Volume 14- Issue 2 Top Ten Second-rate Magic Tricks October 1, 2004 top ten The Magic of Reading Contracting HIV but maintaining a high T-cell count Removing grape juice from a carpet with Oxy-Clean Turning a half-full glass of water into a half-empty glass of water Levitating a Hovercraft Reading your own mind Unzipping your pants and punching yourself in the balls…TA-DA! Sawing a loaf of bread in half Pulling a rabbit out of a larger, pregnant rabbit Pulling a quarter out of your pocket