WTIT Tape Radio: The Blog

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Blog Being Reviewed: WTIT Tape Radio: The Blog
Reviewed By: Simone
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At First Glance: Oh yeah, moving pictures baby! This should be fucking fun (insert sarcasm here)

Template/Design: A dark and annoying template with a whole lot of buttons and pictures. Could it get any better? Nope, he has the sidebar from hell as well. You know people, sidebars aren't meant to be so confusing that no one knows your blog from a scrapbook. But whatever, if it works for you... because it doesn't work for me.

Content: Do I really have to?? OH - I get it, WTIT is a radio station. Jeesh, I didn't get that. The whole tape radio thing threw me off. I thought he just enjoys tape recording himself. This is what he has to say about himself:

IF YOU ENJOY COMEDY, WE HOPE TO BECOME A REGULAR STOP. MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING HUMOR & SATIRE BLOG. WE JUST ARE GOING FOR THE LAUGH. WE DO NOT LET TRUTH GET IN THE WAY OF FUNNY. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE VISIT! THIS IS OUR BLOG VERSION OF THE WORLD'S FIRST & FINEST COMEDY TAPE RADIO STATION, WTIT! © 1967-2007 WTIT

This is what I have to say. I enjoy comedy very much, but you will not be a regular stop for me. You do not have humor or satire... you have many thousands of words to read in a very tiny space. If I sported a penis and some gonads then perhaps I would find what you had to write rather humorous. But since I have tits and have given birth I would say that I am not amused. In fact, I'm bored to tears. I hope your radio show is funnier.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? The MANY different colors. My god! Questions in one color, answers in another, comments in a third, and titles in yet another. I could be the freaking lucky charm dude with as many colors as I see on his blog!

What is the best feature of this blog? Men love it I bet.

Rating: 5 - I don't know, I'm torn. It's not the worst, it's not the best. I didn't find it funny, but I may just be in a really fucking bad mood tonight, so I'm going middle of the road, because I just know there are people out there that will find it funny.

Sensibilities

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Blog Being Reviewed: Sensibilities
Reviewed By: Simone

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At First Glance: Another fucking blogger template! UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Template/Design: Right off the bat I see blah blah blah blah blah blah... Blogger template, blogger template, fucking blogger template. enuf said! Oh but wait. Holy Sidebar Batman! WTF does she need all that crap in her sidebar for? Okay, I get that you like to read but do you really need to link to almost all of the blogging world on your one blog??

Content: Um, me too dumb to understand half this shit. And putting your eye prescription on the very first post I have to read? YAWN!! Yep, she's a writer and a reader. But does she do anything else? Not that I can tell. Sorry there sport, I'm not loving this one.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? The template. The ole' faithfuls here would know I had to say that.

What is the best feature of this blog? She sounds very intelligent!

Rating: 2 This is so not my thing. Get a life, or write a book. Do something other than link to half the Western World would ya??

Stuff As Dreams Are Made On

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Blog Being Reviewed: Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: Holy shit, what in the hell is that THING in the picture?

Template/Design: AC/DC "Back in Black..." is playing in my head. I get tired of seeing white font on black backgrounds. Very hard on the eyes, and I know I'm not the only one that think this, right?

Readers, meet Chris Howard:

A guy from New Orleans examines all things Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Magical, Musical, Visual, and Appealing along with interesting tidbits from everyday life.

If you're examining all things "visual" and "appealing" you might want to take a look at your own template. It's scary, and sure doesn't make me want to stick around to see the mama that birthed that beast in your header. Or maybe it was hatched?

So what we've got here is a standard blogger template. Again. People, I understand that not everyone has the knowledge, ability, and or the cashola to get some rockin' template for your blog, but there are easy ways to at least jazz up the one you've got-- if you are stuck with a standard template (or there are FREE ones out there, dammit!). You can change colors, you can add things... make your blog about YOU. I like opening up a site, and being able to tell a whole lot about the blogger before I even start reading any of their posts. I can't say that about this blog I'm reviewing.

The sidebar includes books, books, and more books. Challenges of all sorts, even a weight loss challenge... and a blogroll of people that also sound like them-there-book-readers and such.

Content: First let me wade through the Harry Potter posts. I'm not an HP fan, I will admit that right off the bat. I don't see the attraction to the books, the movies... at least for adults. I know my son loves HP, but didn't go rushing out to buy the book. But give him the DVD version and he'd be all over it like stink on shit.

I'm stuck on this review. How does one review a blog they have no interest in? I'm not saying the content sucks. What I am saying is that it is mostly about topics that are of no interest to me. I don't read books of the same genre as those you perch loftily on your bedstand. I don't delve into the "Classics" like my daughter goes to town on a bag of Fruit Snacks. I tend to put the classics into a category of "Books I was forced to read in high school but tried my damnedest NOT TO."

Now give me a post about the Super Bowl and I can totally get into a conversation with the guy. YAY! I found something in this maze of literature that I am smart enough to understand!

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? The template. Don't make the world of reading so dark and scary for us.

What is the best feature of this blog? That he's not all about reading. He does have some "regular" posts too.

Rating: 8 (I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that all the literary comments are the real deal, and that he DOES know what he's talking about. Now let me get back to me Harlequin romance novel, puh-leeze!)

Correr Es Mi Destino - My New Life In Canada...Under The Snow

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Blog Being Reviewed: Correr Es Mi Destino...
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: Correr es my destino... correr is my destiny. Correr... what the hell does "Correr" mean? Four years of high school Spanish and I remember NOTHING.

Thank God for GOOGLE.

Correr (def): race, run

Whew! Moving on...

Template/Design: What a colorful home she's made herself here in the blog world! I was a little puzzled as to why she would have so much Asian art and references on her site when she is from Canada. Thankfully, she's organized enough to include an "About Me" and also an "About My Blog" so fools like me can get some learnin.'

The site is colorful and pretty, and incorporates so much of HER into it. She has captured nearly every aspect of her background and life into the template, if you just look for yourself. She has a neat and organized sidebar, a place for everything and everything in its place. Kudos!

A side note: under your category "I Said That?" the word PREVIOUSLY is spelled wrong.

Content: So here's where it gets interesting. She speaks fluent French, Chinese and English. She readily admits up front that her English grammar is not the best, so I will ignore the minor translation glitches, and just sit in awe of someone that can speak more than one language, and do it WELL.

I struggled with this blog because many of the posts are in French. So I obviously can't review that portion of the content, because I speak nothin' but English. But there is a great post here about adjusting to life in Canada.

Juliette (Zhu) has travelled the world in her young life, and has experienced places I will never visit in my lifetime. She's a font of knowledge on many subjects, and she seems to truly want to become a part of every place she visits.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? I just wish I could read the posts that are in French.

What is the best feature of this blog? Living her life through osmosis. Thanks for blogging about your experiences in this crazy world.

