Rick Lax
Story Archive
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Poetry & truth for consenting adults
Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 Rick Lax left Vegas, went home, and found this.
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Butterflies, cocktail napkins and women
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 A hypnotist and a magician help guys meet girls.
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A&EPsychology text 'How Pleasure Works' gets to the root of our likes and dislikes
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 The senses, it turns out, are often terrible at determining what makes us happy.
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ReligionIslamic Society encourages Muslims to lay low this month
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 Islamophobia is on the rise.
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The PlazaThinking about the Plaza, Sharron Angle and more
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 Also, we say goodbye to Lance Burton and hello to the JabbaWockeeZ.
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A&EHarmon variety show brings together the oddest of assortments
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 Welcome to the Jungle. After the Show's got fun and games.
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As We See ItSeparating fact from Fushigi
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 Have you heard about The Magic Gravity Ball?
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As We See ItThinking about shuffling cards, meth and more!
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 Also, we learn that Reno is a safer place to drive than Las Vegas.
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HalloweenHalloween costumes are serious business
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 What kind of people put so much effort and money into their costumes, and why do they do it?
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A&EKing Ink’s performing duo shares a spirit of exploration
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 Meet the new faces of Vegas entertainment.
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As We See It
The end is coming, and it’s going to be a wet one
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 Enjoy this story, as it might be the last one you ever read.
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Aria and Aria
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 The difference between the porn star and the property? Googlability.
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You're welcome for your BMW hovercraft
Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 Cleverboy solicits blurbs for his new book, Fool Me Once: Hustlers, Hookers, Headliners, and How Not to Get Screwed in Vegas.
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EducationChalk dust? What’s that? New technology makes the blackboard obsolete
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 This blackboard is smart. It's a SMART blackboard.
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PrintBook review: 'Click: The Magic of Instant Connections'
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 I haven’t been this disappointed in a sequel since Blues Brothers 2000.
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MAGIC and magic, for dudes and Disney villains
Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 Cleverboy's fashionable Thursday afternoon
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PoliticsThe incredibly true, bizarre story of Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian and $35
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 The road to the-Tea-Party-candidate-who-isn’t is paved with boss impersonators, real estate pitchmen and information roadblocks. Rick Lax explains.
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The MAGIC Model Expo (which, I’m told, has some fashion stuff, too)
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 Cleverboy got a little distracted at MAGIC today...
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Dr. Laura and the Devil's Advocate
Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 Why was the media so much harder on Imus and Richards?
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A&ETori dipping with Spelling's latest book
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 Bible dipping: The practice of asking God a question, flipping to a random bible passage and drawing divine inspiration from it. Tori dipping: Doing the same thing with Spelling’s new book.
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Cleverboy’s No-Fail 100% Guaranteed Cirque Recommendation System
Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 Cleverboy picks the right Cirque show for YOU.
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Nightlife'Clue'less at a nightclub murder mystery party
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Was it Professor Plum with the revolver? Detective Bond with the stuffed animal? Harvey Epstein with the dildo?
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A&EMemoir 'Wide Awake' is a bit of a snooze
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Patricia Morrisroe has suffered from insomnia her whole life. Maybe reading her own book could her sleep.
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Cleverboy vs. The Geezer Bandit
Friday, July 30, 2010 You’re welcome, California. Now give me my money.
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A&EBook "Extra Lives" states the obvious: Gaming is fun!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 The book isn’t even about why video games matter, it’s about why Tom Bissell likes playing video games
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EventsMagician Paul Draper reads minds in Vegas
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Paul Draper can bend spoons with his mind, see through duct tape and read other people’s thoughts.
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As We See ItSomething to get off your chest? This guy will listen—for a fee
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Meet Steven Diamond, the operator of a self-help hotline.
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FeaturesJust another day at the office for the Skeptics convention
Thursday, July 22, 2010 Rick Lax investigates the Skeptics convention at the South Point.
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NightlifeTiki time at Frankie’s
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 I ask my Frankie’s Tiki Room date, “What’ll you have?” and she replies, “Just a Diet Coke.” Just a Diet Coke? At Frankie’s? That’s blasphemy.
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The good ol' Psychic Chernobyl Bowling Pin trick
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Expect the unexpected, month after month.
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You're not as clever as you think, and neither, perhaps, are we.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 Cleverboy on potentially unoriginal photo ops.
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A&EThe Bible of Unspeakable Truths
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Greg Gutfeld has better ideas than most politicians and is funnier than most political comedians. So why did his book leave me feeling so empty?
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Exploring the NBC talent paradox
Sunday, July 11, 2010 It's official: America's out of talent. (Comedians excluded.)
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Smiles aren't cool, but they're sure refreshing.
Saturday, July 10, 2010 Happiness replaces pretension at MGM's Tabú.
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Pool partyin'...with the parents.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 Clevermom and Cleverdad on liquid evolution.
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Aces, stripped; Penguin, considered.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The tricky business of repackaging magic for Generation Internet.
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This just in: Old guy dies of old age.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Of course, he wasn't just any ol' old guy...
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A&EOther People’s Rejection Letters
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Most letters aren’t nearly as depressing, heart-wrenching or biting as they could be.
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Why you should never trust sitcoms or standups.
Monday, June 28, 2010 Rick Lax solves the sheet hogging problem.
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Unhelpful parking guidelines and mysterious percentages.
Saturday, June 26, 2010 Rick Lax has turned into his old high school English teacher.
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When is a foot massage not a “foot massage”?
Thursday, June 24, 2010 It's like Watergate, but for Foot Massages.
