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2withspirit.com… I expected this blog, from the title alone, to be in regards to 2 people; a couple maybe. And it is. Once the blog loaded the initial impression I got was that it was a woman writing. Mainly due to the layout of the blog itself and the cursive text. I didn’t know what to expect from the written text until I clicked on the “about” link.

I wasn’t far from wrong. The blog is actually about a woman, who has lost her husband to a high speed car chase by the police. It’s quite interesting reading. In so much as the author, in her blog, goes through all the raw emotions that are usually associated with sudden death of someone close, and it’s quite touching. The entries are well written, the writing is sometimes scattered and sometimes well thought out. But I put down the raw emotion behind the writing to the sometimes scattered entries.

I believe that the basis of this weblog is an outlet for the author, for her emotions, her thoughts as well as her crusade. She has achieved many good things through her persistence, her never ending belief and it is refreshing to see a person be able to make a difference, even when it means that the person is constantly challenged at her beliefs and, at times, thought she wasn’t making a difference.

The template that the author uses does compliment her writing style, it compliments the blog content. The links all work, except on the about page, where there is the link to listen to something. I couldn’t get that to work. I don’t know if that is because I use Opera as a browser or not.

I had a hard time writing this review, only because I believe that police are there to do a job and they did their job, unfortunately it resulted in a loss of life, but everyone makes choices, those left behind usually have to live with them. Also because the author has, with her crusade, pointed out some holes in the police department that should be straightened out. Overall, this blog I believe is sometimes different. It offers a different view of what we view of the “role” of police officers, even if it is the lack of role after the incident. Definitely a blog worth checking out. I do hope that the author finds the peace that she deserves. 2 With Spirit

The Blondelibrarian blog is written by Renee, an American living in Germany. After searching the archives by category, it is still a little sketchy as to whether or not she is a librarian but I did confirm that she was in fact blonde.

Renee updates quite often and the posts are very descriptive, well written and detailed. She has a unique way of looking at things which comes across in her blog as she somehow manages to write about ordinary events such as the demise of the cat’s toy mouse (RIP) and make it interesting and funny. She writes about a wide range of topics, such as reviews on books she reads, living in Germany, and ‘cat blogging’ just to name a few.

The layout of the blog was an easy to navigate two column layout with the blog and a sidebar with archives, navigation and blogroll. The design had a nice header graphic featuring a blonde of course. The background color of the blog was black and the font was purple, an ‘interesting’ combination. While you could read the font on the blog page, on the sidebar, where the font was smaller, it was harder to read.

What I like most about this blog was the well written blog entries. What I liked the least was the choice of background and colors. That might be a personal thing though, so I’ll also say that the navigation section could be better organized. I had to read and reread it a few times before I figured out that the links to other parts of the blog were under the about me section.

Overall, I liked this blog, but I thought that the blog needs to be redesigned to make the entries stand out more.Culture Shock and the blondelibrarian

Okay, a writing weblog, now this could go two ways, I thought. One, I could be extremely impressed or I could end up reading angsty, rhyming poetry about how someone hates their parents. Lucky for me, “Writer’s Blog” fell into the first category.

“Writer’s Blog” is just what it says: it is the writings of one Easywriter. While she does blog about her life, the truly beautiful and capturing entries are the surrealistic ones, that sound like poetry, and tell about random occurances, thoughts, or sights. “Easywriter” is aptly named; she has an easy-flowing writing style, it reminded me of reading someone’s diary or personal anecdote; filled with inner thoughts. This style only made her entries more interesting to read.

The entries usually aren’t very long, but there are so many of them! Sometimes Easywriter will add an entry a few times a day, so there’s plenty of reading, which makes up for the fact that the weblog is only a few months old.

The design is plain, just a mustard-colored background and text. While it was a little disappointing that it was so plain, it did work for “Writer’s Blog,” simply because then the writing was the focus. And the template was crisp, clear, and easy on the eyes with the text large and easily readable.

I enjoyed this weblog immensely, and you can be sure that I’m going to be back again and again.Writer’s Blog

The title seemed pretty straightforward to me. When I read it, I assumed that the blog was about a writer who blogs.

And I was right! Yay to me.

It seems to me, though, that the blog isn’t really all that much of a creative writing one. The entries are mostly about the life of the author, who is aptly named “easywriter”. But what is different, in my opinion, is the style. Other people’s personal blogs are of course, about their personal life. But only a few can match the way this blog can hold on to the attention of a reader.
Writer’s Blog

The first thing I noticed about this blog was the fact that it’s a Blogger blog. I’ve several times voiced my dislike for Blogger blogs with the basic, standard templates, but this one actually isn’t that bad. Aside from the Google search bar that’s not only superfluous but also too big for the sidebar, there isn’t too much to complain about on this blog.

The layout is blue, and I like blue. It looks good and even though it’s a standard, it’s not one of the horribly overused ones. The archives list is about ten miles long, which is a little bit overwhelming, and as I stated, there’s a Google search bar. (I’m sorry, but I don’t get the point of implementing search boxes on blogs. If someone wants to use Google, it doesn’t take that much extra effort to just GO to Google.)

There are two authors on the blog, which we learn from the “Contributors” section. Other than this and a handful of links, there aren’t really any extras or plugins. This isn’t a bad thing, so I’ve got no complaints about that.

The content is pretty average, and there’s talk about lots of things. It’s a two-author blog, but only one of these authors seems to write, which leaves me wondering. There are posts about basketball and Lost, neither of which catches my attention too terribly much.

However, some people might really like this blog, and that makes me happy for them. I, however, will not be adding this blog to my blogrolls. It falls just short of being “good” and lies in the middle zone of “average”.NULL