Rating: 9

Everyday Wear - Maybe.........

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Blog Being Reviewed: Everyday Wear
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: Hmm, where are the clothes?

Template/Design: 157 Blog Categories!!?! Does no thought process overlap? Does every thought require it's own category?! I'm just not liking the template. There's just too much going on on the sidebar and the color needs to go. Sorry.

Content: Ok, ain't no clothes to be found, so I suggest the Title be changed and you jack our title cause this woman has a TON of blogs! THIS ONE and THIS ONE and THIS ONE and OH THIS ONE

Her entire family has welded themselves to the computer Her Daughter has a site which is really cute for girls. Her son has a blog as well. And guess what they actually have a life as well!! I am wore out just on peeking around fuck content.

Ok, Ok, the blog she submitted is quite frankly boring. She is a teacher and she talks about all things teacher. If you have a child and they are a student who has a teacher then you will find some good information. I have decided to bunk this review and review the blog I found interesting, lol lol

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Blog Being Reviewed: Off Beat Mom
By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: is not so sterile, it's got ketchup stains and bumps and bruises. Doesn't even look like the same person. They told me that Teaching can drive you to drink, especially todays kids - and I'm happy to say this is her with a Vodka tonic in one hand and a Tequila Sunrise in the other.

Template/Design: Love the header but it's wasted on a template that doesn't support it. Such an edgy header should have something else holding it up.

Content: Ok, this content has some life to it. I can see the blood pumping. She's intelligent to a fault (that's a compliment) but sometimes she let's it all go - cause like I said them idiots called our kids can do that to yah. One of my favorites happen right off the bat - HOW CAN A WOMAN WHO APPARENTLY HAS A COMPUTER IN THE BED WITH HER NOT WANT A CELL PHONE?! LOL LOL LOL. It seems as if it takes all of these blogs to capture this woman. She's taken the blogsphere and decided to record every freaking thought she has about every freaking subject. I am wore out - just wore out!

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? The template


What is the best feature of this blog? I guess there's something to be said for big brains - she ought to sleep peacefully at night because she unloads that bad boy on the daily.

Rating: 7 I give the blog she asked us to review a 2, because it is so generic, no flava at all unless you look at the My Family category.

Ramblings from a Gypsy Soul

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Blog Being Reviewed: Ramblings from a Gypsy Soul
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: Ohh Someone from Another Culture, I'm intrigued.

Template/Design: Almost thought it was a wordpress template but it's not. Plain, but I see heavy visuals in the content; so it might need to be plain white. The sidebar is enthusiastic. She's about travel and food and her sidebar reflects it. I'm intrigued.

Content: Wow! I feel like I haven't been out of my backyard reading this blog. It's like if the Travel Channel and The Food Network had a baby, lol. There's one thing to scour the net looking for appropriate pictures to tell your stories and actually taking them. Her photos are vibrant and colorful and you almost feel like you can touch a leaf or the sand or run through the ocean. Now some of the food made me want to hurl, but I'm sure she's seen some shit we eat over here that has made her want to do the same thing, lol. In terms of the writing. She tells the story without all that 'extra'.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? More pictures, lol I love looking at these pictures. I would like to see a more vibrant template. There's got to be some type of really cool travel template out there just waiting for her.

What is the best feature of this blog? A great merger of visuals and words.

Rating: 9 Also here is her VT Page for those interested.

Cool Kids Party

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Blog Being Reviewed: Cool Kids Party
Reviewed By: Naughty Nina

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At First Glance: A website dedicated to great party ideas for the young and the young once. Well, I was really hoping for something on treating vaginal warts or do-it-yourself colonoscopies but I guess I’ll have to roll with the party planning theme here.

Template/Design: The template’s nothing special as far a colour, banner and graphics go…it’s kind of whatever. But I do like the great big post section on the one side and everything else on the left – because it’s not overly cluttered. Her archives are WAY too far at the bottom though - I had to travel all the way through a long list of “upcoming birthdays”, her blogroll and the “cute kid of the month” section (which would be kind of creepy if this weren’t a children dedicated site) to get there.

Content: The author’s bio reads like a mission statement for the Care Bears written by Grandma Bear about life, fun and all that sparkles in the wonderful land of Care-A-Lot. She’s a Philippino grandmother who loves children and her family and parties and kid’s stuff. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that but I think I just don’t dig the content because there’s a huge cultural difference between Western and Asian ideas of what’s fun and interesting, informative and educational... and nothing of what I read held any of my interest.

What is the one thing I would change about this blog? Move the archives up to the top where they’re more easily findable and update the Bio to include where the author is from and a little bit more about herself.

What is the best feature of this blog? The author’s positive outlook on life and her desire to create a space on the net that’s all about happiness, fun, good times and the joy of children.

Rating: 2

Speak for Money

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Blog Being Reviewed: Speak for Money
Reviewed By: Naughty Nina

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At First Glance: Oooohhhh shiny glossy lips – I love that!

Template/Design: Standard boring blogger template – yaaaawwwwnnnn !

Content: For the love of God… why can’t I ever get a fun, funny, interesting blog to review - full of bling, boys, love, sparkles… even kids I could deal with… but financial diarrhea? Somebody please just kill me now. This is not for me and I don’t even know where to begin, so you’re just going to have to go there yourself to feel the pain first hand, don’t just take my word for it.

It’s a blog about making money on-line, banking, financial stuff and a bunch of other boring as hell yammering that I don't give a crap about. Sorry dude, this topic is not my flavour AT ALL and sadly for you, you ended up with the worst pick of the so-many-blogs review chick pile to do this review… I want to meet someone with money, I have NO intention of learning how to make it myself. By the way…do YOU make money doing this? You wouldn’t happen to be single and looking for a Gold-digger would you? No? Just checking.

What is the one thing I would change about this blog? Uhm... maybe blog about making money in a more entertaining manner? Open your creative thinking box dude and throw in some humor or at least subliminal mind control brainwashing so people stay longer than half way through one post before they choose killing themselves over reading on.

What is the best feature of this blog? One post had great big font that was easy to read.

Rating: 3 – because there’s probably something interesting or educational in here somewhere - it’s just that I couldn’t bear to stick around to find it. Let me know if you do.

Wiping Up Snot

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Blog Being Reviewed: Wiping Up Snot

Reviewed By: Chatty Chicka
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At First Glance: Lord, I love this blog.... from the kid picking his nose with the zeal usually reserved for fat girls and Little Debbie cakes, all the way back to the very first post.

Template/Design: It's brown... but it totally works! Three columns, which I am not diggin' on so much, but not so cluttered that I grab my head and scream "God help me baby Jesus, STOP the insanity!" or anything. I'd like to see the archives in the FIRST column near the top, which would make it much easier for me to click back to my favorite posts. And a tiny ewww yuck for the buttons and awards - and the reason that it's a TINY ewww is that at least she WARNS me they are there, in a little section entitled "Buttons, Buttons, Everywhere." Bigger ewww on the advertising, but again, at least it's in its own little section. I LOVE with a big sparkly heart the Categories section and demand that she IMMEDIATELY move it up, either to the TOP of the third column, or below the archives in the first column.

