If You Don't Stop That, David Blaine, You Could Could Go Blind

David Blaine likes to pull dumb stunts. The magician has been a human popsicle, lived atop a pillar, lived in a glass box etc. Each time, after potentially overcoming "life threatening" situations he has come out unscathed and ready to perform yet another publicity stunt.

Doctors are telling Blaine that his next stunt could potentially make him go blind... for a limited period of time. The magician plans to hang upside down above New York's Central Park next week for 60 hours.

Dr. Massimo Napolitano, of Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, said that hanging upside down for an extended period of time increases bloodpressure to the head, espically the eyes, which could lead to blindness.

Napolitano is advising Blaine on the stunt. The doctor is unsure how long the blindness could last, and said that the magician is also a risk for cramps and internal swelling.

The doctor said that Blaine's stunt to yeild valuble data for doctors.

So doctors, if your study is potentially unethical - bypass the ethics board by getting David Blaine to do it and just call it a "stunt."

Lawn Chair Balloons for Border Patrol

You may have read earlier this week about the 235 mile lawn-chair balloon flight of Kent Crouch on CNN earlier this week. On Monday, you probably read the follow-up on PerezHilton.com about Brazilian priest, Adelir Antonio de Caril who wanted to break a world record for lawn-chair ballooning and disappeared into the atmosphere, never to be seen again.

His body was found earlier this week. Well, his story didn’t have a happy ending, but this one does – and there's a video!

Here’s a trio acting as Border Patrol on the U.S./Mexico border. Their idea: flying up in lawn-chair helium balloons to get a better view of “illegals” to keep America “safe”.

This is Border Patrol:

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