You Like Me... You Really Like Me!

Sorry for channeling my inner Sally Field there. Bora over at A Blog Around the Clock bestowed a little link love on me and awarded Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets an Excellent Blogging Award. Thanks a bunch, Bora! (Does anyone else think the logo resembles Enron? Eww, not sure I like that connotation.) Anyway, Bora's award is also one of those pesky memes that's making me think about who best exemplifies bloggy excellence.

Where do I begin? There are so many truly excellent blogs that I try to read on a daily basis. But to honor the spirit of the award, here's my very personal, subjective, and somewhat eclectic list of excellence:

90% True has me laughing with every post.

Few blogs can almost move me to tears the way The Radula can.

Mark over at Blogfish provides nothing but optimism and excellence (not necessarily easy to do in conservation.)

Burning Silo's been recently quiet, but it's the best mix of nature photography and writing I've seen.

Christopher over at Catalog of Organisms is a right bastard, but he's smart as shit and writes superbly.

Like a borscht belt veteran, The Oyster Garter feeds my brain and makes me laugh simultaneously.

The Annotated Budac from Singapore is a little smattering of everything and reliably excellent.

Though part of the vast, Scibling industrial complex, the growing collective that is Deep Sea News is bursting at the seams with ocean excellence.

Bugs for Thugs is another excellent adventure in imagery and writing.

It's leftie, excellent, and I like it at No Fish No Guts.

Who wouldn't love a blog called God Is For Suckers!? In the words of Bill and Ted: Excellent!

Scott-O-Rama dishes queer news, opinion, and the occasional excellent slice of beefcake. I want seconds!