Miss Cellania
Morning Cup of Links: Incredible Child Prodigies
by Miss Cellania - May 20, 2008 - 2:24 AM
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8 Child Prodigies So Amazing They’ll Ruin Your Day. Or they might make you glad you enjoyed your childhood as a normal kid.
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A sense of powerlessness not only makes you feel frustrated and depressed, it also may negatively affect your mental skills. Remember that when dealing with your employees, students, or children.
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They took a boulder of Lego bricks and sent it rolling down a hill in San Francisco chasing a guy dressed as Indiana Jones! The boulder met its match in a car parked along the way.
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Buying a used car is greener than buying a hybrid. More likely to fit into your budget, too.
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Sex as a consumer good and the problem with Hookup Culture. “Sex is like ice cream. The more flavors you sample, the harder it becomes to settle on one flavor for the rest of you life.”
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Wind power could provide 20 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030. It’s cheaper, greener, and doesn’t involve foreign policy, so let’s do it!
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A guy skis down the longest escalator in Europe. He thoughtfully attached camera to his head, so we can all feel as woozy as if we were there.
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Art cars in Santa Monica. These make you wonder about the inspiration behind them.

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Comments (3)
  1. University at age 3? Seems a bit excessive, even if he’s a toddling genius.

  2. About the child prodigies- Gregory Smith went to my high school! I’m glad he didn’t become a snot like most prodigies. He always seemed like a sweet little kid. Its good to know he’s trying to make a difference in the world and not just lording his smarts over everyone else!

  3. The Lego boulder is rolled down a hill in San Francisco in the Potrero Hill neighborhood where I live! It’s at 19th St. and Texas (I live on Texas). The direction they rolled it was by far NOT the steepest block in the area! Had they rolled it down the north side of that intersection (down Texas) there would have been much more destruction!

    This absolutely made my morning! LOL

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