A man calling himself Yogi Babba recently attempted to swindle me out of some money after proclaiming himself a Yogi and telling me that I would be receiving a gift from God in the near future. He proceeded to conduct a sleight of hand trick that amounted to his expectation that I would be so amazed that I would have no choice but to give him the sum of $28. I felt cynical, if a bit world-weary for having to turn him down, but feel also a strange and subtle pride at not having allowed myself to be swindled.