Romans and Kitties and Blogs, Oh My!
Now, I quite enjoy reading blogs, my only problem is I never take the time to favorite them, so I have never become a deducated blog reader. Today, I want to change that. I find reading about things I am disinterested in is quite a bore, so I decide to do a search for blogs on two of my favorite subjects, ancient history and cats. Quite a combo huh?
Ancient History- The first blog I came across was a some-what formal, although not completly stiff. It definitly had a professional edge to it. The author is a grad student, she obviously knows her stuff. This blog though would seem quite boring and uninteresting to those, well, uninterested in its topic. I'm not quite sure who the average reader would be, usually people don't think a blonde chick who wear flip-flops everywhere would be such a Latin geek. One of my favorite entries talks about the Lesser Quinquatrus, a holiday in the Roman calender. One of the reasons I love the Romans, were because they were crazy, completly mad, bonkers, off the wall even. On Lesser Quinquatrus, flautists (or flute players to those not musicly inclined), who had been exiled, were let back into the city. This was only for that one day though. This was a day to celebrate the goddess Minerva. Then, they were sent out again into exile, until the next year. Great system huh? I wonder what they would have done to oboe players huh Miriam?
Cats- This blog, comming from our own Blogspot, was about five cats and their family. This was not however as obbsessive as that creepy dog blog, with the countless pictures. What made this blog stand out more than the others I looked at, was the way in which it was written. The cats were all refered to by name, while the humans were FiveCatsChild, or FiveCatsMom. I think thats exactly how the cats would have wanted it to be written too. I would say 'lol' right not, but since I'm supposed to be speaking proper english, I'll just tell at this point to imagine me laughing. You got it? Good. The blog goes on to describe the daily lives of the five cats, own with their destinct personality. It reminded me of my own cats, my babies, truely. Cougar and Wallflower are my constant companions, and I love them very much, despite the fact that they sometimes pee on my favorite shirts.
Both of these blogs were very different, but I don't want to go into too much detail, read them yourselves!
Yawn, until next time
Posted in: on Sunday, February 3, 2008 at at 5:30 PM
I love my dog, but I can't imagine writing posts about her daily. Where do these people find the time?
Is your ancient history site an actual blog? Didn't look like it at first glance, but informative none the less.
Heheh, I think we oboists wouldn't be much better off. But secretly, we're everywhere:
http://www.oboe-comics.com/?p=112
http://www.oboe-comics.com/?p=197
Thanks for finding my site. You write, "I'm not quite sure who the average reader would be." It seems to appeal to two main groups, people like you or me who enjoy ancient history and students/teachers.
I know of a few artists who use it for information on mythological subjects for sculpture. An engineer uses it to settle arguments or maybe wagers. A diverse group, I'd say.
Thank you for the lovely review! Loud purrs from the FiveCatsFamily. :D