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I surrender, Landon Cassill
Jun
28
MISERABLE HUMILIATING DEFEAT, N.H. – In honor of Landon Cassill’s sponsor, can someone please call out the National Guard?
Gluck Nation has been destroyed by Landon’s World and is in dire need of repairs.
In a peace treaty that took just minutes to negotiate this morning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, I’ve formally surrendered in my short-lived blog war with the teenage Nationwide Series driver.
There were really no other options. While I pleaded and begged for readers to help me defeat Landon’s World (http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/Landon%20Cassill/) and his latest entry titled “Hope This Doesn’t Hurt Jeff Gluck’s Feelings,” only four posters came to my defense.
Four!
Meanwhile, as of this writing, a whopping 59 people had posted comments on Cassill’s most recent blog.
Many of those posts were quite mean-spirited. Who knew Landon’s teeny-bopper fans could be so harsh?
One poster, sarabug09, wrote that it was “a little ridiculous how a grown man wants a blogging war with a teenager! Somebody needs to grow up.”
First of all, Ms. Bug, I didn’t realize I was a grown man. Second of all, if I’m already grown, why do I need to grow up?
It’s this type of twisted logic that has confused me and crippled my writing skills. I have to give up for the sake of my career.
But while my job performance suffered, the blog war had a direct result on improving Cassill’s driving skills. Right before we arranged the peace treaty, Cassill claimed his first career NASCAR pole at New Hampshire.
I believe that entitles me to a percentage of his future career earnings – 100 percent, actually. Landon, I accept checks, cash and credit cards.
Following his triumphant pole-winning visit to the media center, Cassill promptly left a post-it note on my computer screen that read, “Landon 1, Gluck 0.”
Actually, 1-0 looks much better than 59-4.
If all that wasn’t bad enough, our blog battle gained attention on the infamous “Answer This…” site that posts the latest gossip about NASCAR drivers’ wives and girlfriends.
I never thought I’d see my picture on that web site unless I started dating Scarlett Johansson (call me, Scarlett!). But our joint appearance there only incited the Cassill Maniacs even more.
Landon agreed to call off the blogs as long as I agreed to pretend that I had spotted him on a date with country singer Taylor Swift (wink wink) and write that “things are heating up between them” (he wishes).
Oops! I don’t think I was supposed to write that part. My mistake.
Anyway, don’t be surprised to see the blog war reignite someday after I rally the troops and get Gluck Nation back on its feet.
But in the meantime, Landon Cassill has claimed his first victory in NASCAR.
Gluck Nation has been destroyed by Landon’s World and is in dire need of repairs.
In a peace treaty that took just minutes to negotiate this morning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, I’ve formally surrendered in my short-lived blog war with the teenage Nationwide Series driver.
There were really no other options. While I pleaded and begged for readers to help me defeat Landon’s World (http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/Landon%20Cassill/) and his latest entry titled “Hope This Doesn’t Hurt Jeff Gluck’s Feelings,” only four posters came to my defense.
Four!
Meanwhile, as of this writing, a whopping 59 people had posted comments on Cassill’s most recent blog.
Many of those posts were quite mean-spirited. Who knew Landon’s teeny-bopper fans could be so harsh?
One poster, sarabug09, wrote that it was “a little ridiculous how a grown man wants a blogging war with a teenager! Somebody needs to grow up.”
First of all, Ms. Bug, I didn’t realize I was a grown man. Second of all, if I’m already grown, why do I need to grow up?
It’s this type of twisted logic that has confused me and crippled my writing skills. I have to give up for the sake of my career.
But while my job performance suffered, the blog war had a direct result on improving Cassill’s driving skills. Right before we arranged the peace treaty, Cassill claimed his first career NASCAR pole at New Hampshire.
I believe that entitles me to a percentage of his future career earnings – 100 percent, actually. Landon, I accept checks, cash and credit cards.
Following his triumphant pole-winning visit to the media center, Cassill promptly left a post-it note on my computer screen that read, “Landon 1, Gluck 0.”
Actually, 1-0 looks much better than 59-4.
If all that wasn’t bad enough, our blog battle gained attention on the infamous “Answer This…” site that posts the latest gossip about NASCAR drivers’ wives and girlfriends.
I never thought I’d see my picture on that web site unless I started dating Scarlett Johansson (call me, Scarlett!). But our joint appearance there only incited the Cassill Maniacs even more.
Landon agreed to call off the blogs as long as I agreed to pretend that I had spotted him on a date with country singer Taylor Swift (wink wink) and write that “things are heating up between them” (he wishes).
Oops! I don’t think I was supposed to write that part. My mistake.
Anyway, don’t be surprised to see the blog war reignite someday after I rally the troops and get Gluck Nation back on its feet.
But in the meantime, Landon Cassill has claimed his first victory in NASCAR.
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