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A true treasure of the web! This one is a “hard to top” site.



The site design is very well done, although the cat darned near scared me to death. Luna appeared to be coming off the page at me.



Liz’s entries are numerous and many are quite detailed. The story about her uncle’s death was heartrending, and made me sad that she had to deal with all of the misery. With entries dating back to September of 2000, she is an old hand at weblogging. Her entry of April 9 was right up my alley. I like this lady’s attitude, even though she may say SFW if I do.



External links took me to some other interesting places and I bookmarked some of them for further review. Although I didn’t read all of Liz’s entries, I found those I did read worth the time spent and will often make a return visit to find out what’s up in Toronto with Luna and Liz.

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Exploring this site was a pleasure. The journal entries are well-thought-out, well-written, insightful and entertaining. I found myself not wanting the entry I was reading to end, then quickly going to the next to read more.



The entries run the gamut from getting her first paycheck from her new job to going to her grandchildren’s Christmas plays to her feelings about her Internet friends … and everything in between.



I like the layout as well. It’s fun as well as functional.



The “about” and other pages are also entertaining and well worth a look.



The intro page says this site is “the online home of an Alaskan whose motto says it best . . . I live in Alaska, I make my own fun.” She’s also managed to make this site fun for visitors.the PurpleMooseGazette

Raymond’s Retreat is a VERY extensive weblog that definitely holds something for everyone.



Each weblog (there are four) is housed on its’ on page, which prevents the site from being very cluttered or hard to look at.



The personal weblog contains rather long entries, which I sometimes found hard to follow. Raymond has a “best of link” that features, in his opinion, some of the best weblog entries he’s done. Among some of the more recent entires were an entire script from a British comedy, poetry excerpts, and some very, VERY eloquent writing by Raymond. Other fun reads featured an entry on dating requirements, and general updates on the daily life of Raymond.



Reading about Raymond’s experience with a strange cat read like a novel – very intense, descriptive, and detailed. His details, descriptions, and choice of words honestly made me feel as if I was *right* there.



The news/arts blog was also very extensive, but I felt like it provided the reader with VERY much information that seemed to be paraphrased for the average Joe to read and comprehend.



The exercise and cooking weblogs look to be more “personal blogs” that Raymond has set up for himself. It’s a neat way to keep yourself in check, and that’s my opinion on what Raymond’s doing.



Raymond’s site design isn’t out to win any contests, but his weblog(s) are definitely ones that will be entertaining and informative for the average reader.Raymond’s Retreat

When I first reviewed “Living In A Bubble” (which is now Somewhere Close To No Where), I was very unimpressed when I first arrived at the site. The loading seemed ‘clunky’, you needed macromedia flash, and it took forever to load. Not so with the new edition. Gone are the bells and whistles, and broken links (there were only a couple before). What you see now is a super sleek, sharp looking site.



The weblog is updated much more frequently than it was before and the posts are well written. The author treats his blog as true journal, not a bunch of random remarks with quizz results. After you’ve read a few posts you really want to read more, its kind of addictive. I noticed the author is pretty much a positive attitude person, which certainly is rare in the blog world, and kind of refreshing.



I loved the new site design, easy to navigate, no broken links, loaded quickly in netscape and internet explorer.



There’s a really good bio section (I think some type of bio or faq is absolutley nessicary). The archives worked, in the last review they worked randomly and took forever to load, gone are those problems. There’s message board and a picture page (which is always a cool bonus in a site). I encountered nary a pop up as well.



I’m giving Somewhere Close To No Where a 4.5 because every single thing that was wrong with it before was fixed, redesigned, redone, and made better. How rare is that? I usually keep track of all the blogs I review and I have to say, when this one was redone I was very impressed. Four and a half stars, check it out.



Old review below

First impressions are everything when it comes to webpages, and with ‘Living In A Bubble’ I had what I would call an ‘okay’ one. I do not recommend going to this site if you use the Netscape browser, this is definatly best viewed through I.E., and you must have Macromedia Flash Player 5 installed on your computer to get the ‘full effect’.



Upon first loading this site I was impressed, you can tell immediatly that the author (even though he is humble about it) knows a few things about html.



I was happy to see pictures of the author immediatly when visiting the site and a ‘bio’ section which was very informative. I felt like I knew the author after just a couple ‘clicks’. I have to say though, that I was disappointed with a few things. First, when I visited the site I was hit with a huge pop up add, and the site took quite a long time to load through dial up and cable (I visited through both). There is an archive section but there is not a lot to it (some weeks only have a few entries) and they too, took some time to load and had a huge ‘pop up’ ad. I consider archives very important, when you visit the archives, you are visiting the ‘site history’. Some of the links in the ‘content’ menu I was unable to visit, using both I.E. and Netscape (I recieved errors on seven of eight visits). I did however enjoy the poetry I read, and I wish there were more. I also liked the enthusiasm in which the author wrote most of his posts.



I give ‘Living In A Bubble’ a 2.5 because after reading the ‘about’ section I really didn’t learn much more about the author through his posts, there weren’t many posts considering how long ago the site was started, and I just never felt like I made a ‘connection’ to the author. I do look forward to re-reviewing this site in the future, hopefully when I do review ‘Living In A Bubble’ again it will not take so long to load, and there will be more substantive posts. Living In A Bubble

Upon entering this site, you have to click through a splash page that has absolutely nothing, but text on the far right hand side. It made me wonder what I was in store for with the rest of the site. And I was pleasantly surprised!



Christine’s weblog is very simply written. In my opinion, she’s just writing to write, and that’s what I think a good weblog is for. “i-cherry” isn’t there to cause any earth-shattering controversy or to expose Christine’s deepest, darkest secrets. But there’s enough personal attachment to the author you gain just by reading that you want to come back to read more.



I’m really digging this whole site.



I’m a huge fan of the color blue, so the layout of this site set VERY well with me. Christine uses several different shades of blue, and they all go together SO very well. Design is definitely a strong point in this weblog.



If you take a peek at this site, which I suggest you do, be sure and fully explore the entire site. It’s definitely worth it.i-cherry