I enjoy surfing the blogs and journals of others and will frequently kill a few spare moments scrolling through BlogExplosion or looking at some of the Bravenet journals online. I find all kinds of new and interesting things this way. Like today, I discovered that there is now a heated ice scraper available. I don't really have a use for a heated ice scraper since I live on the edge of the Southern California desert, but in another lifetime I lived in Buffalo, New York and so I have an appreciation for a useful Winter product. I also enjoy coming acrosss new techie products and tips. There are lots to be found on very diverse blogs. I'm a wannabe geek who never quite made it, but I do love my gadgets. I proudly salute fellow bloggers for their quick attention to the latest worldwide disaster and I think that this past election cycle was one of the most interesting I've participated in due to the blogging community.
But surfing blogs can be a real test of patience as well. I don't know if it is an age thingy or something else entirely, but I just CANNOT read the blogs with black (or very dark) backgrounds and light white or grey print. Some of them look really stunning and deserve awards for layout and graphics, but reading the words is near impossible. Is this just me?
Another thing that gripes me is how many religious blogs don't know that God is a proper name and therefore should be capitalized unless it is being used to refer to gods and goddesses. When referring to the Biblical God, it is a proper name.
And, probably like many others in my advanced age range, I get frustrated and annoyed at so much use of foul language. Now I'm not a prude and I have been known to swear like a drunken sailor when I'm mad, but to fill up a post with reptitious F-word references or worse scatological references seems like the sign of an empty mind.
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Posted by mai:
Also, although I can see why it might offend you personally to read it that way, but not everyone believes in the same god, and some don't believe in one at all (no, the word above does not refer to any god in particular -- no capitals here), so to capitalize wouldn't make sense to them.
Just a thought.
Posted by Animesh:
Have you read "Ogilvy on Marketing" by David Ogilvy? He says that the biggest blunder you can make is write on a dark bacground.
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I remember all those COLD COLD days standing at the Bus stop or going outside to smoke! BRRRR. But of course now the South has been getting hit with lots of cold weather, what's up with that?
Have a nice weekend, glad I came across your journal.
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