Content: Here is where she shines. This was the first post I read, and as soon as I finished reading it I knew that I must have her for my very own best friend. Then I read this one, and decided I might marry her. You know, if I were gay, and if she put out, and all... Seriously, though, she writes the things I like to read. Funny shit, that happens in REAL LIFE. She writes about the things that make her angry. She writes about the mundane. She writes about BUGS! Oh, I could point you to so many more fantastic posts, but I want you to go read her, RIGHT FREAKING NOW, and see for yourself how fabulous she is...

What is the first thing I would change about this blog?: I personally would lose all the buttons, move the archives and the categories and ditch the ads. But I am starting to realize that people actually LIKE those award thingies, so I'm going to try to swallow my vomit when I see them and stop making rude comments about them.

What is the best feature of this blog?: Everything she writes. Because it's fabulous and funny and will make you spit Diet Coke Plus all over your computer screen. And maybe pee, a little. Not that any of that happened to me, you understand. I am the PICTURE of ladylike decorum when I'm reviewing a blog. But I digress. Karly is Kute. Karly is Komical. Karly is a KICK-ASS writer. Go, Karly, Go, Karly...

Rating: 9.5 And the only reason it isn't a 10 is that I just HATE those darn buttons!

Almost Interesting Musings on Life

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Blog Being Reviewed: Almost Interesting Musings on Life
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: The handful of current posts on her front page are all MEMEs. Oh YAY.

Template/Design: It's a jacked around Blogger template. Standard form, but she did get creative enough to add some colors. Whoop-dee-doo!

The sidebar is starting to get out of control like my leg hairs when I'm out of razor blades. The blogroll needs to be shortened up, and MOVED... to a new page, or sumptin' -- its just long.

And the categories? Holy hellfire and brimstone... Um, FIFTY CATEGORIES? Good GAWD, woman! Whatever are you thinking? 222 posts and FIFTY categories? You might want to rethink that. You're micro-managing your blog and its annoying the hell out of me. Also, the archives should be moved to the spot right underneath your "About Me" section. Thats where it belongs, my dear.

Content: Like I said previously, you do a helluva lot of memes, girl. Besides that and all the talk of Project Runway, I think the rest of the blog is fluff. Filler. Stuff to pass the time until you get another meme to do. I read through quite a few posts that basically just listed everything she did in the course of a day. Rearranging a desk at work. Cleaning the house. Hell, if I wanted to know more about that stuff, I'd take a look at my own life.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Start putting some more life into your posts. *yawn* I need to go take a nap. Have anything amusing happen to you? Anything? Anything at all to make me want to come back?

What is the best feature of this blog? She attempted to jazz up a plain Blogger template. It just still needs more work.

Rating: 3

Karen Shanley: Author Mom With Dogs

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Blog Being Reviewed: Karen Shanley: Author Mom With Dogs
Reviwed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: Hmmm... Blah. The template doesn't work well in IE, but it looks fine in Opera.

Template/Design: I went shopping this weekend for the kiddo's school supplies, and I loved how excited the kids got over picking out crayons and markers. So when I see this template, I sit here and think how much I wish I had my very own box of Crayola Classic Markers, and a BIG box of Crayola crayons to give this blog template a bit more color. The graphic has been photoshopped (per the author). But WHY? That's my question. Why change the photo? It looks like it would have been fine on its own. But this blog, like so many others we review, need some OOMPH! Some pizazz... this one doesn't entice me to stick around long enough to read anything.

I'm not real crazy about the click-throughs to get the rest of the post in the archives. I like to be able to just read it. Not read a paragraph, click to read the rest, and then go back to the main page. Argh. It just doesn't flow. The posts aren't that long that they require a sneak preview to get to the real thing.

Content: I've noticed Karen has an old soul. Please don't take that as a derogatory comment, because its not meant to be. She seems to take a lot of time to think about the way another person or animal thinks and feels; she's extremely observant. I read her post about her "garden journal" and I was inspired. I want to be one of those people. The ones that remember there's more to life than computers and technology. She's a published writer, and it has gotten superb reviews. Top that with a beautiful daughter, a husband, and some fun-loving animals, and she seems like a great gal to hang around with.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Publish the entire posts in your archives. Thats just my opinion.

What is the best feature of this blog? The content.

Rating: 8

Foreign Perspectives

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Blog Being Reviewed: FOREIGN PERSPECTIVES
Reviewed By: Naughty Nina

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At First Glance: Yikes! Kermit the Frog and his friend Shrek got shitfaced and puked all over this guys blog template - that’s unfortunate.

Template/Design: Talk about information overload…it’s really cluttered and there’s a lot going on here! It’s Ad-central-station too, they’re everywhere and there’s even super-secret-sneaky ads disguised as informational links within his posts. He’s got this thing called “category cloud” on his side bar though – that’s kinda cool. It’s basically a bunch of words that link to various related posts he’s written about any given subject. I like that… and I might even borrow that little idea for myself.

Content: Not really my thing… but if living in France, moving to France, activities in France, French Holidays etc…anything French, there’s a lot of information at your fingertips here and links that go all over the web to other related sites. You could spend hours jumping back and forth between this site and a gazillion others and learn everything French… except how good in bed the men are or how they “measure” up. Now that’s what I wanna know!

What is the one thing I would change about this blog? Clean up the mess that Kermit and Shrek made and go a bit lighter in the color scheme so your readers don’t go blind.

What is the best feature of this blog? Boatloads of information about living, breathing and being in France.

Rating: 2 - Pas un sujet très intéressant pour moi.

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Off the Vine

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Blog Being Reviewed: OFF THE VINE
Reviewed By: Naughty Nina

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At First Glance: Holy Blackness Batman! Black with blinding white writing and a great big white google ad smack dab in the middle of the page. Yuck – I already want to leave.

Template/Design: It’s really hard to read the white font against the black background. When you take your eyes away you see white spots and swirls dancing around…kinda like when you’re on acid but without the acid. This site looks like it’s still in progress too - the “about me” section is completely empty – from the few posts I could bear to read, I’m guessing the writer is a 35ish Australian female who loathes pedophiles and lives in France with a couple of kids – but I could be wrong because she doesn't have a profile section. Her sidebar is pretty empty too – there are sections there for comments, categories, blogroll etc…but they're all empty.

Content: Her archives only go back to February 07 and her most recent post was June 18th. That annoyed me from the get-go and I would have hit the road right there if I were just a roaming visitor. Helloooo… if you’re a blogger who wants to be reviewed by people who love reading blogs you should probably write a little more often. And is something interesting or funny too much to ask? The posts here sound like telephone conversations with your mother that you’d only half listen to while you’re at the kitchen table clipping your toenails and reading the paper… “uh huh, yah, mmm hmmm, right, ok”.

