In Which I Post A Bunch of Magic Videos

Largely because the news coverage sucks the past few days, and I'm not really in a good mood.  Magic puts me in a good mood.  So here's some stuff for you to watch: 

http://www.ellusionist.com/ax3-by-daniel-madison.html This is one of Madison's most deceptive displays of impossibility ...a "card at any number", but with triple the impact. AX3 is so improbable you could perform this effect once per day for BILLIONS of years with a different outcome every single time.

Available at http://www.ellusionist.com/heritage-by-daniel-madison.html. Heritage goes much further than any cheating demonstration performed at a table. Daniel Madison knows how to control the cards even when the deck isn't in his hands.

A Lennart Green card magic routine...Una rutina de cartomagia de Lennart Green

These two dudes are at the top of the game right now when it comes to magic with playing cards.  This should give you a bit of a distraction from all the crazy that's going on today.