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Morning Cup of Llinks: The Feral Child
by Miss Cellania - August 5, 2008 - 2:14 AM
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How to Tell Time Without a Clock. The sun, moon, and stars will do just fine but clouds can ruin your efforts.
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The St. Petersburg Times has a heartbreaking account of a feral child found living in an urban apartment under horrific conditions. Danielle was almost seven years old, yet she had never been to school, didn’t speak, and did not react to human contact.
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A review of Southern Barbecue. What you’ll eat depends mostly on where you are.
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Worth a Bookmark: Hard to Find 800 Numbers. A site that makes it more difficult for companies to hide from their customers.
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The 6 Creepiest Marketing Campaigns Aimed at Children. Some are clever but unethical, and some were thought up by someone with a brain on drugs.
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Olympic athletes you can root for. Their road to Beijing was longer than most.
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An emergency drill at a Japanese zoo sees workers chasing a man dressed as a polar bear. This should be a new TV comedy series.
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The Yip Yips. Yes, those Yip Yips.

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Comments (5)

  1. I saw the polar bear emergency drill last night and laughed hysterically. My husband, not so much. I guess some people don’t see the humor in a kawaii polar bear mauling innocent bystanders before getting “tranquilized” and taken away.

    Thanks!

    posted by Heather on 8-5-2008 at 7:06 am

  2. Oh my.
    That article from the St. Petersburg Times…
    I can’t remember the last time, (or if it has ever happened), that i openly wept at work. How gut achingly heart wrenching.
    God Bless her, and her new family.
    This story is one that is going to stay with me, for a long time.

    posted by Kathryn on 8-5-2008 at 8:24 am

  3. Regarding The 6 Creepiest Marketing Campaigns Aimed at Children. (and #6.Abercrombie & Fitch’s Thongs For Kids)

    Click my name for an article about another recen incident involving Abercrombie & Fitch’s advertisements.

    Interestingly my ReCaptcha reads ‘Judging with’…

    posted by Amy on 8-5-2008 at 8:48 am

  4. That story about that poor neglected girl just about broke my heart. I’m glad cases like that are so rare. I’m going to go hug my baby until she punches me to make me let her go.

    posted by Rachel on 8-5-2008 at 9:51 am

  5. BBQ is choppedor pulled pork served in a vinegar based sauce (as in EASTERN NC bbq)

    Anything grilled and slathered in red sauce is barbequed meat.

    posted by Karen on 8-5-2008 at 5:43 pm

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