The only way David Blaine can save his career is to drop the endurance shtick and get faster - Anderson Cooper agrees.

I almost forgot about David Blaine’s incredibly lame Dive of Death until this morning when I swear he walked by Colson Patisserie in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I considered yelling after him to drop the endurance stunts and go for speed, but was too busy eating a flaky croissant to be bothered. Plus the real tough guys were inside the cafe - for the next few weeks Sting Like a Maccabee - portraits of old Jewish boxers with names like “The Fighting Dentist” (Leach Cross) and Al “Bummy” Davis line the wall at the cafe.

Not exactly new news, but new to me- Blaine has writer Primo Levi’s concentration camp number, 174517, tattooed on his arm. WTF? Who does that? Only an idiot who hangs upside for 60 hours, but actually cheats.

David Blaine is still hanging upside down in Central Park and peeing with a catheter. So far he hasn’t gone blind, but his docs are on hand at Wolman rink just in case something goes awry in this ridiculous 60 hour upside down stunt. Fans have been mulling around asking for autographs. Clearly he must be using The Astronaut Pen that let’s you write upside down like they do in space or in Jerry Seinfeld’s case in bed (”Cause sometimes I write in bed and I have to turn and lean on my elbow to make the pen works.”) I am thinking about checking out The Pen situation later this evening, but will probably bail because of a million and one better things I have to do like going to see the a remastered cut of the Godfather at Film Forum.

David Blaine is getting ready his latest death-defying stunt - hanging upside down above New York’s Central Park for 60 hours, starting on September 22. “I’ve actually practiced it, but only for six hours. Also, I’ve stopped eating a week ago and lost 20 pounds.”

Yesterday, he showed off his talent and announced his endurance challenge at a press conference with Donald Trump.  The Donald’s got a secret plan to place a Golden Trump sign on Blaine in the 11th hour and get even more  PR off the event.

Unlike Harry Houdini’s exciting beat the clock stunts - escaping from a straightjacket while being suspended from a crane over New York City in two minutes and thirty-seven seconds - David Blaine’s illusions last for days and days and to put it mildly are really boring to watch. Seriously, sitting in a plexiglas box dangling over London for 44 days with no food is far from riveting. At least if he was up there with a sexy assistant, it would be something to look at. Anyway, the Master of Idle Illusion is getting ready to hang upside down six stories above Central Park for three days and two nights. As usual, he won’t eat and the whole thing will be filmed for TV. Wow, can’t wait for that! Is this even magic? Sounds more like some CIA torture tactic based on water boarding. Actually, I hear there is a guy from Al Queda down in Gitmo, who can do it for 7 days, 5 nights.