Word of the Day
Abscond (v., ab-SKOND)
Hey, look over there! *runs away and hides*
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Link of the Day
The best pickpocket in the world
Apollo Robbins is the best pickpocket in the world. In the time it took you to read this, he probably would have swiped your cell phone, and here's proof:
A few years ago, Adam Green from The New Yorker did a long, fascinating profile of Robbins, as well as a demo and mini-interview video. As you might've seen from the videos, Robbins is a unique character with a blend of shyness, confidence, and excusing:
Years ago, Teller told Robbins that he needed to ask himself two questions: Why do I steal? And why do I give it back? Increasingly, Robbins sees his stealing as “a metaphor, an experiment for me to play with human interactions.” He told me, “Looking back, I can see that I was really learning a lot about how people work through this little experiment of stealing from them. I learned a lot about how they handle their attention, how they handle stress, how they handle confidence. So when I look at why I steal, basically it’s my way of communicating with people.”PeoplePickpocketsSleight of handAttentionCheck your pockets