Books
“… you can amaze people once or twice, but if you can make them laugh you can entertain them forever.” Jeff Dunham, All By My Selves I like to call myself a “hack magician”. “Hack” in this case is a bit of self-deprecating humor, implying that I know that I’m not the greatest magician in [...]
One of the things I find myself doing from time to time is wandering through craft stores. Usually I’m doing this because my wife wants to go to one, but… I’ve found a lot of useful stuff wandering the rows of scrapbooking, wood, paint and random other supplies. Poster board, too. It’s odd, but in [...]
One of the strangest things I’ve heard, and frighteningly enough heard with such frequency, is that magicians tend to be, well… socially awkward. This is even more disturbing because, well… it’s often true. We use magic as a lever, a way to have something “over” someone else, sometimes a shield, sometimes just a way to [...]
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Magicians tend to have a plethora of magic books lying around, so why am I suggesting this one? I’m suggesting Secrets of the Astonishing Executive because it does something that very few magic books do, it gives context to the seemingly random magic stuff we do, and shows how you might actually mix a little [...]
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One of the lessons I’ve learned in my time performing at Renaissance Faires is “It’s more fun to be scum.” Okay, everyone loves the flash and fancy clothing of the nobles, the pomp and ceremony of the Court, and the brilliance and daring of the knights and soldiers… but let’s face it, when it’s 90 [...]
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