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Read more: The Day The Pedophile (Un)subscribed
This post is currently being researched further by request of the sexual offender featured. It seems he may have been the victim of a nasty campaign involving local news, a prosecutor we are now reaching out to, and other careless reporting including our own that led to many believing he is a child molester, when…
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Read more: Reader Mail Number Four: Can You Believe There’s Even More?
Alright, here’s one thing that isn’t like the old days when this place got started. Reader Mail on a Sunday when there’s supposed to be a big post, instead of on a Wednesday. Well, here’s something you may not have realized. The old schedule is as dead as Zed, baby. But we are trying to…
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Read more: I Spent 25 Dollars, and All We Got Was This Lousy Comment
The first comment has been posted, and the first award has been issued; to Marty, the writer of Ruseletter and Marty’s Bag of Tricks (linked by the name on the comment), which are a couple of excellent Substacks. He’s given us a great idea for a product too, and kindly granted his permission for us…
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Last Minute Thoughts on Blackpool
Category: fluffRead more: Last Minute Thoughts on BlackpoolI wish I were going. Maybe next year. No, I’ll manifest it. Definitely next year. Timon Krause’s book sounds great. I’m very hyped up for it. I don’t know much about it (cold reading?), but everything Timon releases is golden. Hopefully, there are a few less footnotes in this one though. Or, hell, if Harrison…
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Odds and Ends #8: The Burgle Ass Effect
Category: fluffRead more: Odds and Ends #8: The Burgle Ass EffectWe’re big fans of David Berglas and Mark Elsdon here. So when Murphy’s Magic and Craig Petty released promo for a seemingly perfect version of ACAAN, with a glowing endorsement from Mr. Elsdon, we were very excited! There’s just one tiny problem… That’s not just once, either. The entire page was loaded with this typo.…
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Curse You, Andy
Category: fluffRead more: Curse You, AndyOnce more for emphasis: We’re going to try keeping serious posts to Sundays for the foreseeable future, and making Wednesdays optional. For more information, see the last post. It might be an undiagnosed mental disorder, pure fascination, or an obsession. I’m not sure. Whichever it is, I spend too much time thinking about magic. I eat,…
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