Tobias! on April 25th, 2010

Taken Saturday morning before Faire in the Grove… When we found out how close we were to the ale and food, we decided to use the pavilion as a “backstage” area and backdrop for the performance space. After flailing about to try and give the stage a name (The Adequate Stage, the Alternate Stage)… eventually [...]

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Tobias! on April 20th, 2010

One of the challenges a performer can face when working smaller events is the lack of, well, a stage.  Let’s be honest, it’s not 100% required, but having a small performing space that’s clearly delineated comes in handy when you’re working in an area not normally designated as a performing space – like an open [...]

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Tobias! on April 18th, 2010

Ever wonder how much rope a magician goes through in about five years? Something along the lines of a mile of rope, seen here cut into various lengths. Since I’m a big fan of cheap magic, this rope is all going to the local SYM chapter so young magicians can have their own rope to [...]

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Tobias! on April 14th, 2010

From my “adopted dotter” Nichol – Nikol Bischoff I dunno tons about star charts but… Perseus 2h 39m 0.61s 57o 3′ 40.36″ is now named Tobias the Adequate So wow! I’m a star all right!

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Tobias! on April 6th, 2010

… if you’re reading this from the Adequate Blog page (http://adequateblog.com and http://theadequate.com/adequateblog) I just want to make it clear that the ads you see over -> there are being randomly uh… automatically selected by Google. I have no idea what their criteria is.

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Tobias! on April 6th, 2010

Every army constantly trains to fight the last war – unattributed Army Maxim After every show, I review what worked and what didn’t. I do the same thing after every event. The trick is to not assume that This Next Show will be like The Last Show, and This Next Event will be like the [...]

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