In another, pilot Willie McCool demonstrates how a tightly wrapped ball of trash could be used for fun as a soccer ball, football or baseball.

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Also his penchant for fun and the great big ball of energy that he was.

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The real fun begins with paint, as Mr Ball describes in rich detail the development of artists' colours from medieval to modern times.

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Gawker Media honcho Nick Denton got the ball rolling late Friday when he poked fun at the "spokesbloggers" in a post titled, " Microsoft pays star writers to recite slogan" on Gawker's widely read Valleywag blog.

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