With a night off from SyFy Radio, and recovering from a ruptured ear drum, I thought it might be fun to watch the A&E live special of “Mindfreak” with Criss Angel, especially since it was happening about a half our or so from SyFy Portal world headquarters in Clearwater Beach. There Angel — a popular Las Vegas illusionist — was planning on making a daring escape from the roof of a hotel that was just minutes from being imploded. He would have to pick his way through a series of locks, get up a few flight of stairs, pick some more locks, and catch an escape helicopter in time to get away from the nine-story building as it’s reduced to rubble. The trick by itself as presented was hardly an illusion. Picking locks fast is not what an illusionist makes, so you knew there would have to be some …