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Why does the author say “Being single, unemployed, and broke is not a good combination for fun, so in order to have material for my blog I simply played games on my IPhone constantly.”? What’s the relation between and the rest?
By the way, I can not find the expression “blog rolling” in my dictionary. What does it mean?

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Blog Rolling

I am an avid blogger and writer who has been out of an official job for a little while. After being laid off from the newspaper, I decided that I could construct compelling material similar to that of a publication on my own site. I figured why not? I was unemployed, bored, and broke. How could it get any worse?

Picking a topic that I figured not a lot of bloggers covered, I chose to go with IPhone games. Sure many individuals have IPhones, but how many of those people sit around playing games won them ALL DAY? As I mentioned before, I was quite bored. Being single, unemployed, and broke is not a good combination for fun, so in order to have material for my blog I simply played games on my IPhone constantly.

Dimsumexpress · Accepted Answer

wangqh2696122,
Being - is being used as a noun (gerund). "Single, unemployed, and broke.." are adjectives. " Unemployed", like many past participles, i.e. interested, bored, excited and etc... are frequently used as adjectives in passive context. " I am broke" is colloquial expression, meaning " I don't even have a dollar to my name.

CalifJim · Answer

wangqh2696122What’s the relation between ??? and the rest?

I think part of your sentence is missing. The author wants to write interesting, amusing things in his blog. He claims that being unmarried, being without a job, and having no money are reasons why his life is not interesting or amusing. He doesn't want to write about these aspects of his life because they are not very entertaining. Instead, he thinks that playing games on his iPhone is more amusing, so he is going to write about that.

"Blog rolling" is a word play on the expression "log rolling", a practice whereby a lumberjack stands on a log which is floating down a river, and attempts to keep the log rolling in the water by making it rotate with his feet. He tries to stay on this rolling log as long as possible without falling into the water. There are competitions where each of two men try to get the other to fall into the water first, thereby losing the match. Maybe the author is comparing his precarious situation to that of someone doing log rolling.

See log rolling at around 3:00 minutes here:

CJ

Wangqh2696122 · Answer

Yes, part of the passage is ommited(See the original passage below). Thank you for your wonderful explanation of "blog rolling". By the way, can you paraphase " Being single, unemployed, and broke is not a good combination for fun, so in order to have material for my blog I simply played games on my IPhone constantly." for me?

http://www.myweirdstory.com/story/629/blog_rolling.html
Blog Rolling
I am an avid blogger and writer who has been out of an official job for a little while. After being laid off from the newspaper, I decided that I could construct compelling material similar to that of a publication on my own site. I figured why not? I was unemployed, bored, and broke. How could it get any worse? Picking a topic that I figured not a lot of bloggers covered, I chose to go with IPhone games. Sure many individuals have IPhones, but how many of those people sit around playing games on them ALL DAY? As I mentioned before, I was quite bored. Being single, unemployed, and broke is not a good combination for fun, so in order to have material for my blog I simply played games on my IPhone constantly. My blog was doing decent, I was averaging about $20 on Google Adsense every day, and things were definitely looking up. Many IPhone distributors and game developers asked if they could link to my site as a reference, which gained me even more traffic. Although $20 a day was enough to buy cigarettes and food, I was still worried about how I would pay for my house, child support, and so on. As I was making my daily rounds on Craigslist looking for whatever jobs may be out there, I stumbled upon an add for an IPhone game writer/reviewer. I nearly jumped out of my chair when I saw this. They had a job title for the idea that I had come up with to combat boredom? Amazing! Of course, I had to apply, and as one may expect I got the position. I am now making five digits and couldn't be any happier with my job. Just goes to show that a little incentive and a unique idea can take you far, no matter how silly it may seem at first. -Jim Mass.

CalifJim · Answer

wangqh2696122By the way, can you paraphase " Being single, unemployed, and broke is not a good combination for fun, so in order to have material for my blog I simply played games on my IPhone constantly." for me?

I believe that is what I did:

The author wants to write interesting, amusing things in his blog. He claims that being unmarried, being without a job, and having no money are reasons why his life is not interesting or amusing. He doesn't want to write about these aspects of his life because they are not very entertaining. Instead, he thinks that playing games on his iPhone is more amusing, so he is going to write about that.

What don't you understand about this paraphrase?

CJ

Wangqh2696122 · Answer

Now I see after I re-read it! Thanks!

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