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East Med Sea Peace

• July 24, 2008
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  ask and ye shall receive..

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 2:08am CDT by Lirun

  i asked for it.. yes i in fact did.. this review came from a site called ask and ye shall receive.. im keen to hear more comments.. two years into the piece :)
  
  what's the capital of israel?
  Wednesday, July 23, 2008
  Our Lirun is a sensitive boy, but he needs a kick up the arse.
  
  East Med Sea Peace is the stutter-inducing title of the blog which uses the tagline…
  
  “WELCOME TO THE EASTERN CUL DE SAC OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.. IN ITS CENTRE LIE ISRAEL AND LEBANON AND AROUND US WE HAVE EGYPT AND THE PALESTINIAN COAST IN THE SOUTH AS WELL AS SYRIA TURKEY AND CYPRUS FURTHER NORTH AND JORDAN HUGGING FROM THE EAST.. MY DREAM IS FOR US TO ALL LIVE IN PEACE..”
  
  Thanks for frightening everyone off, and the geography lesson, but there’s no need. Scrap it, stick it on an ‘About me’ page, and fine tune it. Come to a conclusion, and tell us what the blog is about.
  
  The layout is a simple template, poorly managed.
  
  The navigation is a nightmare, impossible to navigate through posts in order unless you start at the latest and work your way back. This is an unmerciful pain in the hole if you want to check out something from the middle of last December.
  
  Link your post titles for goodness sake, make it possible for me to link to one of them, without having to copy/paste the bloody title into the search box!
  
  Your archive is a long list, and will just get longer, use a dropdown, or the standard blogger hierarchy to tidy it right up.
  
  The ability to get to your blog's start page would also be kind of useful.
  
  Giving you the benefit of the doubt, I'll say the lack of capitalization and full stops is somewhat intended, but you are a good writer, and you know better than that. That kind of stuff belongs on a t-shirt, not on a well written blog about politics and religion.
  
  Never, ever, ever post entries like this or this. Link to external stories by all means, but at least give us the courtesy of introducing them.
  
  Finally, I can get to the good stuff, content. You have a lovely quiet, whispering and rolling tone, very much in keeping with your belief in peace in the region, and in harmony on earth, and in chimes by your open bedroom window.
  
  Unfortunately, this post sums you up. Lyrical, and soft, just nice, but with no bloody conclusion.
  
  “i must confess that i am really struggling to form a view on this topic.. i have so many thoughts but so few convictions.. “ - Your own words.
  
  All that aside, I really do like your voice. You have written some wonderfully poignant pieces, this being a special one and this opening up a world of a life story that I want to know more about. Touching and beautiful.
  
  In the end, all the irritating things I mentioned about this blog are mostly cosmetic. Do yourself a favour and tidy them up, you’ll reap the benefits, trust me on that.
  I wish you’d lose your 'zen' sometimes and roar a little bit, I’m an obvious outsider to the political and religious climate you write about, but overall the writing is thoughtful, always gentle, hushed, and lyrical. At times excellent.
  
  I will be back to finish the archives if you make them accessible. In the meantime, even though they could have been more, stick these on your surf board. (two smiley stars)