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Part of being young is being arrogant and ignorant. Anyone who claims differently was never a child. I never said that they don't know anything, just that in their arrogance, children hate being corrected. And when you're young and green, ignorance comes with the territory. I challenge you...

This is going to surprise people, but my favorite part is probably the soulgazing and joining of hands leading up to the Telekinetic Timber.

Part of the reason I posted it. I got sick of seeing cookie cutter combos and a crippling lack of originality. I'm totally open to feedback by the way. It's the only way the damn thing is going to get any better.

Of course, there is the disconnect of discouraging them. You're not exactly inspiring confidence when you offer to teach them magic, and then teach them a generic self-working card trick that they've seen everyone and their brother do. It could be that the students wants to learn... but they...

Remember, why does anyone publish anything? They want your money.

The audience is gathered around in chairs in a semi-circle. The performer introduces himself and speaks of dreams, the collective unconscious, and the Shadowland. A set of three paper balls are tossed to audience members who join the performer on stage. They name in quick succession a...

I missed this paragraph the first time around. I would say that also has to do with the fact that people under 18 are narcissistic dimwits. No one has their act together before their mid- to late-20's. But they all certainly think they do. And the younger they are, the more violently...

And who, pray tell, was this delightful little ray of sunshine targeted at?

I love how people speak reverently and longingly of the halcyon days of Kellar, Thurston, Herrmann, and Houdini, while ignoring the fact that magicians of that era were also a bunch of thieving jackals ready to slit each other's throats over their secrets. You know, just like they are today.

What do you do about 99% of the population who have no idea who the hell they are? And what if you know who you are, but you aren't happy with it? And turns your dreams into sunshine and rainbows! God I hate platitudes. As an aside, if words were people, I would find patter and...

Controversy. Noun. A buffet of self-proclaimed experts making fools of themselves. So you believe in presenting a puzzle instead of a mystery? Exposure is typically done with a malicious intent. However, your last sentence in that paragraph does have some merit. That's a statement...

To answer FOO:L's question, my press materials do call what I do a theatrical production, but it's for that same reason that I never break character while on the job.

With great pride. And therein lies the danger. Year after year, numerous Christian Scientists resort to prayer instead of medicine and die of completely preventable ailments. I think we can safely assume that divine intervention is not a reliable medical procedure. But it's tempting to...

So what? I like having enemies. They're easy to manipulate.

There's a grand irony in the fact that when I told that joke everyone thought I was serious and I got crucified.

It's been taken off of YouTube but if you look for it, there's an interview with Neil Gaiman from a documentary about Lovecraft wherein he makes some very interesting observations. "Lovecraft is rock and roll. The stories stay with you and change your world view like in a rock song. You don't...

Translation: yes you do want the last word. Those who have them, that is. In an attempt to grab the thread by the short and curlies and drag it back on track, is anyone here familiar with the works of Docc Hilford, Richard Webster, or Craig Browning? They have some very interesting...

You're looking in the wrong direction and from the wrong paradigm. Uri's success cannot be attributed alone to a desire to believe. What he did in that television studio that actually has given him a level of success that few magicians or mentalists will ever achieve is that he took audience...

I'll elaborate momentarily. Let me first say about your stunned revelation to our resident fundie that truth is often stranger than fiction. So glad you asked. Let me first state that I'm in an interesting position. I'm a skeptic, but I'm not a cynic. I'm actually a Romantic. Not a...

Mike, if you want the last word that badly, just say so. If not, say something useful to the discussion about faith healers and other charlatans that illuminate the dark side of the psychic/miracles industry.