Cereal Misdirection I bought this box of cereal that said inside you a ring that let you talk to angels. The cereal flavor seemed enticing enough to take the risk on the angelic communication ring. My first surprise was how utterly delicious the cereal was. Every bite was like an explosion of […]
Sexy Dollar Lady
Slipped Through My Fingers I was at the supermarket the other day, buying a bunch of stuff for the weekend. It was a cashier I enjoy flirting with whenever I see her. She went to give me my change, and tentatively held out a silver dollar. Not a real silver dollar, but […]
Hidden Prize Inside
Psychic Party I was invited to a tarot card party by this weird lady at my toastmasters group. She made it sound pretty interesting, so I went. When I went, everybody was really friendly and nice to me. One old guy got me a plate of appetizers, another lady kept refilling my […]
Peanut Butter Assassin
Fake Bible Fights There used to be this very famous atheist who liked to debate bible people. She and this same preacher would have public debates and draw huge crowds. But they actually had a secret deal, to be as combative on stage as possible, as that would draw large crowds and earn […]
Friction Elimination Hypnosis
Ancient Fire Starters Friction is a simple idea. Two objects in contact with interact with each other on the surface. There is also resistance, which can be thought of as electrical friction. Advanced Cloud Bursting https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr19Loop.mp4 A group of meditators in the desert have successfully change the frequency of a pulsar. […]
Reverse Polarity Experiments
Food Con Jobs Plenty of large food producers have paid for research that leads to some questionable results. The science is valid, the data is corrected accurately, but they come to conclusions that don’t seem to make sense. This is not too different from corporations lobbying to make it easier to make a […]
Thought Juggling
Trick Photography There is a few interesting videos matching the frames per second to a propeller on a plane. This makes it look like the plane is flying without the propellers moving. There are plenty of videos like this, where people purposely manipulate the recording process to create some interesting effects. Metronome […]
Bartender Stories
Empty Bar Opportunity I went to a fairly new bar the other day. There was nobody there, so I had a nice chat with the bartender. I started asking her some random questions about various superlatives. Poor To Rich https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar29Loop.mp4 She has this friend that is very rich, very successful. Before […]
Poltergeist Origin Story
Drug Dealers There was this drug dealer, a friend of a friend, who started dealing just enough to support his habit. Then he started dealing enough to support his and his friends’ habit. Pretty soon he was making a lot of money, so much he quit his job and became a full time […]
Reverse Engineered Cult
Free Seminar The other day I went to a free seminar at a local community center. Since it was free, I didn’t expect much. Usually at these things, they have some basic ideas in the first half, and then the second half is some kind of upsell. Only at this one, there […]
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