What would I change about this blog? Get rid of the black background and white writing. Get that great big google add off to the side bar and if you really want traffic to your blog and people to like it – get out there and do something fun or exciting in your life so you have some interesting content to share. You live in France for God's sake... aren't there any hot men there to blog about?

What is the best feature of this blog? Unfortunately, not much. I guess the blue accent color is nice.

Rating: 1 - (a) because I like electric blue (b) because she used the word “humdinger” in one of her posts and that made me giggle and (c) because I just can’t bring myself to give her a zero - I'm a biotch with a bleeding heart - go figure.

odat's mumblings

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Blog Being Reviewed: odat's mumblings
Reviewed By: Chatty Chicka

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At First Glance: I'm not even gonna say it... Ok, yes I am. Crappy template. Complete and utter ugliness. I feel sad that you tried to pretty it up with pink and only succeeded in making that putrid green look more horrid. Please visit the links that Diva Dee has so graciously provided... And find something that isn't so barf-y stomach tornado inducing....

Template/Design: See paragraph above^. And there's way too much fluff on your sidebar. The bat doesn't fit, and it makes your sidebar look way too messy. Ditto the "awards" buttons. They are snobbish and self-serving. No one else really cares. Like Diva Dee, I HATE having to scroll all the way to the bottom to find the archives.

Content: I see lots of those "day" posts. You know the ones: Sunday Funnies, Monkey Mondays, Happy Dance Fridays. Lots of memes. Lots of stuff that bores me to near tears. She has lots of comments, and a heavy blogroll, so other people obviously love her. *sigh* This is just not the kind of blog that I like to read. So, I recommend to you that you go and check her out for yourself. Spend a few minutes reading, and decide whether or not Odat's Mumblings is for you...

What is the first thing I would change about this blog?: Scrap the template, get a new one, lose the award buttons and sidebar "extras", write things that are personal and revealing...

What is the best feature of this blog?: Obviously, she loves blogging. She posts often, she's perky... As I said, it's just not my kind of blog.

Rating: 4 - for the obvious effort she puts into this blog.

enidd - the third person singular

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Blog Being Reviewed: enidd - the third person singular
Reviewed By: Chatty Chicka

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At First Glance: God help me baby Jesus, I don't understand people who have plain, boring templates. I want to scream! Pull my hair! Fling bits of poo like those cute little monkeys at the zoo....

Template/Design: enidd, do yourself and everyone that I want to sent to your blog a favor, hmm? GET A NEW TEMPLATE, PRONTO!! It's not that hard to do, me thinks... Then again, you're not on blogger, so maybe it's harder. What do I know? But GAWRSH, your template sucks....

Content: I'm not diggin' on the third person singular... although the explanation? is. fucking. hilarious. And so is lots of other stuff she writes. Like this. And this. And that one, there. Oh, she's charming. And witty. I have to admit, I don't understand a third of what she writes... Those Brits and their slang... so zany!

What is the first thing I would change about this blog?: Template, template, template. There's nothing wrong with the writing.

What is the best feature of this blog?: The writing... enidd loves to entertain us... and for that we should thank our lucky stars.

Rating: 8 - Live long and prosper, enidd... then maybe you could BUY a new template.

Papersurfer

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Blog Being Reviewed: PaperSurfer

Reviewed by: Naughty Nina

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At First Glance: What a beautiful banner! It’s pretty actually - but not in an overly feminine way because it’s a man’s blog. Good start so far surfer dude, love the first impression.


Template/Design: Neat & tidy and not overly crowded or screaming with stupid advertisements so I’m totally down with it. It’s simple and everything is pretty easy to find. I like the “Topics” section where you can pick a subject he’s got there and it’ll take you to his posts that relate to it. I also love the muliple pages - the "help" page (has lots of tidbits of information on internet stuff) and the "about me" page has a good introduction to the author.


Content: Honestly, it’s just “meh” for me. I guess if I were a friend or relative of the authors (or a stalker) I would enjoy it because more often than not the posts are just daily updates of what he’s up to… work, surfing, not surfing, the weather - just blah blah blah stuff. If you’re a sufer like he is though, he has lots of surfing tip posts so those would be interesting to people who are into that.


He's also got potential to be a great writer, I just don't think he has the time... you can feel his love for surfing in the way he describes it here. He does have a sense of humor too but it doesn't come out that much - I did get a few giggles here and there though and with the little snippets of conversations he has with someone named “AD”.


What is the one thing I would change about this blog? Nothing I guess. He has a lot of readers so he’s obviously doing something right, maybe just not for me. I guess maybe having more interesting posts on a regular basis would do it for me.

What is the best feature of this blog? The pretty banner and how neat and tidy and in-it’s-place everything is.

Rating: 4

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When Is My Site Getting Reviewed?

I'm tired of getting emails asking this question, people.

In our sidebar, there's a link to our Waiting List. You can check it anytime.

'Nuff said.

Bagwine Ruminations

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Blog Being Reviewed: Bagwine Ruminations
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: A picture can tell a thousand words. Need I say more?

Template/Design: You don't see very many blogs out there encompassing all the qualities of a "great" blog. Near perfect templates and witty, thought-provoking content, with a flair that keeps readers coming back for more.

Obviously, there are no perfect blogs. There are, however, GREAT BLOGS. But "having it all" is a big hurdle to jump for nearly all bloggers. Hell, even our little home away from home here at "So Many Blogs" has things that can be improved upon. An awesome template AND fabu content are just not common in these parts.

With that being said, if you've been reading our reviews for any length of time, you already know what I'm going to say about this template, right?

I. Don't. Like. It.

You could see that coming from a mile away, eh? Yeah, me too. Black & white, simple, plain. Sometimes it works well when you want your readers to focus more on the writing, but not on this site. This author choose to flood his TWO sidebars with lots of ads, buttons, links, polls, awards, and the like. The sidebars are taking the focus off the content.

Also, why must bloggers STILL think so little of themselves that they stick those archives and their "About Me" way in the bum-fuck middle of Siberia? I did some searching to find them. Not good. He's got some great content, and he should promote it. Not be promoting the latest BowFlex or an award he's won. Pimp yourself out, man! Let your readers find the golden nuggets of wisdom you're pushing in those posts!

Content: What he lacks in his template and design, he more than makes up for in content. This blog could be written on a blank sheet of paper and still be fucking hilarious. And it isn't even Opposite Day! (So-- just curious, DID you get laid that day?)

