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I like websites like “zazzafooky”. It’s fun and keeps you on your toes. It’s not the same posts over and over again, and never becomes boring to read. Reviewing this site was all too easy.

When the URL first loads, readers may be confused at what they see. However, once the cookies are reset, you’re met with a very nice design. It’s a two-column layout, and keeps the general appearance of the site very clean and tidy. The colors are bright, and the overall perception I got of the site’s visual aspect was a very fun feel. A webcam link, zazzafooky merchandise, links around the ‘net – all of these can be found in the sidebar, along with some other sites within zazzafooky.com. The “Who is she?” is she links explains where the heck zazzafooky came from, and also describes who the author is. While the author information isn’t detailed, it does give readers an idea of the type of posts they’ll be reading. I love the different catagories of archives – where else can you sit and read several posts that fall into a “vulgarity”?

The author, who calls herself TJ, writes very well. She keeps her entries in fairly small paragraphs, which is very nice when reading weblogs. Her grammar and spelling don’t leave me trying to figure out what exactly she means when she writes an entry. Each entry is like a little morsel of entertainment – sometimes it’s humor, other times the posts leave you re-evaulating certain aspects of your own life.

The first posts I read were the ten entries TJ lists under “Best of Me”. What’s a better way to start reviewing a site than by reading what the author feels are her best entries? After reading them, I could definitely understand why she picked them as the “best”, but have no clue as to how she was able to limit it to just those.

I like the posts that list just small tids and bits of her life just as much as I like the multi-paragraphed prose-type entries she makes. I like that she can write about every day experiences (her pets, her family, being harassed by security at the airport) and make them seem so enjoyable. I like the creativity in the weblog’s name.

I like that for the past several weeks, she uploads several music files for her readers to download. One week I can download the South Park version of Merry F***** Christmas, and the next I can grab Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton. Why aren’t there radio stations like that, by the way?

This is a fun site. I don’t know how I haven’t found it in other blog surfing. In my opinion, it’s definitely one that you should stop by and give a read. I’m willing to bet that within five entries just about everyone is going to either be laughing or nodding their head in agreement to what they’re reading.

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What an interesting blog! Every now and then you come across a blog which is earnest and sincere to the point where you know the author has true conviction. In the case of Alabama Improper, a patriotic southern girl lets it rip.

She espouses her conservative catholic values, which can sometimes seem contradictory as religious dogma often does, but she does it unashamedly denouncing premarital sex in one post, and singing pro-war sentiment in the next. Although it makes my left-wing blood boil, its this kind of free speech that we all have to value and that really emphasizes the unique nature of the blogosphere.

Interestingly, despite being a devout and pious catholic, wife and mother, she swears like a salty sea dog! She writes well and I cannot fault her relaxed style which is consistent and strong but the blog often tends towards local clubs, sport or events so true to the site name, it really is an Alabama blog with a global audience to bear witness to some southern comfort.

The site is easy on the eyes, although the header photo is somewhat blurry and odd looking, the layout is familiar blogger fare and extremely long, with an exhaustive list of blogs, and patriot logos littered over the right hand side.

If strong right wing, liberal Americana rants by an ultra-conservative southern catholic girl is your cup of tea, Alabama Improper will do it for you. The authors combination of political opinion, religious fervor and almost fundamentalist pro-south zealotry certainly make interesting reading.
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My first thought about this weblog? Someone just bought a good chunk of stock in Plantronics and needs to the price to shoot up through the roof if they plan on making any profit. With as many Google Ads that can be found on this site, it might just be possible. Even after reading the entire three months of archives, I still have no idea who is writing this weblog or the purpose behind it – other than make a few quick bucks.

I’m a diehard Firefox user. When I loaded this site in my favorite browser, I was met with what was obviously a style sheet made specifically for Internet Explorer. For other Firefox users that happen upon this site, they’ll see just a white background with white text, in a layout that seems somewhat broken. Don’t worry, though – the Google and Amazon ads are still there.

Once I finally loaded the site in IE, it was a little more pleasing to the eye using different blues and grays in the design. The site easy to navigate and the archives are listed both by date and by category, which makes locating different items easy.

Pop-up ads used to be my major annoyance while surfing the Internet. Thanks to pop-up blockers, I’m able to almost completely avoid these. Now, the latest craze of advertising happens to be affiliate ads – Google, Amazon, etc. This site over does it. There are three locations on each page where readers are subjected to keyword ads. In addition, the posts where the author reviews different products contains a link to Amazon, which the author makes money off of every time readers order the product by clicking the link.

