Miss Cellania
Morning Cup of Links: Playing Outdoors
by Miss Cellania - August 21, 2009 - 4:10 AM
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The Business of Human Smuggling on the Mexican Border, part one and part two. The author visits the town of Altar, a crossroads of drug dealers and emigrants waiting to enter the US.
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30 Classic Games for Simple Outdoor Play. Nice to have the goals and rules spelled out for parents with poor memories, but where was this post in June when I needed it?
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100 Ways to Use a Strip of Bacon. Relax, they all involve something good to eat.
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10 Nursery Rhymes and Their Origins. Although some origins are just conjecture, they make more sense than the rhymes themselves do. (via Unique Daily)
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Bad Designs in the Star Wars Universe. Yes, a robot that can save the world but can’t go down steps or speak English has a major design flaw.
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If it’s ever been spilled by the truckload, it’s probably on Truckspills.com. Oh, you didn’t know horse blood and whale guts were transported by truck?
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6 Great Marching Bands That Never Were. Of course, fictional marching bands are better than real ones.

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Comments (7)

  1. I might have to do the bacon thing, and turn it into a weekly blog of some sort. Every week, I’ll try a new bacon recipe. haha

    reCaptcha: 76 lubed (with bacon grease?)

    posted by Steven on 8-21-2009 at 8:46 am

  2. Loved the Star Wars blog. So, George Lucas created this really awful unbelievable movie (maybe as a joke?) that turned out to be a mega hit with sequels and prequels… and laughed all the way to the bank. (I almost wonder if he made the movie on a bet.)

    posted by Hyacinth on 8-21-2009 at 9:21 am

  3. 76 Trombones in the big pa-raaade.
    With 101 cornets close at haaaaand….

    This is gonna be stuck in my head all day mow.

    thanks Flossers!

    P.S. ReCaptcha: Lauria Vibrated
    now i feel dirty

    posted by RandomDent on 8-21-2009 at 9:27 am

  4. Sorry I didn’t post the outdoor play article in June, but we have been having a GeekDad UnWired week this week, pre-back to school (for some parts of the country). Thanks for linking to it!

    posted by Jenny Williams on 8-21-2009 at 11:37 am

  5. Thanks for the games link. I printed it out to give to the leaders of my son’s cub scout troop in case they need ideas to entertain the kids during our camping trip next month.

    posted by Sarah in CA on 8-21-2009 at 12:09 pm

  6. Sorry Miss C, but fictional marching bands are NOT better than real ones! If you aren’t into high school and college marching bands, you at least have to experience a gypsy marching band like What Cheer! Brigade. And believe me, you don’t hear them, you experience them.

    posted by Diana on 8-21-2009 at 2:19 pm

  7. I was in marching band in high school. Believe me, we were horrible.

    posted by Miss Cellania on 8-21-2009 at 2:26 pm

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