Top 10 Slogans Rejected By Motel 6

10. Because your neighbor’s wife deserves better than the backseat of some car.
9. As seen on COPS.
8. If we’d known you were staying all night, we’d have changed the sheets.
7. We left off the 9, but you know it’s there.
6. You rented the room, now buy the video.
5. Sure, you could stay someplace nicer, but [...]

This just in …

The home of Gwyneth Paltrow was searched today by LA police. They found Cocaine and Amphetamines.

Her third child was not located.

Condoms

This occured to me in church this morning. (You really need to check out Renovatus.)
Two of the top condoms on the market are Ramses and Trojan. Hmmm. I’m thinking the marketing departments didn’t really think these through.
Ramses: Couldn’t hold the Isrealites.
Trojan … infamous for a ”gift” that got inside the city gates, then opened up to [...]

Sympathy

When you climb into your bed tonight
And when you lock and bolt the door
Just think of those out in the cold and dark
‘Cause there’s not enough love to go around.
Now half the world hates the other half
And half the world has all the food
And half the world lies down and quietly starves
‘Cause there’s not enough [...]

Makin’ Bricks

So I’ve had this sweet deal at Harper’s restaurant for over 10 years now. When I started this career as a Magic Dude, I had limited options for making a living doing what I love and have been called to do.
I could pursue cruise ships, or comedy clubs or magic theaters (which were in proliferation [...]

Newsflash: Anna Nichole Smith Still Dead

Despite fears that she would rise after three days, Anna Nichole Smith remains stone dead.
In the words of the coroner she is “remarkably well preserved”, however.

Bright Light City Gonna Set My Soul, Set My Soul on Fire …

Random notes on my Vegas trip:
I sat next to a man I don’t know for 5 hours, hip to hip. Neither one of us tried to make conversation.
Vegas looks great - from a distance. Like the Emerald city before the glasses come off. Up close it looks very plastic and cheap.
In speaking to a Vegas [...]

Our Natural State of Being

The one comment that used to bother me when performing was “I wish the children were here to see this.” I thought it trivialized the hours of work I put into my craft to make it enjoyable and mystifying for adults. This is not kiddie stuff, I’m no clown or balloon twister (not that there’s [...]

How Do You Do That?

How do you reconcile being a magician with your faith? Do you ever fear that God does not approve?
All art is a lie. Poets lie, but we love how they lie to us. Art imitates life. Art is never exactly what it represents. My art (or sometimes Art) imitates miracles and mystery. Performance magic, at [...]

The Return of the … King?

Tom Cruise is the new “Christ” according to leaders of Scientology.
According to The Sun UK - The Mission: Impossible star has been told he has been “chosen” to spread the word of his faith throughout the world. Leader David Miscavige believes that in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped like Jesus for his work to [...]