This review of The Zero Boss: Confessions of a Reluctant Father is brought to you by The Weblog Review blog and website reviews. Get your site reviewed within 4 days by using the 'For Faster Service' link on the left menu.
The Zero Boss: Confessions of a Reluctant Father
The Zero Boss is the ‘Confessions of a Reluctant Father’ of six, so named from one of his daughters who shouted at him : 'You're not the boss of me! You're not the boss of anybody! You're the zero boss!' Well the Zero Boss is certainly the boss of his blog.
The author, Jay, a ‘Daddy blogger' wanted to be a writer since the age of 13 and has accomplished this goal. It becomes evident quickly how much the author enjoys writing and blogging. (1. What is your 'dream job', realistic or not.
Blogging for a living.) There is a ton of content on this site in spite of the blog only being around for six months… (A writer who likes to write – go figure).
The joys and sorrows of parenthood are the main focus of this blog. The author shares numerous kernels of humour, wisdom and 'life' as a father, husband and of course as the Zero Boss. Entries such as 'this is why we can't have nice things' and the non star trek 'klingon', and 'and the rot in hell award goes to...' and numerous others show the passion and joy he derives from parenting… (Reluctant or not…) TZB (The Zero Boss) explains various parenting gems such as the necessity of owning a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and the holy deliverance of eBay.
TZB tackles a cornucopia of issues such as: fundamentalist agenda of religious bigotry, some political issues, the gay marriage debate, DWI, his vasectomy, home schooling and various issues dealing with mistreated children. On the lighter side there were also entries about Anime, South Park, coffee and various asshats he comes across in the News. Being rather passionate about certain issues, the author also had to deal with some negative posters commenting on his blog… which made for some interesting entries such as '...and every man should beat thee' and 'file this under "this is jay flipping his shit'.
Of course I found most interesting his entry on blogging: 'Given what I’ve seen while cruising the Web, that's not surprising. There's a lot of dead wood out there. Blogging consistently takes time, patience, and no small degree of talent. Not to mention a high degree of megalomania and self-importance. Did I just write that?'. The blog is very well linked to some interesting sites, with links such as ‘the differences between women and men...in the shower’ or the creepy ‘The Rainbow Plucking Orgy’ there is some bonus entertainment from this blog.
I was wondering if this was going to be a blog only parents could enjoy…with lots of cute inside esoteric parenting humour. But I found the blog quite enjoyable to read which was larger due to the quality of the writing. Jay writes engaging prose regardless what the topic is. I’m sure parents who can relate to TZB will love this blog… For the rest of use non-parental types (such as myself) I think there is plenty of reasons to read this blog as the content is very dynamic.
In spite of being a very bland site visually, the true zest of TZB comes through in its writing which I found intelligent, witty, sometimes confrontation, sometimes touching but always passionate and intriguing. In a few years I'm sure the Zero Boss' daughter will improve his score well above zero.
This site was reviewed on 2004-07-12 by obz.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
obz felt that The Zero Boss: Confessions of a Reluctant Father deserved a rating of 4.25.
This writer, a self proclaimed “Reluctant Father” (recently changed from Unholy Father) of 6 children writes in a light but humorous manner reminiscent to Tom Braden’s book Eight is Enough (of which the TV series was based on). I particularly enjoyed a recent post of his, “IN SEARCH OF PAINTED PONIES” from July 9 of this year. As a mom who has relocated a time or two with small children, I could definitely empathize with this author in his search for that which was left behind.
The earliest entry I found went back to February 2 of this year, but this blogger gives the distinct feeling of someone who has been writing for many years and enjoys doing so. His moniker “The Zero Boss” was bestowed on him by one of his daughters as told in his February 16 entry The Zero Boss. I should note here, while I have enjoyed his entries enormously, I’m not sure how someone without children, or who is single might relate to them. If readers take these entries as entertaining humorous writings comparable to Erma Bombeck, only from a father’s point of view, they should be fine.
This blog is clean appearance with a plain white background and black text with muted colors for the links. The blog is easy on the eyes, with no gimmicks or fancy bells and whistles to distract from the writings of this author. The often disparaged three column set up, of which I have no problems with as it makes navigation easier, (albeit it can tend to make for looooooooooong pages) is set up logically and is user friendly. While I wouldn’t have my children read these entries, I would definitely recommend them to my peers. While this is without a doubt a personal blog, I would classify it more under the humor category. Basing my rating on the entertainment I enjoyed, as well as the style of writing itself, I give this blogger a 3.75.
This site was reviewed on 2004-07-12 by alli.
They felt this site belonged in the Humor category.
alli felt that The Zero Boss: Confessions of a Reluctant Father deserved a rating of 3.75.
2 reviewers gave The Zero Boss: Confessions of a Reluctant Father an average rating of 4.0000
Site Stats
Site Category: Entertainment
Reader Rating: 2.2083 based on 6 votes
Report URL
Cast your vote
Sorry you need to log in to vote.