The David Meade Project sends me a Magic Bottle...

One of my online friends is a mentalist. David Meade @DavidMeadeLive can make you believe he's in contact with the dead, and even more, he'll expose how fraudulent psychics do the same.

His fantastic series is back tonight on BBC1NI at 1035pm, and he'll be live tweeting if you care to ask any more questions about the tricks he performs.

Paddy Doherty from My Big Gypsy Wedding is on the show tonight. That's right, David is going to tell a prize winning boxing gypsy that mind reading, a traditional gypsy trade, is all a load of balls. Good luck with that, David.


He sent me this curious item for my cabinets. I didn't realise the trick, I thought it was just a nice vintage glass bottle, until my son asked me to take the cards out for him to look at. Errrr.... How do you get them out? More interestingly how the hell did you get them INTO the bottle, David. The neck is narrower than the deck of cards. BURN THE WITCH.

If you aren't in the BBCNI region you can watch David Meade Make Believe on the BBC iplayer NI channel, or find the regional versions of the BBC channels on Sky.

Spooky Baking with Premier Housewares

We started with very good intentions to make some chocolate covered, orange sprinkled ghost cookies. We used the Premier Housewares Halloween cutters and apron set they kindly sent us.

The thing is, I am awful at baking. So awful that I even managed to muck up cookies. Anyway, my son is very pleased with his own apron and hat set.

Obviously it's a bit late for you to order your own Premier Halloween items, which is entirely my fault as I forgot to blog these (BAD blogger), but they also have a range of excellent Christmas themed baking wares. Cake moulds and chocolate moulds, for those of you who can actually bake, unlike me.

You'll find it on