that someone else tries to create that > doesn’t match their interests. I really loathe those people. If you dislike > something, be it a movie, book, TV show, etc., move on and keep searching > until you find something you love and promote it to the world. What’s the > point in wasting your time telling someone they suck because you didn’t like > the video they posted on YouTube? > > > > I am so happy that the comments, emails, and messages I’ve received over the > years from you all have been nothing but positive and supportive. I’ve only > received a handful of negative comments and the majority of those were from > fans of other schools. So, thank you, guys, for being awesome! > > > > A big thanks to Paul Sjoberg at Our Two Bits. I was on Twitter for about two > weeks and had probably 25 followers before Paul reached out to me and wanted > me to guest write for his site. I agreed and my first ever post was the > Muschamp Intensity Meter. I had about 700 new followers by the next day. They > are good people over there at Our Two Bits and I’m really appreciative of > them letting me post my nonsense on their site. > > > > Thanks to Chris and James at Gators First, had they contacted me a day > earlier, I would have probably been guest writing for them instead of Our Two > Bits, but they were still kind enough to repost some of my stuff on their > site and gain me a larger audience. > > > > Thanks to Andy Hutchins at Alligator Army for linking my stuff on his site > from time to time. I’ve gotten so much traffic from AA. More than any other > source, in fact. Andy may ruffle some people’s feathers, but I thoroughly > enjoy reading what he writes. > > > > Thanks to Michael Nash for designing the awesome headers and background for > the site. He does great design work and I highly recommend him if you need > someone in that area. > > > > Thanks to all the other Gators blogs that I've interacted with, The Bull > Gator, Jean Shorts Torture, Throw The Flag, The Gators Daily. You guys are > great and I honestly believe that Florida has the funniest, smartest group of > bloggers and writers of any fanbase in college football, including EDSBS with > Spencer and Celebrity Hot Tub. The last few seasons of Florida football have > been less than fun on the field, but every single one of you has entertained > me on a daily basis and at times, had me in tears laughing. It has been a > privilege serving beside you all and I hope to continue to in some form in > the future. > > > > Thanks to my biggest fan, the Palm Beach Post’s Jason Lieser. He’s been quite > upset about me hanging up TUG since I confirmed the news to him a few weeks > ago. He even threatened to quit his job if I stopped blogging. Jason’s one of > the most entertaining Florida beat writers to follow on Twitter and has > promoted me quite a bit on that time wasting site. It is much appreciated, > sir. Please don’t quit your job over this dog and pony show. Bloggers like me > are a dime a dozen. It’s not worth it, man. > > > > Thanks to Blackout Sports for having me be a part of their network for a > month. Sorry it didn't work out! > > > > Lastly, thanks to my friends who continue to support, encourage, and push me > to write more and improve as a wannabe writer/comedian. This blog would never > have existed if it weren't for you. I love you all tremendously, even though > almost all of you are FSU, Miami, or Alabama fans. > > > > So, what’s next for me? Eh, I don’t know. I guess I’m a free agent of sorts > at the moment. I want to continue to write, just not sure what yet. I’m going > to take a little break from blogging to figure out what I want to do. I don’t > want to say TUG is dead forever. I may get the itch to write satire again, > but if he does return, it will mostly likely be in book form. I’ve had an > idea for a book in my head for the last two years, but it just shows you how > lazy I am that I haven’t even bothered to sit down and write it. I think it’s > a good idea for a book and would be pretty funny, but we’ll see. > > > > Oh, and who exactly is the man behind TUG? Hello, I’m Blake. Sorry to > disappoint you, but I’m a nobody. I'm the most average person you'll ever > meet. I’m 31. I live in Polk County (I know). I’m a nice guy. I'm quiet and > laid back. I don’t go outside much. I have immaculate hygiene. I love Reece’s > peanut butter cups. I don’t drink (I can hear your gasps from here). I’m a > rational Gators fan, if that’s a thing that exists (get this—I don’t think > Muschamp should be fired OR that Pease should have been fired [ducks]. Maybe > that just makes me dumb and not rational. I don’t know.) I’ve never been > married, nor do I have children, unlike TUG who has experienced multiple > divorces and has a few offspring that he pays no attention to. His only love > is Florida football. So, ladies, I’m single! Holla! > > > > Have I managed to successfully ruin your image of TUG? What I’m saying is, > I’m mostly the opposite of that character. TUG was an alter-ego for me to get > my most asinine, irrational thoughts out and make people laugh. > > > > If I made just one of you chuckle, then it was worth it. I never made a > single dime writing any of this, but I didn't get into this looking to make > money. Like I said before, this was all purely an outlet for me to entertain > and I certainly had fun doing it and I hope you did too because this is > supposed to be fun. It’s a game. Losses don’t bother me and believe me, I > certainly want Florida to win, but win or lose, I’m going to laugh and enjoy > it. > > > > Don’t worry, though. I’m not leaving for good. I will still remain on Twitter > at my current account and will still tweet plenty of jokes about the Gators > and college football, the sport I love the most. Same sense of humor and all. > However, the account will now be my personal account meaning other random > jokes and me laughing at how bad my Chicago Cubs are (I can handle a 4-8 > season because I’m a Cubs fan). So, I hope you’ll stick around on Twitter and > let me entertain you more. The Facebook page will basically just be a > community for us discuss Gator football and crack wise. As for this site, it > will remain in case I get the itch to blog again and for anyone who’s feeling > nostalgic and wants to read some old stories. > > > > Finally, thank you again to everyone who has wasted a little bit of time to > read something I’ve written. Whether you loved or hated it, I appreciate it. > I love you all and maybe next season I can meet some of you at a game and you > can tell me how much I have changed your life. > > > > > Woody (via iPhone) > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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