Rising Son: Magician David Blaine, who at press time inhabits a plexiglass cube suspended over a London roadway, astonishes audiences by appearing to levitate, hovering a few inches above the ground, then setting down like that crappy Soyuz capsule in Lunar Lander. Turns out this amazing trick, called Balducci levitation, has more to do with strong ankles than psychokinesis. You can even do it yourself, providing you have baggy pants and friends willing to stand in a small group at a particular angle. Learn the trick that fooled Neon Deion Sanders at www.geocities.com/jhnsnoot/blainelev1.html.

We Don' Need No Steenkin': Badgers. This bit of inspired Flash lunacy comes from Networthy operative VampiressChrissie. It's surprisingly musical, given the subject matter of dancing badgers, scary snakes and completely immobile mushrooms. You really have to wonder where these ideas come from. Be entranced by randomness at www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/21/.

Comments? Michael Citrome