Add my post on making juggling balls

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+title: Juggling rice
+tags:
+- juggling
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+For the past couple weeks I've been learning how to juggle in my spare time
+(and a bit at work). The act of juggling itself is surprisingly easy, so I
+learned *how* to juggle in about 2 hours one afternoon, since then I've been
+learning how to juggle **well**, which is much more difficult.
+
+Thus far I don't know how to do anything other than the [standard 3-ball
+cascade](http://kingscascade.com/3BallCascade.html), partly due to "poor
+equipment" (partially due to "sucking at juggling").
+
+<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/agentdero/7910986168/" title="Juggling
+balls: Making Of by agentdero, on Flickr"><img
+src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/7910986168_e9e3108bf9_m.jpg"
+width="240" height="180" alt="Juggling balls: Making Of" align="right"></a>
+
+The juggling balls that I purchased on Amazon turned out to be incredibly
+light, which makes them much more difficult to catch properly. After lamenting
+this fact on the `##juggling` IRC channel (on Freenode) I was linked to
+[this guide](http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/jugglingballs.htm)
+to making your own juggling balls with rice and balloons.
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+<br clear="all"/>
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+Overall I think my wife and I spent about 30 making 5 balls out of probably 20
+balloons, including screw-ups. The end result being the nice rice-filled balls
+you see below.
+
+<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/agentdero/7910985416/" title="Finished
+juggling balls by agentdero, on Flickr"><img
+src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8297/7910985416_12db15fa8b_m.jpg"
+width="240" height="180" alt="Finished juggling balls"></a></center>
+
+
+I'm looking forward to the eventual disaster that's going to happen when the
+cat rips one of these open, but until then, I've got some great, weighty
+juggling balls to continue practicing with!