At the intersection of concentration, logic,

At the intersection of concentration, logic, and luck, we have

extrasensory perception. There are no words needed at that intersection if you have ESP. How do you know if you have it? I'll tell you what. Let me test you. Try bending this fork.

Not with your hands you idiot! With the mind! You don't need ESP to bend silverware with your hands. Now focus. Imagine the form bending. Focus. Easy. Focus. Oh, oh my goodness

-- you really are a psychic invalid, aren't you, you poor dear. You had better stick with mathematics and physical means." Oh! Now you're thinking of tearing me apart with your

political commentary, aren't you? Well, it's not going to work on me, buster! You know why? Well, if you don't know why, I'm certainly not going to tell you! And another thing,

Never try to cross the road without gargling first.

This was 17th of the 83 directives which ISIS was demanding of its new adherents. A veteran told me they were becoming impossibly stringent. Why in Allah's name had I decided to

Visit Egypt just to be able to boast I rode a camel? I had acrophopbia and my shrink recommended I try camelback riding. Never again, my back was killing me. No Bengay here. Argh!

Finally I was able to locate some Ben-Gay in Gay Ben, a nightclub in Benghazi, where you could drink free if you rode the mechanical camel. Tempting as it was, I declined, and