I've been reading through some of his archives, and I am absolutely IN LOVE with him. We're talking hot sweaty love here. I could spend hours on a cold Ohio winter's night, sitting in front of the fire drinking some Wild Irish Rose with this hunk-a-hunk-a-burning-love, eating loosemeat sandwiches, and listening to his random thoughts about life. Everything from what pisses him off, to sex talk to just random blabbering.

I'd link y'all to a helluva lot more good stuff of his, but you really need to just start at the beginning (if you can find his archives) and read it all.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? The ads. Oh GAWD, the ads!

What is the best feature of this blog? Me love you long time. Period. But I thought I told you not to post that pic of me in my Halloween costume, a la "dirty martini". (Those aren't pimentos, either. I'm just happy to see you.)

Rating: 8.75

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I. HEART. YOU, MATT-MAN*.
Truly, I do.

(* or is it Matt-TILDA?)

Dragon:050376

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Blog Being Reviewed: Dragon:050376
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: Seeing THIS when I first opened his site is NOT a good sign. That's the only post this month.

Template/Design: I like it. Not my favorite colors, but it vaguely resembles a mural, and meshes well with the purpose of your blog. I'm not so keen on the sidebar though. All of the awards and gobbledy-gook on the bottom of the sidebar serve no purpose. They don't link to anything. They just sit there. So what exactly is "Portraits of the Dragon" and "Robin's Interpretation"???

This blogger needs to give a little more of a bio about themselves, also. It's not completely obvious from the get-go what the author's age, gender, etc is. You get a feel for it after reading for a while, but it would be nice to state that at the beginning. If I was a random blogger clicking through a rotation of blogs, I don't know that this one would have caught my attention. I probably would have kept clicking "Next."

Content: Most of the posts are pretty wordy, but I'm giving him props for some damn good thought-provoking ones. Don't forget this one, too.

So, we've stumbled onto a writer. A good one, I might add. Not a blog you'd go to for a little light-hearted humor or to see the latest meme. Oh no, this man is blogging his thoughts, his feelings, and his beliefs. Sometimes, I think we all need to be a little more like this.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Get back to blogging again.

What is the best feature about this blog? Definitely the content. You should all at least take a gander at it and see for yourself.

Rating: 8+1=9 I'm giving him an extra point because I stumbled onto his other blog and I liked it.

The Nass

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Blog Being Reviewed: The Nass
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: *sigh* Another boring WordPress template.

Template/Design: See above. Plain-janer template. No color, no life, no spark to keep me interested.

Content: You can get the gist of this guy's writing style here... then you will better understand what I'm going to say next.

Is this dude blogging from his Sidekick or sumpin'? Cuz i h8 ppl talking like dey are IM'ing. N starting sentences with "N"... how hard is it to just type AND? And didn't you know you don't start a sentence with AND anyways? Sheesh! AND thats not all... there's Harry Potter, a glowing review of the movie "Meet the Parents" (wasn't that movie released like in 2000?), birthday shout-outs to his friends... I'm bored, people. His comment about the new Harry Potter movie:

Well, the movie’s out n today I went to see it. Before I go to the details I can tell u that it’s better than the previous ones; much better. And no, I’m not saying this coz there’s a kissing scene in this one

BO-ring!

It seems like he's way behind the times on any posts relating to the US entertainment industry. I mean, come on. Talking about "Meet the Parents" and Skid Row's "18 And Life"...? the song's from 1989, y'all!

On a side note, I was getting a little pissed off with his habit of emphasizing in bold random parts of his blog... you'd be reading along and all of a sudden you'd see a couple words in bold. Here I toodle along thinking its a link to someplace way better than this one, and I'm shot down everytime time.

I like this movie because it has a lot of jokes in it. N cuz it has some new people in it.

See what I mean? No mo-fo method to his madness, and it irks the hell out of me.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Erasing it from my memory would be a start.

What is the best feature of this blog? Do I have to answer this? Ok... I choose:

D. None of the above.

Rating: 1, ma homie. I might just have to go out and buy myself a new purse or some new sandals to make up for the trauma of reading through this blog.

Twenty Somethings

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Blog Being Reviewed: Twenty Somethings
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: Quite Cosmopolitian I'd say!

Template/Design: Sometimes three column blogs can go overkill, but I actually like the way this is arranged. Twentysomething folks have alot going on anyhoo - so I like that at least the thing she has are topical etc.

Content: Muthafucking Awesome! Right off the bat, I likes me a curser. She's young enough to get away with it, unlike my old ass, lol. In the begining she took the whole blogging thing as a joke and she still has that 'feeling' in her words, but she's all the way hooked, lol. She keeps it well rounded, topical and New Yorkish. She drinks, she cusses, she hates the concept of work - um is this my damn Freaky Friday?! This is her second review, I went on the hunt for the first one, but couldn't find it - so I don't necessarily know how this if this is the same or an improvement.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Maybe add my name in there, because damn if she isn't getting into my head. Don't know if that means she's mature or that I'm hella immature but I'll work with it.

What is the best feature of this blog? That like the blog she started with a bit of contempt - she treats her life with that same kinda contempt and it works because as we know YOU LIVE, YOU GET SCREWED and then YOU DIE - she is making sure she gets screwed with plenty of lub and a condom! You know you can train the screw to benefit you, lol


Rating: 10 I gotta add you to the blogroll - I'll soon be looking for work with you since I really have NO MORE TIME TO WORK SINCE I'M READING BLOGS!

Tales of a Transported Bostonian

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Blog Being Reviewed: Tales of a Transported Bostonian
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: Lindsey Lohan meets Barbie maybe?

Template/Design: The color is just a bit too IZOD pink for my taste. The sidebar is cool, yet for some strange reason, it feels as if the words are getting cut off. I am also not keen on the font.

Content: LONGGGG WINDED! Good Lawd, must every story go into every single detail. I'm sorry, but this reminds me of this girl at my job who rambles on and on and I start to draw little puffs of air in my mind on top of her head and to make it futher interesting I give her the voice of like Alicia Silverstone in "Clueless" to give it some texture. She has a full and active life and has love therefore she has alot of stories. She also seems to have a gaggle of readers who have ALOT of time on their hand to read all of this. Sometimes details can add, but for me, the entries are just soo long. Like alot of things, I saw some things I can relate to. One thing stuck out we both have a thing for Coach Bags, but overall in my real life I would walk past this table in the lunch room and snicker at the OMG's and I probably would do this with this blog.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? The color scheme. It's pepto pink and aggravating.

What is the best feature of this blog? That though it's not my cup of tea - she has connected with an audience who apparently LOVES HER! They love her life, they love her Prince and as a person who is loved on their own blog, who gives a shit what the review says - there's a tanning salon full of gals who are digging her.

Rating: 5 out of 10 - because of the apparent niche you have created, I can't hate like that. You apparently live your life by the milli-second, have a memory like an elephant and have people who sit and live every second with you.

