I think, therefore I blog

Though sometimes I get it bassackwards...I blog first...then think.



I've been honored by another blogger for whom I have the utmost respect.

Junebugg

is one funny, smart, insightful gal and I really hope I get the chance to meet her one day.

Aaanywho, she's nominated me for, what she so aptly describes as a "blogging award/meme thingy doo-hickey called the Thinking Blogger Award"!

I love it that she thinks I think. hehe

The rules are pretty simple.

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.

2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.

3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote, here is a

silver version

and a

gold version

.

Now, I get the chance to pass on the award to five other deserving bloggers who make me think.

This is gonna be the tough part. See, I value each and every blogger that I read. I can't even begin to tell you how much these bloggers have expanded my world. They all make me think. Otherwise, they wouldn't appear on my blogroll. So, as far as I'm concerned, every blogger that appears on my little list there on the right of your screen deserves this. Every. Single. One.

But I can't do my usual "buck the rules" act with this, so I'll play nice and pick five. In no particular order:

Though we don't always see eye to eye on political or social issues, local blogger Scott at

O'Brien's Briar Patch

never fails to make me think. Even though it hurts sometimes. heh

Val at

Babalu Blog

drags me from my little, insulated world here in the midwest to the mean streets of Cuba. If not for him, I'd have only the often twisted version of the MSM's take on Cuba, her politics and more importantly, her people.

Reading Guy every day at

Charming Just Charming

is like sitting on the front porch, chattin with a neighbor about...well...about everything from gardening to illegal immigrants.

I could say nearly the same damn thing about Sandy at

The Pea Patch

. She's like an old friend...that I've never met yet. Her stories about her Granny Frances and the rest of her family are priceless.

I know it's my own personal opinion, but I think Mark at

Witnit

is one of the smartest guys I know. Well. Sorta know. Quite honestly, he's so smart that he makes my brain hurt sometimes. But he's from California, so that's to be expected. hehe

Now, go. Read. Enjoy. Think.