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Broad At Bat
This is a re-review of Broad At Bat
The first and absolute thing I noticed when I came upon this blog was the green in the eyes. I couldn't help it. I have a strange attraction to green eyes in general and the image is black and white, with the green color showing through. The blog seems so simply and yet, I have high hopes.
The first place I stopped was the "about" page. I try to avoid doing this, but I love to learn about the author before delving into their often intimate words and writings. How glad I am that I did. You'll read that this author doesn't have comments, for all of the reason I wish I didn't have comments but am too much an attention whore to avoid. She's writing for writing, and I give a lot of credit to her for this. Her first entry states that she may not continue to write for too long. As with most blogs, they start full force, and eventually die away, becoming less of a priority for the writer and thus the reader. Obviously, this blog continues. I'm hooked on this blog. I can't help but find the entries completely enthralling. I keep thinking that this blog is the blog I meant to write, but never got around to being creative enough to do it.
The author tells about how women work and their mentalities, at least in the beginning. Soon after it becomes much more personal. The entry about her daughter is beautiful, for anyone who's a mother or has been the "teen girl." The writings are quite easily small short stories leaving the reader (at least this reader) wanting more. There are a lot of archives to read through, but for the most part, if you're looking for quality, you'll want to read through the majority of them.
The design is beautiful and simple. Like I mentioned above, the eyes of the image at the title leaves you wondering... Do these eyes belong to the author? The author's daughter? Someone else entirely?? It doesn't matter, because the blog speaks for itself. I continue to read, even as I tie this review up and bring it to an end. The blog is readable, and the archives work (with permalinks). It's simply, but functional.
I've said it before in reviews, you can't judge it based on the design. While the design is simply and functional, people might find themselves wondering why they're even at this blog. Simply... content. This blog is filled with interesting stories about murderers and other such stuff. What makes this blog more interesting and fun is that they're true and real stories. The author has a way with words, and I commend her on her ability to share, with the rest of us, her little take on life. Go and read. You won't regret it. And if you're like me, you'll find yourself wishing you had more hours to spend starting at a stark white screen with little black words, and finding yourself completely enthralled. Completely.
This site was reviewed on 2003-10-21 by firefly.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
firefly felt that Broad At Bat deserved a rating of 4.5.
Behavioral pshycoholgists, I am told, have already taken an interest in blogging as both a regulating valve and a security blanket. The vast majority of personal blogs falls within either of these categories or both. Broad at Bat, run by Mrs. Broad as our "host/teacher," is introduced as WOMAN 101, a freshman course, I suppose, flying the standard of a black bat. Right off the bat, with Mrs. Broad swinging, I'd classify this blog as both a regulating valve and a security blanket.
You could, I guess, see Broad at Bat as a mildly funny, whimsical kind of blog where Mrs. Broad communicates her accumulated wisdom on womanhood in general. She gives us only a hint as to how much time she has already spent reading the innards of a woman's operating instructions:
(On 10/30/02) How old am I? I'm old enough that I've done the silly things youth do trying to find their own boundaries. I'm at that place in life where priorities are clear, comfort zones are huge, and I'm more apt to explore depths rather than just breadths. I've learned the big, important and expensive lessons. I've found myself.That's grand... But what does Broad at Bad exactly offer?
I'd suspect that its primary objective is analysis of women's daily "life strategies" in this harsh, unruly world. Look, for example, at a lengthy post on flirting and teasing that attempts to define the differences between "flirting," "teasing," "fooling around," and "coming on to." Fine detail here and the audience should be of both sexes, frustrated or not, successful or not. The entire blog (and it's a relatively young one) is in this exact same tone of "voice" -- mildly didactic, sober. Mrs. Broad is really making an effort to sound cool and collected, and she probably is. I read the following excerpt as Broad at Bat's cross between a mission statement and a core kernel:
Women are also wonderfully brave and charitable when it comes to imparting their insecurities, their beliefs, and their opinions - like ones on my hairstyle, or how I raise my children - often within hours or days of first meeting me. You just don't find many men willing to extend themselves like that to a stranger (on 10/15/02).Powered by Blogger, Broad at Bat has the simplest possible layout. There are only four links of suggested reading and the archive. Writing is straightforward, plain. Mrs. Broad hasn't any earth-shaking announcements to make. She slowly ploughs through the days, one post at a time.
I felt Broad at Bat was pop soda without the fizz.
But some people adore flat soda.
This site was reviewed on 2002-11-30 by Nik Karanikos.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Nik Karanikos felt that Broad At Bat deserved a rating of 2.5.
2 reviewers gave Broad At Bat an average rating of 3.5000
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