The Conservative Hippie

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Blog Being Reviewed: The Conservative Hippie
Reviewed By: Naughty Nina

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At First Glance: Good Lord, there’s way more going on here than my obsessive compulsive need for the highly-organized-and-easy-to-read can handle.

Template/Design: The soft brown shades with complimentary other colors are nice – but that’s where it all turns to WTF? There are pop-ups everywhere, which drive me insane and just makes want to run flailing. I like the large post area though, the cool “friendly” font and the large font size – it's easy to read.


Content: This is a diary. At times deep and depressing and at others light and fruity – you never know what emotion train she’s riding from one day to the next. This lady has a lot of struggles – with her faith, her family and her home. And with about eighteen kids and a really busy life keeping her from any quality “her” time can you blame her? And who apologizes to her readers for her feelings and how she expresses them? I don't get that. She's a true romantic soul (by her book and movie choices) though - she loves love and I'm all over that!

What would I change about this blog? Get rid of all the pop ups and just put links where people can choose to click on them instead of being bullied by those little boxes popping up everywhere. It would also be nice to not get shot down in flames everywhere you click because you're not a member of "Xanga”.

What is the best feature of this blog? The author's profile section. She gives a basic bio up front but if you click on her profile, you get a lot of detailed information about her and her personality. This gives people the chance right then and there to decide if they want to read on or get the fuck out of Dodge.

Rating: 3 - Only because she has great taste in books & movies and she wrote a kick ass post about how much she loves her husband.

The Subconscious guru of a conscious nut!

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Blog Being Reviewed: The Subconscious guru of a conscious nut!
Reviewed By: Naughty Nina

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At First Glance: A creepy profile picture and one post since May 13th... buddy's not off to a good start.

Template/Design: Boring standard white template – no frills here folks.

Content: Random yammering about nothing that makes a lot of sense - nor is it remotely entertaining. At first I thought I just wasn’t getting the point because dude gets a lot of comments… until you read them and see that most of them are his own! Or they’re conversations back and forth with his readers in the official language of the Oompa Loompa’s (and I quote “iyye dhimaavi ekuveriyeh bunee male' ga kudhin hedhun alhaa goi! e kaleyge bunee kuda dhari fulhah ganna hedhun amayah ves hama baraabaru vaane oo kekeke”). Whatthefuck is that?

I highly doubt the volcano this guy is from is even in North America’s hemisphere so I can forgive the Maldivian to English bits that get lost in translation, but even with giving him that leeway… his writing is just weird and I don’t get it.

What is the one thing I would change about this blog? Nothing I guess – if I were a twenty-two year old from the Maldives. If I was though, I wouldn’t expect North American’s to understand me, relate to me or enjoy my rambling like maybe the people of my own culture would.

What is the best feature of this blog? I couldn’t find one after ten minutes of thinking about it and I gave up. There just isn’t one.

Rating: 1 - For the sneak peek at Maldivian culture and statistical information about youth, gays and drug use in that part of the world.

I Almost Forgot...

We have another addition to the gaggle of hags here at "So Many Blogs..."

Smooches to NAUGHTY NINA! Welcome, welcome, welcome!

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Naughty Nina is a sassy chic with an attitude to match. She can tear you up or be your best friend, and sometimes even both. With her snappy wit and charming ways she'll suck you in and work you over. Her gigantic personality will make you love her… but her attitude may piss you off.



What makes her tick: Money, bling, and the high life.
What ticks her off: Rotten attitudes and PMS.

Fon!Boki

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Blog Being Reviewed: Fon!Boki
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: I wish I knew how to pronounce this.

Template/Design: Common Wordpress Type Template. For all that Wordpress is, they suck when it comes to templates - so I won't blame this on the author.

Content: First let me start off by saying, WHO THE HELL IS THIS?! I couldn't find anything about the author. Then it became quite intriguing most of the post are speaking outwards with opinions mostly on relating. Then I came upon a post celebrating the Brothers Birthday (cause I swear I am unsure if this is a man or woman) - and Walah, I find out that the Brothers Blog is quite interesting, lol (and he shares a first name with my own brother) - but this isn't about him. Why this became intriguing is because going back and reading, I now feel depth somewhat. Here is a person grappling with alot of western world issues and thought processes - that is from another school of thought. So now reading this, I feel somewhat slighted. I wanna hear about this struggle instead of talking as if you are some kinda 'professional'. I don't even know if they actually wrote this stuff. I'm going and read some of the blogs they read - they are probably more intersting.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? I would put up my Dr. Phil hat and talk from my own 'real' perspective. Stay in the Vein of THIS POST and I might actually be back.


What is the best feature of this blog? The non-relationship things - unless you're telling us about your relationship.

Rating: 4 out of 10.

Sensibilities

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Blog Being Reviewed: Sensibilities
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: NOOO NOT THE DO DO BROWN AGAIN!

Template/Design: The Sidebar has now taken the new record for longest in history. I still am smelling the stench of the basic brown blogger template. I will just spray some febreze and get to the content.

Content: Please close your eyes and come with me...we are in Tennessee in the early 1800's - our Husband has been out with the boys reliving childhood games and has discovered a cave. He's decided that he wants to spend your life savings to dig to some secret cave he knows exists - he finds this cave and due to his undying love for you - he makes you, petticoats and all crawl on your belly to show you the cave and the subsequent Falls that lay within the earth. He is so in love with you that he names them RUBY FALLS. You are so in love with this adoration that you come down often to write and read in this dark dank cave. Welcome to Sensibilities people! This is a writer in the true sense of the word - but she is very very early 1800's in her style to me. She's been writing awhile too folks! I went back to her first post and was shocked to see that she is also a psychic:

I was diagnosed to be suffering from second-degree malnourishment due to borderline anorexia, not because I believed I was too fat, but because I did not feel hunger anymore. It got so that I had difficulty concentrating on anything, especially my writing.

I too no longer feel anything after reading. As much information as is compiled here, I feel malnourished for some reason.

Let me say this though - This is the most well written literary style blog I've ever read. She knows she's boring as hell and she puts the right pictures (renaissance)and adds some color so you just don't...48w9g8whao (sorry my head hit the keyboard).

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Here's the hard part. This blog appeals to alot of people. She is an excellent steward of words and that is a feat with this bastard language. She's also a published writer several times over - so messing with her content would not be wise, however, shortening the sidebar even more and maybe finding some great picaso template as a back drop would add some flair for the eyes.

What is the best feature of this blog? That there is confirmation in the visual era that BOOKS are still relevant and that there are lovers of the written word.

Rating: 5 out of 10. I know this is a bi-polar post at best, but you have to really be into this entire life that is books and writing to get into this blog.

Pointless Drivel

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Blog Being Reviewed: Pointless Drivel
Reviewed By: Chatty Chicka

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*My apologies to Mr. Fab for posting this a day late. I was lazy. Forgive me? K, thx, bye...


