cymbaljack

Yeah, I've been away a long time. Duly noted.

Anyway, had a couple of interesting psychic encounters this past week. Specifically, I encountered one of those little booklets in the supermarket checkout line titled Are You Psychic? Then in last week's Parade magazine, in their annual "What People Earn" story, they included a "psychic" who earned $38,000 a year.

So I've realized that in the public interest I need to state for anyone who reads this
You are not psychic.

More specifically:

• If you need a booklet you buy in a supermarket checkout line to tell you if you're psychic or not, you're not.
• If you're using your powers on a full-time basis and making only $38,000 a year, you're not psychic either.
  

I mean, if there really are psychic people, they would either be out preventing 9/11 type events or they'd all be retired and living in some tropical paradise. I picture a new person moving into a condo there and having this conversation:

Old resident: Hey, welcome to paradise. Oh...I perceive that you're psychic.
New resident: Um, well--
Old resident: Don't worry about it. Most of us are. I made my fortune by telepathically stealing insider trading info on Wall Street. What about you?
New resident: I placed a bet in October that the Giants would beat the Patriots in the Superbowl.

If you're not playing at that level, then trust me, ya ain't psychic. Concentrate on developing your real skills instead.