Ricky Jay's one of my all-time favorite performers and I love his New Yorker profile (1993) and especially this live show (free to watch) that David Mamet, one of his close friends, directed. This is the version that went on TV in 1996. Mesmerizing...
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Holy cow best thing I've read in a long time
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My friend Sal still has these from when he was 9yo and I would not be born for a decade but I still miss this
Congrats to all WFH parents whose kids are now/soon to be somebody else's blessing for eight hours a day
Beauty trends are funny bc red lipstick used to be so sexy on a woman and now it makes them look insane
One of the most selfishly awesome things about having payphones pretty much everywhere back then is that you could always find people if you needed to but they couldn’t always find you
Is there a version of the NYT for poors? I don't want to know about where to shop in Copenhagen. I don't even want to know other people want to know
When ur on a bike on a hot August day and a storm comes up you brace for the rain but when it hits, u also feel the temp instantly drop 20 degrees and u feel autumn for a second and that is one reason I like riding a bike to work. U don't feel that in a car. 10/10