The posts contain exactly what the title of this weblog indicates. They are all full of “Plantronics and Wireless Headsets Information”. The author includes reviews of products recently hitting the market, news about the latest technologies that are in development stages, and actual information or definitions about the terms and products the author frequently mentions.

It’s very clear throughout each entry that the author is preying on people searching through Google. The latest post uses the phrase “best price for nextel i95 phone bluetooth” SIX times in a post that’s only three small paragraphs long. If that doesn’t indicate that this site is only in the business of trolling for hits, I don’t know what is.

While I can certainly appreciate an entrepenurial spirit, it grows tired when trying to pass it off as a blog. This site would be better considered as a review-oriented or informational site. A site like that would perhaps be better suited for as many ads as this author chooses to include. It’s not a site most people will bookmark as something they want to visit again and again. It’s an informational site that will only be useful to those people looking for “Plantronics and Wireless Headsets Information”. Everyone else will, without a doubt, skip right onto the next weblog.
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Humor is a diverse human condition with no real defining preconditions. Much like beauty, humor is difficult to quantify or describe. The English love their wordplay, the Australians are self deprecating, and the Americans like to offend. At “Tiny Little Rants of Doom” our author, El Sid, lets it rip like an american stand up, only sitting down.

“Tiny Little Rants of Doom” is highly stylistic with an obviously gothic slant, and black humor to match. The design is typical blogger, with all the color pulled down to #000000 (black).

Reading through the latest posts I become familiar with the authors stream of consciousness rants which have no regard for trivial and annoying things such as capitalization, although she seems to have a good appreciation for the exclamation mark, as it is well used. You feel like you are inside her crazy, anarchic head, privy to her raving. Granted, there is humor in here, but this blog is a personal one foremost.

I skip ahead to her favorite posts among the plethora of interesting links along the side, and read some genuinely funny lists she has written about her evilness, customer types, hospitality FAQs, The Cure albums, and with the anger poured on thick and sticky about a million reasons she hates her job, or rather, her customers. I honestly believe you should be nice to people serving you food, really, think about it. I sympathize with our evil overlady completely, having worked in the service industry myself.

All in all “Tiny Little Rants of Doom” is a devilishly funny rant site, with less wit and more anger in its humor cocktail. Our authors bubbly personality is evident and the posts are mildly engaging. We share some heros (eg Neil Gaiman, The Cure) and I’m fairly certain her friends would find her site a riot. Its interesting to get inside the mind of a gothic waitress who wants to main and destroy her clientele and worth a read through if only for its perverse outlook on life. NULL

I knew exactly what I was going to get into with husband – DJ – computer geek considering I had run a similarly named blog about 4 years ago. I knew going in that this was just going to be a personal blog about the guy who was all of those things. Sure enough when I got to the site and read the about section, I was presented with all that info and more.

Before I get into the blog I want to take a minute to talk about how a simple modification of a template can really help a site. I know I have seen this template somewhere before, but the fact that he has an original header graphic and then the colors of the site match the header graphic really tie it all in. So kudos to him for doing this.

The blog. Where to start with this blog? I have to say I enjoyed reading this blog. I was hooked the moment I read the about section actually. The author (who’s name also happens to be Brent) presents a lot of info to us in a no frills, tell it like it is with out the bs sort of way. He even says “My postings are usually short and simple but put together they become a picture of my life as a husband – DJ – computer geek.” and I could not agree more.

The posts talk about all things with his life and offer a lot of different things to look at. I enjoyed reading about his job as a stuffed animal vendor but then to read about the bowling alley was also just as enjoyable, and lets not forget that awesome looking dog of his that only drinks out of the bath tub.

As I said, I knew I was hooked from the moment that I read the about section, but two posts in particular really made it clear to me that this guy was the genuine thing when it comes to bloggers – 1st his post about winning prizes by running some banner ads at the BOTTOM of his blog. 2nd his post about filing for bankruptcy. I mean if you are going to put it all out there, you might as well put it ALL out there.

After reviewing countless blogs it is rare to find a site that I truly enjoy. With blogs there is no right and wrong. There’s only fun and boring. This one actually fits into both right and fun. I would go check this out today, then on Tuesday when you are back reading blogs from work, check it out again. I know I will.
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