{"id":121,"date":"2013-03-22T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2013-04-07T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T16:41:01","slug":"top-ten-lists-for-smashinglists-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Lists for Smashinglists.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently finished a very fun job writing up ten &#8220;Top Ten Lists&#8221; for www.smashinglists.com.The job included conceptualizing and researching my own material, which was a blast. I have since been commissioned to produce another batch of lists.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the lists I wrote:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-ten-mistakenly-harmful-inventions\/\">Top Ten Mistakenly Harmful Inventions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-10-critically-endangered-animals\/\">Top 10 Critically Endangered Animals <\/a>(that you might not know about) (my wife helped on this one)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-10-awe-inspiring-nasa-photos\/\">Top 10 Awe-Inspiring NASA Photos of Outer Space<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-10-breathtaking-natural-phenomena\/\">Top 10 Breathtaking Natural Phenomena<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-10-least-explored-places-in-the-world\/\">Top 10 Least Explored Places in the World<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-10-creatures-that-glow-in-the-dark\/http:\/\/\">Top 10 Creatures that Glow in the Dark<\/a> (actually, Michelle wrote this one with my edits)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-10-failed-adventures\/\">Top 10 Failed Adventures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-10-most-interesting-geothermal-areas-in-the-world\/\">Top 10 Most Interesting Geothermal Areas in the World<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-ten-real-world-miracles\/\">Top Ten Real World Miracles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashinglists.com\/top-ten-unique-sites-to-visit-in-new-zealand\/\">Top Ten Unique Sites to Visit in New Zealand.<\/a> (Of course, this one was based on my life experience.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently finished a very fun job writing up ten &#8220;Top Ten Lists&#8221; for www.smashinglists.com.The job included conceptualizing and researching my own material, which was a blast. I have since been commissioned to produce another batch of lists. Here are the lists I wrote: Top Ten &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aT9B-1X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":203,"url":"https:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=203","url_meta":{"origin":121,"position":0},"title":"Second batch of top ten lists going live . . .","date":"May 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I was commissioned to do a second round of top ten lists for www.smashinglists.com. I've submitted ten more lists that I will link as they are published. 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