Apr 06 2007
Thanks for Thinker Blogger Nomination!
Thanks Johnny for nominating me as one of the 5 bloggers that make you think. To follow the chain I have to nominate 5 myself. I have to admit that I am a converservative blogger in that I don’t have much time for blogging and I stick pretty loyally to specific blogs. I probably am most active on Johnny’s blog but that’s only because I fear his wife (kidding, kidding…). Johnny does keep me on my toes and I get to learn tons by reading his blog. So his blog is the uber-thinking blog and I will list here the great thinking blogs only:
So, some of the following are blogs of people I don’t know, blogs of people I know (IRL) and blogs I just recently started to read.
If Johnny thinks I have straight-forward opinions wait until you read Mike’s blog. The blog is heavily science based and has no-nonsense posts. Mike is the best debunker of creationist myths out there, and also a very good writer. You don’t have to be a scientist to understand Mike’s arguments. Also there is no fear of calling things by their true name in this blog.
M. is in Nicaragua and doing some great deeds as well as sharing her thoughts about this strife-ridden country. This is a very honest travel blog of a sorts, with a social and political twist to it. M. is also recording some of the trips she’s taking with the addition of some great pictures.
The blog of a Romanian PR professional. This blog makes me think first because it is in Romanian and I never got to experience the language in a professional manner, and second because it is a very insightful and poignantly written blog. I learn lots about professionals in a country that’s up and coming — how they conduct business, what they aspire to, how they navigate new and old laws…Â and who they add to their blog roll 
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I recently started following this blog and I’ve had a blast reading it. Mel addresses religion with charm and humor and somehow finds some of the oddest resources (or is it just damn good research and readership) for her blogs, such as the faith flow charts.
The motherload of all major science blogs. I can’t even start to mention all the great blogs on there such as P.Z. Myers’ Pharyngula, Dispatches from the Culture Wars, A Blog Around the Clock, and others. It’s all about science, and some really smart cookies.
And I have to mention one more, the one without a blog, Postifthen.
5 responses so far
Alright, now this is just too much. Mana, I can’t tell you just what a rush it is when someone whose opinion I greatly respect is reading what I have to say and actually likes it. Thank you.
The ScienceBlogs combined feed is in my daily diet and I couldn’t agree more with your assessment and the individual blogs you highlight. Another one that I’ve enjoyed is Dr Joan Bushwell’s Chimpanzee Refuge. Really, I think this is the most important community of blogs out there.
I’m looking forward to reading Tikkun Olam, but PR Wave will have to wait until Google translates Romanian.
I’m off to spread the meme but I’ll be back soon.
“uber-thinking” - I like that
I’ll have to check out these other blogs.
Johnny, let me know what you think when you’ve finished checking.
Mel, you deserve the mention. I’ve also checked out your other blogs and enjoy them all. I also see that we might have the “Free Cultures” movement in common as well. Also, I referred to you as “she,” and Johnny as “he”… so I apologize if I got the wrong gender reference. Of course I find referring to things as “she” a great compliment.
Free Cultures indeed. Oddly, I work for MS–call it “know thy enemy”.
I have no problem with gender confusion, especially out here on the interwebs where all can find equality in anonymity.
Hey, thanks! It’s an honor and a joy that you think so highly of me, and that you find the blog provocative. But perhaps I should be writing in English, so that Google wouldn’t mangle that oh so distant translation from Romanian… At least occasionally.