Dustings #143

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On Tuesday I wrote about the idea of using duplicates with other people’s decks. Most of you probably know this, but if not, Google does a really good job of tracking down things based on pictures. If you’re visiting a friend’s house and they have a unique deck and you take a picture of it, you can just drag that picture into the search bar on Google and there’s a good chance it will be able to find it if it’s available somewhere online.

People often send me write-ups of tricks over email to ask what I think about them. That’s a cool side benefit of writing this site.

But I recently learned that people assume I’m going to say, “Hey, can I post that on the site?” if I like it. I’m not. That feels presumptuous to me. So I almost never say anything like that.

If you’re sending me a trick and you think it would be cool if I shared it on the site, include something like this: “If you think this would be worth sharing on the site, feel free.” Or words to that effect.

Here are some Epstein file magic deep-cuts from supporter, MC. (Supporter of this site, I mean. Not an Epstein supporter. (Well, to be fair, I didn’t ask))

- Molester-enthusiast Lawrence Krauss advising Epstein that Penn Jillette's wife, Emily, is "too old for you though". The message thread of Krauss bungling an intro to Penn is something too.  https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01747351.pdf

- David Blaine arranging to comp tickets in 2013 to Nothing to Hide [haw-dee-haw-haw] by DelGaudio & Guimaraes.  https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01755209.pdf

- And David Blaine seemingly filming for his 2013 special Real or Magic in Epstein's bathroom with everyone's favourite upstanding citizen, Woody Allen.  https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01952288.pdf

Not to make light of the horror of it all but it does seem pretty on-brand for magic that Epstein would be really into it.

I don’t know what to make of this. I think people misremember and assume Epstein was a household name pre-2016, but he wasn’t really. So it’s certainly possible those who interacted with him just thought he was some rich idiot who liked magic (or comedy or science or art or whatever thing caused their paths to cross with him).

But I can also understand people who want nothing to do with anyone even tangentially involved with the guy.