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I really like the fact that Ed talks about the revenue based mainstream media outlets in the first portion of the main page. I also enjoyed the simple layout of this site.

The blog itself is very interesting and I like the fact that Ed is very opinionated, even though I don’t particularly agree with most of his ideas and beliefs. Ed makes no bones about how he feels and that’s exactly how people should be in my opinion.

The blog is very well written and Ed seems to be a well educated person who keeps up with current events.

The layout is simple and to the point without lots of bells and whistles so, there’s more reason to focus on the content rather than the extra stuff.

I would give this blog a big thumbs up and recommend it as a regular read to anyone. That is except for the Republican readers out there unless you can read it with an open mind.

Ed’s Opinion

Doing Time intially sounded like a prison blog, an insider view, from a prisoner’s perspective. What you actually got was another basic template, plain black background, which I think works really well for site, especially since the writing is what draws you in. There isn’t much in the way of “about me”, but the links all work and some are quite funny.

The Trashman writes very well. His accounts, whether they be true or not, are very entertaining for the reader and wants to make you read more. For a blog that is fairly new (started July 2004) I believe this is a rare find. Doing Time stands out because it’s got the twist that many other blogs are lacking. It’s entertainment. Purely.

The purpose of the blog I believe is for the author to tell his humorous events in written form. He does it well. His latest entry Happy Valentines Day definitely puts a smile on your face, it will even elicit a laugh or two. His links to various other pages work, the one to Save Toby had me laughing very hard indeed.

I believe that the Trashman enjoys his blog as much as the reader’s like reading it. I’ve given it a 5 because of the uniqueness of the blog in it’s content. There are not many blogs that are both humorous as well as well written, thought out and stand out.
Doing Time

I was expecting this blog to be written by a person who was “Doing Time”. We have had the homeless blogger, why not the inmate blogger? I thought that this blog would be about daily life and what not. Then I saw that this blog was in the Humor category and considered that it might be different.

The page loads with a header of a man behind bars giving someone the finger. Then there is the nice little quote of “Rehabilitated? Now let me see. You know, I don’t have any idea what that means.” from the Shawshank Redemption. I got that right away. The site has a black background and white text which is very prison like.

The posts are about things that has happened in The Trashman’s life as he remembers them or as were told. They are real stories, with only the guilty names changed. I find it hard to believe that the stories are mostly real, but then again, keeping up this charade would be hard to do.

The posts are about extremely weird and violent things that one would probably never do. Yet they are written with a certain comedic tone to them that you almost have to laugh at the situation rather than gawk at it.

I could go on and on about the posts and stuff, but I don’t want to spoil anything for you. I enjoyed this blog from beginning to end and laughed numerous times. The best way I can describe this blog is that this guy is blogging his life as if he was the main character in Grand Theft Auto.Doing Time

This blog makes a great first impression. Jay-B from Texas has photos of himself at the top and the tagline “The only ridiculously opinionated college student you’ll ever need.” Made me laugh.

Jay-B’s blog is only about 6 months old. He started with posts about songs he was listening to and liking. (He is, after all, in college. New music is part of the daily routine in college.) He moved on to other topics about the college highjinx of himself and his friends, for example how his roommate butchered his own hair with clippers (complete with photos) or the saga of his friend Tommy buying cereal with coupons. Again, made me laugh.

The design of the site is mostly clean and well thought out(something I like a lot), but I groaned to see those Google ads at the very TOP of the page. Argh! Move these annoying things, Jay-B, please. His sidebar is well organized, and I liked his search tool that he calls “Snoop In An Organized Manner.” He also lists other blogs he has which include “Jay-B Gets Someone Coffee,” detailing his life as an intern.

Jay-B submitted his site as “humor,” but it is most definitely a personal blog and pretty standard college guy fare.Jay-B Says

When Jay-B’s blog popped up on my screen my intial impression was neat & tidy. There is a google ad before the text begins, if it were my blog I’d move that and put it in a side bar somewhere, but that’s my own opinion.

Getting back to the blog itself, after reading the little blurb under his title saying “The only ridiculously opinionated college student youll ever need” I thought, hmm. Spelling error, you’ll. Jay-B should change that. What I expected from this blog was a college student that was writing about experiences, maybe college life and their own opinions. That is basically what you get. A 20 year old college student blogging about various things that happen to him or his friends.

The blog itself has various links along the right hand side and I like the fact that he has categories for his various entry’s. It means surfing through things are much easier than date links!

There isn’t anything that is particularly catching in this blog for me, although Jay-B does have some amusing entry’s I found that the blog made me feel like I was getting to know the nice lad next door. He writes well, gets his point across, sometimes writes in an amusing manner and really, I think that coming back every so often to see if there might be a change is something that I might do. I think the author is still growing, as he grows so too will his writing style and blog.

All in all, I think that this blog has potential. I’m not sure that it should be in the humour section though, I found it more of a personal blog than a humourous one.
Jay-B Says