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Throbert McGee's Blinkin' Blog
Oh, how the word "blinkin" scared me. My biggest fear was that I'd come to "Throbert McGee's Blinkin' Blog", and there's really be things blinking all over the place. Thankfully, this most certainly was not the case.
The layout that's used at this weblog is a typical Blogger template, but the colors have been altered, and I like the look it has.
Why "Throbert"? That's a section of this weblog I'd certainly suggest checking out. Not only was I laughing and nearly clutching my sides from laughing so hard by the time I finished reading it, but it did give quite a bit of insight to the man behind the madness of Throbert McGee and his Blinkin' Blog.
OPINIONATED. There's a word that accurately describes this weblog. Another word? How about two - freakin' hilarious. The disturbing stories of Throbert Jr. (or Throbertina Jr.) are absolutely side-splitting. While it's so very wrong (no offense, Rob), it's just so very damn funny.
I started to single out specific entries I liked more than others, but the more I read, the longer that list got. Constantly being updated on Throbert Jr. (or Throbertina Jr.), the neighbors, the bars, the news, movies - it's all covered throughout this weblog, and it's all done in an extremely entertaining way.
Rob does a great job of cracking up his readers, but also does a wonderful job of writing in a simple to read yet sometimes mind stimulating manner. It's not a weblog for dummies.
While you're visiting Throbert McGee's Blinkin' Blog -- and you NEED to visit this weblog -- don't forget to pay attention to the tip jar. After all, Throbert Jr. (or Throbertina Jr.) has to eat if he (or she) is going to grow up and become nice and healthy.
This site was reviewed on 2002-10-08 by Wendy.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Wendy felt that Throbert McGee's Blinkin' Blog deserved a rating of 4.5.
Throbert McGee’s blinkin’ blog looks like someone hit it with the cute stick – a lot. It’s an organized layout but really cutesy in a quasi-Hello Kitty kind of way, so I was really expecting the ramblings of a teenage girl in love or something like that. How I love to be wrong about things like this: Throbert McGee’s blinkin’ blog is incredibly well written and entertaining.
According to Rob [author of Throbert McGee’s blinkin’ blog], the site has been reclaimed and abandoned several times. It’s easy to see when that happened. I usually start reading blogs from the beginning, and Rob had me giggling before I even started reading his first entry simply by the hee-larious graphic used, and the religion-themed first entry was amusing. Then there was the part with the weird deformed baby storyline that was just not that entertaining. And now there is the current incarnation, which focuses on world events. It’s news, but it’s delivered with an accompanying commentary that is both unique and funny. Anyone who compares the U.S.’s role in foreign affairs to Adam Baldwin’s role in the 1980 movie The Bodyguard has got my vote.
The writing deserves a better design. It’s not that the design is unattractive, but it does nothing to promote the blog on looks alone. The logo graphics are, as mentioned above, really cutesy and don’t really fit the tone and style of the excellent writing. There are some small problems throughout the blog – font size jumps throughout entries, which is kind of distracting. Alternative incarnations of the design are still posted with some entries.
There are some great aspects to this blog, other than the well-written entries – Rob keeps an excellent and entertaining FAQ page and has some really funny links. Rob also links to a Wallpaper Gallery, which is filled with great photographs that he has taken. Something that is kind of off-putting to me is a writer who pumps his readers for money. This is just a personal preference of mine. If a blog owner want to ask for donations, I would recommend making a separate page for it and putting a link that says “Support me” or “Fund the Writer” or something like that on the template page. It detracts from my reading enjoyment, knowing that there’s someone begging me for spare change every time I visit the blog.
I highly recommend a visit to Throbert McGee’s blinkin’ blog. I enjoyed reading the blog from start to finish, and will be back for another visit!
This site was reviewed on 2002-10-08 by Nicole.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Nicole felt that Throbert McGee's Blinkin' Blog deserved a rating of 4.5.
2 reviewers gave Throbert McGee's Blinkin' Blog an average rating of 4.5000
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