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Okay, I'm not a magician. I don't have any great interest but I do remember reading a book back in the late 1970s that explained a lot of tricks and how to do them. I thought it was fascinating. Where can I find such a book today? Or preferably, a website?

I bought "Secrets of Mental Math" by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer. I really like the book and enjoy learning how to do the tricks and mental calculations. However, the main reason that I bought it is because when I typed in Shermer's name at the book store computer it came up. I picked...

A co-worker recently asked me if there had ever been a documented DaVinci-type code: That is, subversive, esoteric, secret information encoded in a publicly displayed work such as a song, quilt, book, or painting? I can't think of one. Every reported case I can recall has turned out to be...

I've been asked about this Nova epsiode which I periodically tout on the Forum. Take a look at it here on Randi's site or on Amazon at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304463189/sr=8-1/qid=1140797480/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3907182-6318250?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance...

It was a guy thing even back then...

Hello all, I am attempting to learn some mentalism (after TAM3, the psychology involved fascinates me). Is it acceptable to ask questions about it here, or does that violate the "no secrets" rule? Thanks for your time.

You know that trick where you pull your thumb off? You don't really pull your thumb off. You bend both your thumbs and hold them together, then use your index finger to make it look like your thumb is coming off. If you try to really pull your thumb off, it would really hurt. ;)

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It's on Prime TV Tuesday 4th of November at 9:30 PM. I am sure our international brethren have seen it, but if I haven't seen it, it's new to me.

The following rant was prompted by this article (plus spending all morning on the phone trying to find out about our house refinance, grrrrr!!!): http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/16/health/policy/16CASE.html Once in a while my brother and I will dabble in searching for our family roots. Since he...

Secrets of Psycics revealed Wed. April 23 on NBC How do phony psychics do it? The psychic's accomplices set out to collect info from people so later it appears the dead send secret meassages. Brings to mind James Randi's revealing how the healers find out information about ill people. I am...