“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.it’s a dog’s life