The Little Boy who Started a Blog

There once was a little boy who started a blog. Now blogs had been irrelevant for years and the cool things now were podcast(s). However, the little boy didn’t want to start a podcast because he didn’t want to be a conformist. The little boy did a wonderful job with his blog. However, he hit a rut during the Covid-19 pandemic and went over a month without posting. During this time, his brother started a popular children’s books series. The little boy quickly lost all of his friends and followers as they went to support his brother over him. His brother got picked up to write professionally and got invited onto the Ryen Russillo Podcast where he not only became best friends with the Ringer employee, but he went on to write movies with him. And this is the story of the little boy who started a blog and lost all his friends and died alone. 

Welcome to the first ever bteamballer.com book review (“Ric Reviews” for those who follow me on snapchat.). Today we’ll be looking at @colinbikesbooks. Children’s books on Twitter. 

Disclaimer: I do personally know the author so that may affect my views on him. 

About the Author: Colin Punt is a self-righteous, Liberal, pencil pushing, city planning, father of two. From what I have gathered, he is not a full time writer and only has 68 followers on Twitter. (I have 244 for those keeping track at home.) He seems like a nice enough guy, but his hair… oof. 

Description: I don’t know if the book series has an official title, but I call them “The Little Boy Who…” series. “The Little Boy Who…” is a series of moralistic stories about a little boy (possibly multiple different little boys, we don’t know) who disobeys his parents, and the ramifications that come with that. I don’t know where the motivation comes from for these stories. I assume it’s his own son, but… 

Pros: 

• Morals are good, if only the author had any. The stories do have good advice to young children, such as “listen to your parents”, “eat your dinner”, and “wear a bike helmet.” 
• The parents are always drinking wine when giving the little boy advice. I enjoy the continuity, but you have to wonder if they have, or are developing, a problem.
• Overall creative and well drawn. 
• The first documented back-to-back Gigglebees-Mac Tonight reference.

Cons: 

• The whole idea seems a little sexist to me. What? Are little boys the only ones who screw up? What about little girls? I have an idea for a spinoff called “The little girl who only loved Uncle Ric because he would let her watch Disney’s Moana on his phone.” 
• Although the morals are idealistic, the consequences of the little boy’s actions are completely fabricated. You think that because this little boy doesn’t listen to his parents he gets his butt literally chopped off? Probably not! (Speaking of literal butts, the author is an asshat.) In one of the stories, the little boy doesn’t eat his food. And, because of that, the United States Government orders a drone strike??? Ok, that one might actually be true. 
• It’s hard for me to accept the fact that my Brother is able to be creative on the internet.  This was supposed to be my thing. I have had two of my so-called “friends” tell me they think what Colin is doing is hilarious. Who’s side are you on? You know what friend One? Now I don’t feel bad I missed that block, and you got tackled and tore your ACL.  As for friend Two, I want to get invited to a college sports game with ACL boy.
  • Quick reflection of the Punt family men’s most creative moments:
    • Me – My second Christmas card 
    • Colin – This
    • Nathan – Once got put on blast by Bomani Jones.  It wasn’t creative, but it was funny to see all of sports Twitter attack him.
    • Big Al – Once got me with a “Joe Who? Joe Mama!” joke with the whole fam in the car in the Black Hills. We still talk about it to this day.

Conclusion: As the kids say, “I had no choice but to stan.” As much as I hate to see a family member getting attention that I deserve/desire, I really enjoy these videos. When it comes to my creative interests in life, one of the biggest influences has been my brother. Also, my brother has been a top 5 supporter of bteamballer.com. Support the people who support you and support the creatives in your life. I may still be the undisputed heavyweight champ of Punt family creativity, but that’s only because Colin doesn’t weigh enough.