WAKE UP THE MASSES!!!!
Hello there, all you Clever boys and girls. Unfortunately, I come to you with bad news. Not life threatening in any way, but bad nonetheless.
A problem I have suffered from inception is that people think our URL is SomethingClever.com when in fact it's SomethingCleverOnline.com. This irks me in the worst way. And after waiting almost a year, I finally saw an opportunity to get the domain name. However, the owner of the domain purchased it AGAIN!!!! Why does this bother me??? Look at my site and look at hers!
No, I'm serious. Go to www.somethingclever.com. Yeah, just open it in another window. I'll wait.
You see? Nothing clever. Nothing interesting. Just a hodgepodge of fail, if you ask me!
I'm sorry, that was uncalled for. A lot of my rage is undeserved. But I can't help it. I'm bitter.
Anyway, I sent a very nice email to the owner, Lisa (@weesaw) and asked to obtain the domain. Not for free, not by a longshot! I was willing to pay, and pay more than what it's worth, because the term "Something Clever" means a lot to me! No dice. She doesn't wanna give it up. And she is well within her rights to say that.
But what, I ask, is so important that she needs it? There's not even anything there! It's just a placeholder for another site! I feel this is being done out of spite for me. I'm condescending, rude to the unintelligent, and a little chauvinistic. That being said, I don't have the energy to deal with this. Yes, I'd like to blow up her Twitter feed. Yes, I'd like to send her nasty emails. But whats the point? She's gonna keep the domain that SHOULD be mine so that others can easily access her blog of book reviews that hasn't been updated in 2 years, and her Tumblr, which besides the Japan Relief links contains nothing useful. Sigh...
Anyway, the point of all this is that Something Clever is going away. For good, this time. I'll be back, in a different format, but I'm not sure what right now. Even if all I can offer you are my personal, incoherent ramblings, I want that to be in an original, official format. That means professional web design and a legit domain name. You deserve it. In the meantime, I'll still be writing, still working on my music, doing a little work with Sportslebrity, and preparing things that I think you'll enjoy.
While I'm gone, please continue to support Geoff (@phillyfansvoice), Calum (@cackybz) and all the guys at Sportslebrity. Time for me to brainstorm!
This is Mr. Bad Happy Face, signing off!
By the way, the official "Guilty Watts" logo is courtesy of amazing artist Gary Smith.
WAKE UP THE MASSES!!! This was Something Clever.
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