Michael Flatley: Lord of the Quacks

Remember Michael Flatley?  No, I didn't either.  But do you remember the obnoxious Irish jigging craze known as Riverdance?  I'll take your involuntary gag reflex as a yes.  Flatley, the self-proclaimed "lord" of said dance craze, has been out of the spotlight for a while, mostly because like they did with the Macarena, Paris Hilton, and foam fubber shoes, the world wizened up.  But apparently he still tours, most likely for people who have been in comas and/or frozen in giant blocks of ice since the mid '90s.  But recently he's been out of commission due to a body-wide "mystery" virus that exhausted him and gave him muscle pains.  Supposedly, doctors were unable to identify the virus.  And according to Flatley, the only cure came from Michael O'Doherty, who runs the Plexus Bio-Energy Clinic.  For those of you playing the pseudoscience drinking game, any time the word "energy" is mentioned, you must remember to take a shot of Jack.  The clinic's website describes its procedure as "rebalancing the life-force energy within and without the body".  In other words, Flatley was "cured" by bullshit.  Which really shouldn't come as any surprise, considering bullshit has been his primary source of income for at least the last fifteen years.  More details here.