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it's a dog's life
My first thought of it's a dog's life was "Oh God. Please don't let this be a blog from the point of view of a dog. Please. I know its been done, and people like these things, but please, let this be different." Thankfully it was VERY different.
The page loads with a black background a header that is really cool and original and grey boxes with the blog posts in it. It is a modification of a template, but a good job was done with this design. I noticed that the header image didn't have a dog in it, and in fact had a motorcycle in it.
My eyes quickly drifted to the quote that said "Warning-This Blog May Contain Adult Oriented Material" and below that is a picture of a male with a leather jacket and a long beard playing the guitar. At this point I knew this wasn't a blog about a dog's daily activities.
The posts on this blog are about things that are going on in his life and things that have happened. They are all very well written and easily enjoyable. I do have to stress that his little warning of Adult Material is very true. This blog is not for the young or the weak of heart or stomach.
Now normally I like it when people include a bit about themselves in a seperate section. It gives me a quick idea of what the blog should be about, things to expect and what not. Of course there is the standard blogger profile, which gave me a nice little bit. But then I noticed the link for "My Liver Transplant". This took me back a bit. Without revealing too much - just know that it sums up his 2 year ordeal with needing a liver transplant and his will to live. Read this FIRST. It will give you a great understanding of the author.
Its very hard for a blog to move me so much as to give it the score of 5. Over the years my pickiness has increased, and thus it has made it harder for any site to earn a rating of a 5 from me. This site has everything I need in a blog - good writing, original posts, well written posts, and the feeling that the stories being shared are those that are told between good friends over a beer at a bar. So with that I give It's A Dog's Life a rating of 5 because it captured everything I want in a blog.
This site was reviewed on 2005-02-26 by Brent.
They felt this site belonged in the Humor category.
Brent felt that it's a dog's life deserved a rating of 5.
“It’s a dogs life” could well have been one of two things, a dog owning obsessive or someone who genuinely believes it really is a dogs life. Thankfully, it was the latter, although I was a little disturbed initially by the warning at the top o the right hand column “Warning-This Blog May Contain Adult Oriented Material”. After a brief read of the about me page, which formed a basis for what was to come, I ventured into the archives. I was fairly impressed.
I found the first entry gave me a better feel for the author than the profile, in one paragraph he managed to capture why I started blogging, and from that moment on I was very interested in what he had to say. It was what I expected, very personal. Its very much a log of day to day activities, with a few thoughts thrown in for good measure. There were the odd entry which was, shall we say, very adult orientated, but they didn’t bother me. They didn’t necessarily interest me that much either. But, on balance most of the entries were interesting, and written well with just a little wit. It didn’t necessarily touch depths I expected after reading the first post, but it didn’t disappoint either.
The design certainly fits both the author and its content, and the banner was a bright and colourful edition to the otherwise black and grey design. I’m not a great fan of light text on a black background because I find it hard on the eyes, thankfully this colour combination merely affected the side column.
A few links of interest aside, there are no real surprises on this weblog. There are some links to blogger templates, which may interest to other blogger blogspot users for example.
“It’s a dogs like” is precisely what I expected it to be, a personal web journal detailing the everyday excursions in the life of its author. From its first post I had expected a little more, something inspired by his own statement “I always feel like I am behind a fence, peering out at the world, restricted by the collective weight of friends and family protocol can be crushing” for example. If personal blogs are what you love, chances are you may enjoy this site. It probably won’t knock you back with its depth, but it may well interest you enough to keep coming back for me. A promising 4.
This site was reviewed on 2005-02-26 by fembat.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
fembat felt that it's a dog's life deserved a rating of 4.
2 reviewers gave it's a dog's life an average rating of 4.5000
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