At First Glance: I think I'm in love.... I AM, I AM in love! Oh, sweet, sweet blogging Gods... thank you, thank you!

Template/Design: I love it! People, take notes, 'cause this blog has got it all: The header is funny and fabulous, the colors are appealing.. the sidebar? Nearly perfect. Easy to read, neat and tidy, BUT, the archives are stuck in the middle somewhere and took me just a minute or two to find. A couple of "icky" buttons, but thankfully, they're stuck at the bottom of the sidebar. Mr. Fab does a lot of linking, but mercifully, all rolled up and not interfering in any way with my enjoyment of this blog.

Content: Even better! What a funny and awesome writer. I've spent a lot of time here over the last week or two, and I've enjoyed myself immensely. He's witty and acerbic, at times crude and disgusting, at times thoughtful and, dare I say it? NICE. And I'm not the only one who loves him. He gets so much comment lovin', I'm just in AWE. And somewhat jealous. But seriously? The comments are as enjoyable to read as the blog posts.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog?: Nothing. Really. Ok, maybe move the archives up in the sidebar, but other than that? This blog is perfection.

What is the best feature of this blog?: That it exists. Go, I command you, and read. You won't be disappointed. In fact, you will want to come back and thank me for pointing you in his direction. And I urge you to do so. Go. Come back. Give thanks. In that order, please.

Rating: 10 - Mr. Fab, you busted my "10" cherry. And I'm honored to give it to you, dude. Rock on. Forever.

Mslovely's Blog Palace

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Blog Being Reviewed: Mslovely's Blog Palace
Reviewed By: Chatty Chicka

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At First Glance: Oh my God, I've never seen so much crap together in one place in my whole life! I'm goin' in, but if I'm not back soon, send in a search party....

Template/Design: I'm sorry. I hate it. I mean, I really, really, hate it. First of all, you've got THREE columns, and each one is CHOCK FULL of this and that, and something else. Her sub-header reads "Read about my custom graphics and cool widgets, tools, free stuff, humor, sexy stuff and link stuff!" Dude, pick a subject, and stick with IT. There's just too much stuff here. It took me FOREVER to find the archives. My God, there's even stuff piled up at the BOTTOM of the page. And I'm sorry, I swear I don't mean to be rude, but the picture in her "About Me" section looks like she's POPPING A SQUAT.

Content: I wish I could say some positive things about this blog. But I'm just not diggin' it. The technical information is hard to understand, she does paid posting, which I abhor, and most of the rest of it is stuff that maybe somebody would be interested in reading? But not me. I just was bored. All the way through it.


What is the first thing I would change about this blog?: Myself, I would delete the damn thing and start over, but cleaning up some of the useless piles of drivel on the sidebars would help alot. Also, I personally think a technical, instructional blog should be kept separate from a personal one.


What is the best feature of this blog?: This little angel, right here. This is the best thing I found on this blog.


Rating: 2

Wraith of Love

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Blog Being Reviewed: Wraith of Love
Reviewed By: Sexy Simone

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At First Glance: Another pompus walking thesaurus that has nothing better to do then throw her education in the face of us po' folk.

OH FUCK THAT! No post since January of 2007??

No Review For You!

Don't you just love that Seinfeld episode? The Soup Nazi still cracks me up to this day.

I'm just wasting space since I'm under strict contract to review any and all blog that comes my way. Wait, I did eventually read a couple of words - it's a freaking book! She ended with Chapter 6. If I wanted to read a book, I'd head over to my local library and choose one myself.

Rating - 1 - you got balls to publish your cathartic unrequited love story on a blog (her words, not mine).

Diary Of A Midlife Crisis

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Blog Being Reviewed: Diary of a Midlife Crisis
Reviewed By: Sexy Simone

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At First Glance: Oh FOR GOD'S SAKE - DON'T YOU PEOPLE LEARN THAT THERE ARE FREE FUCKING TEMPLATES TO USE?? YOU DO NOT - REPEAT - DO NOT HAVE TO USE THE STANDARD CRAP THAT BLOGGER GIVES YOU!

Template/Design: Yeah, I think that about said it... but now that I've vented I feel a *bit* better - so let's continue, shall we? Stupid fucking dots on a stupid white page. Now THAT sums it up. The only color she has is from a red ad on her sidebar. WTF are you people doing to me?? Now, normally I'm not adverse to a good truck driver kind of language tongue lashing, but not on this blog. I like to have a virgin mouth when it comes to spouting off, but I can't contain myself anymore. Don't submit your damn site that you KNOW will have a section about templates, if you have a blogger template. They suck, it sucks, and it shows that you are not really concerned what people think about your site. IF you are a newbie to blogging then it is perfectly understandable that you may not know. HENCE why we have a link actually taking you to places to get a free template that is not standard, and not really fugly looking.

Content: (Sexy Simone is now on her knees praying to all of the blogging Gods that haven't already condemned her to hell for swearing that the content is better than the template)...

Whew, thank you oh blogger Gods for answering my prayers! This woman is as fresh and open as a newly plucked rose. Alright, that may be a little too girly sounding, but you get my drift. The emotions! The openness! The self-exploration! Now this is my kind of blog happiness. See, I'm a rare person that doesn't want to see tons of meme's and crap like "Wordless Wednesday". I want words - lots of them! This woman has words... wait, allow me to read more... oh man, I love it! Just her profile alone says "Come to me! Be my friend! LOVE ME!!"

I am firmly entrenched in my mid-life - no longer a crisis but still an on-going exploration of what it's like to be 44, single after 16 years of marriage, and finding my creative life with maybe a personal life to go along with that.

WARNING: Contains adult language, adult themes, openly sentimental feelings, and a way too honest depiction of my life. If you know me, if you're a friend, lover (eventually is the goal), colleague, companion, you'll show up in here eventually.

See, now why can't some of you bloggers follow this wonderful woman's lead and write more about yourselves? Your innermost thoughts and feelings. I love it! And the fact that she put together a film in 48 hours shows me how creative she is. Eh, I don't love the fact that she is a Keith Urban fan, but I'll live.

She has been blogging for almost 2 years and I can't wait to go back and read some more of the archives!

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Well it certainly isn't the writing... take a guess, I dare ya!

What is the best feature of this blog? The seemingly easy flow of the words, as if they were written by her brain itself.

Rating: 7 - Damn you for not having a better template, I'd give you a better rating :)

reDeFyne

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Blog Being Reviewed: reDeFyne
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: 5 posts in the last 2 months? What am I doing here?

Template/Design: The site is jacked up in IE... but it looks ok in Firefox and Mozilla. Standard template, and it's been fiddled with a bit to give the background some oomph!

Content: I have no fucking clue what this blog is about, why the author is blogging, or what the purpose of all this randomness is. I figured out he is a 20-something male from Singapore. It is very hard to read most of the time because of the language barrier. Words often don't translate correctly from one language to the other, and it makes for a lot of mumbo jumbo that means nothing to me.

