i link therefore i am

I'm immensely flattered. Aurelia was kind enough to tag me with a thinking blogger award. Thanks, Aurelia!

Here are the rules:

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 an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog).

So, here are five blogs that, well, make me think:

Strange Maps: A blog about (what else?) strange maps

Supreme Court Blog: Keep up with all the latest US Supreme Court news

Naked Translations: The pleasures and pitfalls of English/French translation

Langue Sauce Picquante: A French blog by the editors of Le Monde discussing the idiosyncrasies of the French language (but skip the bizarre and -- to me -- incomprehensible puzzles)

Antarctic Conservation Blog: Describes what it's like to spend time in Antarctica conserving artifacts from the explorer's hut left behind by Ernest Shackleton in 1908.

and, when you're tired of thinking:

Cute Overload: Lots of really, really cute pictures of really, really cute animals