Thinking Blog?

Imagine the following sentence in the most disdainful voice you can muster: So. I sort of found out that my name and blog were bandied about in association with this “Thinking Blogger Award.” I blame brahnamin completely.

He said:

the footsteps of a Fool :: now here is a blog that i find intelligent on several levels. it is not the sort of blog that most people wouldn’t follow because the blogger insists on making it about her (insert big evil grin here) and quite frankly, that is what makes it work.

Now, because I sort of outgrew the whole “I’m too disdainfully cool for <insert something here>” about 10 years ago, minus, of course, the text messaging thing, I’ll go ahead and tell you how my voice in my head sounded when I saw that. It was way closer to Sally Fields’ “They Like Me” voice than anything that Trent Reznor could have produced. It was “Wow, that’s pretty cool.”

There’s even a little award image that I use to warm the cockles:

He cited Shakespeare and the Nature of the Path as the one in the award. Which was way cool, I think. I’m flattered. It’s five days later and I’m still blushing.

Now, with this power award comes an awesome responsibility task responsibility. The recipient of each award is to choose 5 blogs who, in turn, deserve the award. Now, in all honesty, I don’t read five blogs. However, because this is something that could go on and on and on (therefore, making it even cooler than it already is), I refuse to be the person who breaks the chain. It’ll take me a while to find five. And, since I’m refusing to name Juggling Cats out of sheer principle of that continuum thing (read: I’m already suffering from, well, you know, that ass kissing disease), I’ll have to start elsewhere.

My first one is ChrisWondra.com. His description is: A teacher/dad/homeowner turns superhero but has to learn his superpowers along the way. It was the teaching stuff that got me, but it’s stuff like this that kept me: Seeking Wisdom Under a Rusty Pickup. He’s more verbose than I am, and for that alone, he should win some sort of prize. But he’s witty, and incorporates Star Wars references in posts about lawnmower repair. I can appreciate that sort of relativity.

So, yeah. There’s my first choice. I’m going to have to go digging to find more that haven’t been mentioned before, but I’ll get there.

I’m just a little behind schedule.