Lana Humphrey, who has followed the website devotedly since its launch in 2000, said she has been unable to connect to the site's server since Friday morning last week. Attempts to contact Carmen Koehl, the site's primary owner, have also proven futile.

"All my emails were being bounced right back as undeliverable," said the 22-year-old Humphrey. "It's so puzzling how the site could disappear just like that without so much as a word."

Christians who have staunchly opposed and criticized godsux.com over the years are rejoicing over the news of its disappearance and claim that "God has finally delivered judgment by smiting that foul and mean website out of existence."

Jason Rowe, who heads the Canadian chapter of the Legion Of Christians, said he still holds hope that "the people behind godsux.com will eventually find redemption and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour despite everything they have done."

"The Lord Jesus loves everyone, even the most vicious and evil," said Rowe. "All you have to do is turn from your evil ways and you will be allowed in the Kingdom of God."

When told that godsux.com could simply be having temporary technical problems and might be returning to its regular God-mocking ways soon, Rowe countered with a smile, "No, we're pretty sure that they've been smitten by God. One hundred and ten percent sure."

Humphrey said she is extremely disappointed by the whole situation.

"If God really did smite godsux.com, then that just proves how uncool, unsportsmanlike and immature He is," said Humphrey. "I mean, you're God. Can't you take a joke?"

CanNet, godsux.com's web hosting provider, could not be reached for comment.

Clarice Darling, 29, said she decided to take on the massive undertaking of reliving Powell's life after watching the critically acclaimed movie "Julie & Julia" starring Meryl Streep as celebrated chef and American icon Julia Child, and Amy Adams as the erstwhile unfulfilled housewife who shot to fame after she cooked all 524 recipes in the former's "Mastering The Art Of French Cooking" within 365 days and blogged about it every step of the way.

"I was just so moved and inspired by the possibility of having your life transformed completely just by doing something that someone else has already done and talking about it on the Internet," said Darling, who works for the National Health Service as an administrative assistant.

"I was just so moved and inspired by the possibility of having your life transformed completely just by doing something that someone else has already done and talking about it on the Internet."

Darling admitted she is not particularly smart and does not possess any awe-inspiring talent whatsoever, but that she is a "voracious reader who can read anyone under the table."

"My mother used to yell at me because all I ever did was read," she said. "Romance novels, newspapers, pub menus, you name it. I'll read anything under the sun."

The married mother of two young children said she intends to be faithful to Powell's memoirs as much as her purse strings will allow. She has already made plans to move to Brooklyn, New York by the end of the summer, leaving her life and family in Cardiff behind.

"I couldn't thank my husband and children enough for their understanding and willingness to support me and my crazy dream," she said. "They didn't understand at first when I told them, but now they're fully on board."

Darling said she is "scared and excited at the same time" about her life-changing decision. She will initially be living below a laundromat for a couple of months, but will eventually move to a second-floor apartment above a pizzeria, at which time her project officially begins. A man she met on craigslist has agreed to live with her and play the role of Eric, Julie Powell's husband.

"I couldn't live the rest of my life cataloguing bunions and warts. I just couldn't," she said. "I need to have a movie made about me."

You can follow Darling's adventures on her blog, mylifeasjuliepowell.blogspot.com.