Episode 148: Activity Seat

TOPIC: Gooseneck Options

This week, with Dan re-sick and Merlin full of beans, the boys do a deep dive on hand washing, purpose-built bathroom activity gadgets, and the benefits of arming our children.

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• Amazon.com: CTA Digital Pedestal Stand for iPad 2/3/4 with Roll Holder: Computers & Accessories
  
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• Silver Beaver Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  The Silver Beaver Award is the council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Recipients of this award are registered adult leaders who have made an impact on the lives of youth through service given to the council. The Silver Beaver is an award given to those who implement the Scouting program and perform community service through hard work, self-sacrifice, dedication, and many years of service. It is given to those who do not actively seek it.
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• craw - definition of craw by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
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• A Good Man Goes to War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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• The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  In the episode, the newly regenerated Doctor (Matt Smith) crashes his time and space machine, the TARDIS, into the small English village of Leadworth, where he meets a young Scottish girl named Amelia Pond (Caitlin Blackwood). The Doctor is forced to leave, but promises Amelia he will return in five minutes. However, he arrives twelve years late and is confronted by the grown-up Amelia, now known as Amy (Karen Gillan), who does not trust him. He attempts to gain her trust to help return the shape-shifting alien Prisoner Zero to the galactic police, the Atraxi, before they destroy the planet.
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• 5by5 | The Incomparable #169: A Man with a Long Scarf
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• 5by5 | Bionic
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• X-Men Vol 1 125 - Marvel Comics Database
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• Toy Gender Wars: Team Pink Or Team Blue? : NPR
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