I SEE GOOD SPIRITS, I SEE PINK SPIRITS

Yr Big Fear lede of the day is:

"There's a spiritual reality to it and Hasbro is treating it as if it's just a game," said Stephen Phelan, communications director for Human Life International, which bills itself as the largest international pro-life organization and missionary worldwide. "It's not Monopoly. It really is a dangerous spiritual game and for [Hasbro] to treat it as just another game is quite dishonest."

Science says otherwise. So do Penn & Teller, come to that. And I tend to favor Science and sarcastic illusion experts over Ignorant Superstitious Fear whenever possible. So there you go.

Not that I’m saying ghosts don’t exist, or trying to take the fun out of Ouija boards. They're a great source of urban legends, and their popularity speaks volumes about our sense of adventure, fascination and dread of the afterlife, and an almost willing gullibility when it comes to the Unknown. Which, in a way, makes Ouija boards one of the most significant pop-culture inventions of the last 150 years.

Doesn’t mean you can talk to Fred Mertz’s ghost with ‘em, though, much less be possessed by him.

Code pink,

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I LOVE YOU BUT YR BORING (#5 OF 7): LIFE COULD NOT BE DREARIER IF I LIVED IN SIBERIA

Bored out of yr skull? Being rich, famous and gorgeous won’t help.

Just ask Earth Kitt.

It’s Boredom Week, cousin.

"Russ Ballard - Voices" (Watch on YouTube)

The rich folks suffer like the rest of us,

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I FEEL ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR

ITEM: 100+ years after Nicola Tesla started construction of Wardenclyffe Tower, the dream of wireless electricity is alive and well and closer to reality than ever, reports New Scientist.

And still commercially unviable apart from wireless chargers for yr BlackBerry, at least for now. Chief issues: it’s still expensive, it’s about as energy-efficient as a coal-fired power plant (on a good day) and it might give you cancer 50 years from now.

On the bright side, you won’t have to worry about Wi-Fi draining yr iPadBerry DS. And isn’t that really more important?

Fully charged,

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