Blinded by all the brilliante-ness

I'm honored and awed that Tiffany nominated my humble blog for a Brilliante Weblog award. As I've said before, this blog is really more an exercise in creativity for me, so it continues to astound me that anyone actually reads it. You like me! You really like me! Ahem. It wouldn't be an award if it didn't have red tape, so let's get down to brass tax. In accepting this award, I have to follow these simple rules:

1. Please put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. You must nominate 7 fellow bloggers for this award.
4. Add links to the recipients.
5. Leave a comment so the recipients know they have received an award.

There are many, many blogs that I read regularly and would love to honor here. Some, though, have already been honored many times over with various awards, so I'm going to limit myself to lesser-known bloggers. These women (okay, and one man) consistently publish material that I fiercely admire, and hope to emulate. They are:

• Emily of Not That You Asked. She's wicked funny, fantastically witty, and her posts consistently make my stomach hurt from laughing so hard. Read her recent post on finding a cockroach in her bathroom. You won't regret it.
• Leah (not her real name, I understand) of A Girl and A Boy. She has a serene, delicate writing style that makes mine look rather like a trampling elephant, I'm afraid! Her posts are always smart and thoughtful. I can only imagine that she's as charming in person as she is on, er, my screen. (AM A DORK.)
• Moose, over at Moose in the Kitchen, is brilliant. She's at once raucously funny and quietly introspective. You'll want to make sure you read about how she ends up looking like a purple flannel bat when she makes her bed.
• Schnozz's Schnozzfest is definitely one to keep an eye on. She recently did an etch-a-sketch number on her old blog posts, so I can't point you in the direction of some of my favorites, but she's back now and just as funny as ever. Her writing is razor-sharp and you'll find yourself laughing out loud, even if you suspect some of the jokes are over your head.
• Jonna at Jonniker is my latest blog-affair. She posts in the evenings, and I often force myself not to read her blog at night so that I can have something fun to read in the morning before work. She actually embodies a lot of what I like about Tiffany's blog: the ability of a writer to really explore a topic, illuminating all of its nooks and crannies.
• Linda's All and Sundry is nothing short of genius. I can't tell you the number of times I've read parts of her posts out loud to John, only to have both of us dissolve into hysterical laughter. I recommend starting with her post about her husband as an appetizer.
• And finally, A Daily Oliver. It's not a bloggy-blog, per se, in that Dean's posts aren't written but consist only of photos. One photo, posted every day, of his Weimaraners Oliver and Hugo. Not only do I get a kick out of looking at Oliver and Hugo's goofy antics, but I also enjoy drinking in the French scenery that the photos depict. I'd like to be as dedicated to posting photos as Dean is.

So there you have it! Seven blogs that I admire and deem utterly worthy of brilliante-ness. Thanks again, Tiffany!