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Number Mad

August 7, 2009 – 7:48 am

I moved to New York in 1976. In a stolen car. Not really stolen, but I Newton, Mass. lawyer paid me $300 to vanish his gas-guzzler. I dropped it on the Weest Side Highway, took off the plates, threw them into the Hudson, and walked away from the vehicle. I took the subway to Brooklyn […]

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The Magic of Thai Silk

May 6, 2008 – 1:37 pm

The word silk or pra pai is nearly synonymous with Thailand, however legend holds that the Chinese Empress Si Ling Chi discovered the mythic material while sipping tea underneath a royal mulberry tree. A cocoon fell into her cup and the empress became enthralled by her unraveling of the fine thread, thus creating China’s famed […]

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Almost Magic in Thailand

May 19, 2006 – 12:52 am

  Most recently magician David Blaine tried a Houdini trick in NYC’s Lincoln Center. He was encapsulated in a water bubble one week. This was training for escaping from chains after holding his breath for 9 minutes. He punked out in the end, saying his fingers were too waterlogged to work the illusion. A Thai […]

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