My Starbucks Idea

Want to put the magic back in Starbucks? Go vote for my idea!

Don't Tell Anyone How You Did It

Thoroughly shuffle a deck of cards. Put it back in its box. Think of any two values -- for example, a Two and a Six, or a Five and a Nine. Suits don't matter, just the numbers (or Jacks, Queens, Kings, Aces). Now rest the card box on your left hand, and put your right hand on top of it. Concentrate on your two cards, and then... Squeeze! Really hard!

OK, lift your right hand. Open the card box. Carefully take out the cards. Spread through them. Did you succeed in squeezing your two thought of cards together, so that they're right next to each other? Spread through the whole deck to make sure. If not, you probably came close, and they're separated by no more than one or two cards. Shuffle 'em up good and try again. It'll probably work the next time. Squeeze a little harder! Practice makes perfect!

Try The Impossible

If a magician performs something impossible, then that automatically makes it possible, yes? And if it's possible, what's so astonishing about performing it?