Seen on the Penguin site:
The Effect
Cigarette Thru Quarter (2 Sided)
by Tango
Effect
A coin is showed. The coin is placed in the top of the fingers, a cigarette or a pencil takes and the coin is crossed from side to side.
GOOD GRIEF!
Take care………
October 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Who’s writing this stuff
October 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment
10th Anniversary Of Monday Night Magic
October 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
All old i/m posts available
I’m posting more of this stuff than I intended, but something worked today that hadn’t before and I’m quite pleased.
It seems this new version of WordPress actually fixed the Blogger import feature. So, according to your perspective, we’re either lucky or cursed to have all of the i/m posts available here.
I’ve done very little editing and some of the posts make little sense after several years.
There are instances, where I’ve been dead wrong about certain people – good and bad, but everything is here, as it does represent a chronicle of thought during the period of our existence.
I’ll gradually do a little purging and cleaning, but for now it’s available in its rawest form.
Take care………
October 8, 2007 By 1 Comment
Curmudgeon? Curmudgeon!
Ye Olde Magick Blogge is one of my favorites. B. D. Erland, the proprietor, did, however, refer to me as a curmudgeon. In fairness, he has a point:
Main Entry: cur·mud·geon
Pronunciation: (“)k&r-’m&-j&n
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 archaic : MISER
2 : a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
- cur·mud·geon·li·ness /-lE-n&s/ noun
- cur·mud·geon·ly /-lE/ adjective
I am compelled to recite Jon Winokur’s eloquent defence:
A curmudgeon’s reputation for malevolence is undeserved. They’re neither warped nor evil at heart. They don’t hate mankind, just mankind’s absurdities. They’re just as sensitive and soft-hearted as the next guy, but they hide their vulnerability beneath a crust of misanthropy. They ease the pain by turning hurt into humor. . . . . .
They attack maudlinism because it devalues genuine sentiment. . . . . .
Nature, having failed to equip them with a servicable denial mechanism, has endowed them with astute perception and sly wit.
Curmudgeons are mockers and debunkers whose bitterness is a symptom rather than a disease. They can’t compromise their standards and can’t manage the suspension of disbelief necessary for feigned cheerfulness. Their awareness is a curse.
Perhaps curmudgeons have gotten a bad rap in the same way that the messenger is blamed for the message: They have the temerity to comment on the human condition without apology. They not only refuse to applaud mediocrity, they howl it down with morose glee. Their versions of the truth unsettle us, and we hold it against them, even though they soften it with humor.
There! I feel better!
Take care………
October 8, 2007 By 1 Comment
Oh no you don’t!
Those of us that have been around a while and have been following the Richard James / Linked saga have seen it all before. Non-delivery followed by a string of excuses and stories that never seem to fit together. We’ll be charitable and say the perpetrators are generally less than forthright. It’s so easy to tell the truth and take your medicine. I’ll just never understand the inability to do so.
Anyway, there are always some doo rag carrying the forgive and forget banner – only human – life happens – etc. etc. in defence of the wrongdoer. Please understand, I’m all for forgiveness, but I’m also of the school that says there should be a price to pay for our decisions.
Here’s a quote from a recent Cafe post:
…..you already apologized,that is kool; just deliver and eveybody we’ll be happy and probably forget what is happening as I write this post.
I hope he’s wrong. Dead wrong.
Take care………
Learn to live a life that expects more from the world than crap. – Jamy Ian Swiss
October 8, 2007 By 1 Comment
Quick Thought – On being a professional
There’s a difference in being a professional and a Dick.
Some people need to learn that.
Take care………
October 7, 2007 By Leave a Comment
From Slate
Another interesting article springing from Jacob Loshin’s work on intellectual property rights as they relate to magicians and their tricks.
Do magicians \own\ their tricks? – By Tim Harford – Slate Magazine.
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