Nyx of One Monkey's Typewriter has bestowed upon me that Blogger Reflection Award that's been going around.  I'm supposed to post what she said about me and then tag five other bloggers.  So here's the first part:

AlanDP of Blogonomicon has always made me think, "This is what it would have been like if my grandfather had blogged." My grandfather was a reader, a gun collector, a pipe smoker, and seemed to have grown fond of Monty Python over the years. He didn't say a lot, kept most things short and sweet, but everything he did say was worth hearing. He was one of the greatest men I've ever known, and I mean it as a very sincere compliment when I say Alan reminds me of him.

Everyone likes getting a little recognition, even if it's from one of these meme things, and I'm no exception.

However, it goes against my personal philosophy to tag others with memes, so I'm not going to do that part.  I don't add other blogs to my blogroll unless I think that person's work is worth spending time reading.  In fact I have several that I'm evaluating right now.  Oh yes.  Most blogs that I add go through an indeterminate evaluation period before I decide one way or the other.  I don't just throw things on there haphazardly.  So peruse the blogroll.  There's lots of good stuff there.