Inside Magic, being a responsible location for the very latest Magic News, responds to comments and questions posed by our tens of readers as required by court order or when there is no real magic news to report on any given day.
Today is just such a day.
Dear Inside Magic:
The name of this blog led me to believe it is a good source for interior decorating tips. I read the entire post twice and found not a word about interior decorating.
Editor’s Response:
Thank you for your kind email comment. For our first twenty years we were dedicated to interior decorating tips. See for example:
“Your Furniture Choices Can Determine Your Life Path,” June 1, 1973
“End Tables and Doilies: A Dangerous Combination or Essential for Living,” August 18, 1978
“Why Persian Rugs Lead to Static Electricity Death,” December 7, 1979
“Cats on Furniture: Decoration or Scratching Worry,” May 9, 1980
“Pizza in the Formal Dining Room: Experts Say ‘Sure’,” September 9, 1985
“High Backed Chairs and Their Effect on Your Horoscope,” November 11, 1990
“Why We Don’t Like Embroidery – A Six Installment Examination,” April 1-6, 1995 (Nominated for Pulitzer)
“Lemon Pledge, the Smell of Death?” June 6, 1999
“Chippendales: Dancers of Bad Design?” October 31, 2002 (Led to Litigation and Costly Settlement with both Furniture Association of America and a Male Dance Troup)
“Keep Your Area Rugs in the Area with Magnets, November 25, 2007 (Nominated for Magnet News (Feature Category)
“Nick Knacks – Why Knock What Works?” March 15, 2010 (Caesar Day Award Nominee (Least Relevant Category))
We did move to magic related news in 2011 to avoid litigation and an on-going (later settled) investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for false domain name use. “Inside Magic must include news of Magic (whether of the occult or by professional magicians doing magic tricks for entertainment purposes).
Our lawyers suggested we focus on magic by professional magicians rather than the occult to avoid further litigation by psychics and occult practitioners (“Voodoo may or may not be real but the risk is not worth the Google Ad money.”) At the time, we were dejected and in debt to our legal counsel. We attempted to pay with free magic shows for their children but the offer was rejected; which coincidentally, led to further dejection.
