The Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY is “a think-tank affiliated with the State University of New York, and is devoted to promoting science, reason, and freedom of inquiry in every field of human interest.” Three areas of research include: 1. Pseudoscience and the paranormal (bigfoot, UFOs, psychics, communication with the dead, cryptozoology, etc.) 2. […]

I’ve made my plans to be at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dallas, Texas this September 1-4 to attend TAOM2006 – the Texas Association of Magicians’ convention. Check out this line up: Johnny Thompson Rene Levand Dick Koornwinder Rafael Benatar Vito Lupo John Carney Bob White Eric Decamps Roger Klause Mike Caveney Jon Armstrong Tina Lenert […]

As a wise man once said, “You can learn to play golf from me, or you can learn to play golf from Tiger Woods. Trust me, you don’t want to learn to play golf from me.” This brings to mind the new Magic Makers DVD set based on Hugard & Braue’s seminal text, “The Royal […]

Holy cow. Usually when I get interested in a subject, I have a tendency to jump in the deep end of the pool, both feet first, without bothering to get nekkid. I’ve long been of the opinion that swimming in a subject and getting totally immersed was the best way to quickly get a set […]