I do, however, get to see what books he's recently enjoyed, as well as movies and music he's recently seen and heard. Ask me if I really give a shit about that, though.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? How much time do you have? I couldn't honestly pick just one.

What is the best feature of this blog? I got nothin'.

Rating: 1 for the template being decent.

The Big Leather Couch

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Blog Being Reviewed: The Big Leather Couch
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

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At First Glance: Holy hell, I soooo need me some 3-D glasses for this.

Template/Design: Um, where do I start? Oh, wait. I know.

I. HATE. IT. The colors, the layout, the excessive fuckton of advertising. The requests for donations, the blog awards. WTF? Blog awardSeriously? Someone actually nominated this blog on the Blogger's Choice Awards in the categories of "BEST BLOG OF ALL TIME" and "BEST HUMOR BLOG." Who's fucking kidding who here? Didja nominate ya'self? I can think of a handful of blogs that could be considered winners in both of those categories, and your blog-- hell, even MY blog -- fall far short of qualifying for that award. But, you got nominated. I'd give you a big 'Woot!' but I hate when people use that word.

People, people, people... have I have not taught you ANYTHING? Again, another blogger that chooses to put his archives and recent posts at the VERY BOTTOM OF THE SIDEBAR... The RIGHT HAND SIDEBAR, no less. (Yes, we got a 3-column junkie here!) I could go on and on about this template, but I still have another review to do this morning-- so I'll end it with this:

Content: I went back to the very beginning of his site, hoping to find the few posts that will be this man's saving grace. I didn't find it. What I DID find, however, was in his very first post, he is already asking people to donate to the site if they "like what they see." Hmmm... one post?

Let's get this review over with... I will sum up the content in bullet points:

• American Idol
• Barry Bonds
• American Idol
• Baseball
• American Idol
• If you like what you see, click on my sponsor so I can make some dough
• American Idol
• American Idol AND Baseball... in one post. Creative!
• ...you get the idea.

The funny thing, his blog doesn't even come close to his description of what it is supposed to be about:

Life is a journey. Sometimes it is filled with wonderment and joy,
at other times heartache and sorrow.
I have always tried to see the lighter side, though I have not
always been successful.
This space is where I will share my insights on:
The World...
My Friends...
Interesting Stories and Places...
The Sublime and the Surreal...
Take A Seat And Please Join In with your Suggestions and make room for others!

Let's see more of that stuff, and less American Idol.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Clean up the sidebars, and make your writing the focus of the site, no all the shit off to the sides.

What is the best feature of this blog? His fictional writings. Go check him out. But you gotta scroll all the way down his right sidebar to find them... go ahead. I'll wait.

Rating: 2

We're Taking the Week Off...

It's nice outside, I'm in need of some alcoholic beverages, and it's a holiday week.

See y'all on Monday...

The Web Pen Blog

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Blog Being Reviewed: The Web Pen Blog
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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At First Glance: What the hell is this?


Template/Design: It was cluttered like a a Junkyard. There was alot of side and bottom clutter as well. My eyes are criss crossing.

Content: As the theme from Fred Sanford begins in the recesses of my mind - I am on point about this place being cluttered. He's a comedian, but unfortunately this is just not my cup of tea - but are reviews really about what I like or what someone else might like? I say - PLEASE TAKE ME OUT OF MY MISERY, but someone may like this humor. He got cartoons and all kinds of shit - he must have known someone would be confused because he also has a Favorite Post section; but sorry I got lost and am sitting on an old tire - waiting on the search and rescue team.


What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Moving it from my screen to YOURS!

What is the best feature of this blog? That he has the nerve to have a spot where you can translate this into another language - it might work in say Swahili.

Rating: 3 out of 10 - it just was not my cup of tea.

Tiny Voices In My Head

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Blog Being Reviewed: Tiny Voices In My Head
Reviewed By: Lexis Eldorado

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Note: Wanted to say sorry for totally missing you last go round.

At First Glance: Who did that drawing of her? Cool! Hmm, for some reason reminds me of an ad for a drive-in.


Template/Design: Nice template if you ask me. I started laughing right at bumfuck, PA (My family lives there and I totally agree). A woman who puts up her secret panty wetter is alright with me, makes me wanna put up mines. The defined lines gives it a 50's drive-in advertisment look. Her sidebar is neat and has personality and I liked the fact she had her About Me right there - no clicking! Now through the grapevine - it seems as if me and girls over here have been called straight pussies for our content on this here blog - but last time I checked that's waht I had - - so I for one am just being me. If you want me on the rag - give me something to be on the rag about - this one ain't it.

SUFFERING FROM HEATSTROKE FROM A DAY AT THE BEACH AND BREAKING FORMAT!

As I was reading through her blog and laughing my ass off in certain places. I came across this entry RIGHT HERE - So I said, well these are the Top 10 Things she looks for in a blog, let's see if she has them her damn self!

1. NO MUSIC. - Wellllll she does have a song and a nasty ass one at that - however, it is your choice to play it and I am as I write this entry.

2. CONTENT. She is a blog veteran! She's been blogging since 2004 and I mean blogging! I thought I had a whole bunch of shit running around in my head - but this woman got me beat and she has quite a following, which means now I'm jealous so no telling where this review is going to go. I do admire the fact that her tiny voices are quite articulate and everything is for the most part a complete thought and they even spit out Haiku's. Hmmmmm

3. PARAGRAPHS. Everything is academically correct.

4. EASY TO READ COLOR SCHEME. She was wise to contrast the dark colors with white - so the white has become a color and not a drab white...wash.

5. A BLOGGER WHO AT LEAST ATTEMPTS TO SPELL CORRECTLY/USE PROPER GRAMMAR. I probably have chopped up the ole Kings English right here in dis entry - so i won't even try to act like I checked for this, laugh.


6. LAYOUTS VOID OF LARGE, UNCOMPRESSED IMAGES. Nothing shut down my computer so that's cool.


7. PEOPLE WHO USE HALOSCAN COMMENTS. LOL - Blogger can make you gouge your eyes out - I had to leave them alone!

8. A DECENT LAYOUT. I gave up on this as well and I'm glad you didn't attempt.

9. BLOGGERS WHO HAVE SOME SORT OF ABOUT ME/PROFILE PAGE. Yours tells your story and keeps your interest

10. IT'S GOTTA BE MORE THAN MEMES. Ha! Ha! Seeing as the first post of July is a...DRUMROLL PLEASE...MEME, lol lol


What is the first thing I would change about this blog? Damn I'm looking - ok, I would add more panty wetters - I'm sure there are more, lol


What is the best feature of this blog? That it reads like she's carrying us around in that little titty hump you get when your bra is too small - we are privvy to everthing.

Rating: 10 out of 10 - Yea I am adding you to my blogroll. I likes!