RELATIVELY RECENT NEWS… : Over the past year and a half I’ve been participating in a study run by radiologist Brian Witcombe of the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester, UK, on the physiological effects of sword swallowing, which has been destined for publication in the prestigious British Medical Journal.

The original short article that preceded the full research appeared in the British Medical Journal back in 2005 and received coverage on Boing Boing (coincidentally one of my favorite blogs). The full article, co-authored by Mr. Witcombe and my former business partner with whom I founded the Sword Swallowers’ Association International oh-so-many years ago, was finally released last month. Since then it has received coverage by virtually every media outlet, be it print, television, radio or Internet.