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Yes, but also a handful of other things. For instance: 1. Taste. Honestly, not everyone wants to pull off that type of persona, probably even including some people who could. If it doesn't call to you, you aren't going to pursue it even if you do have the discipline and ambition to pull it...

I sort of disagree, but only in a qualified way. This persona is not much in evidence, to be fair, but there is another barrier to entry that 1) makes it tough to pull off, and 2) more powerful when it does: knowledge. Frankly, I think personal magnetism and charisma are no more decisive...

I'll see this . . . I would humbly suggest that Steerpike had a good point in saying that the point of Cerca Trova was to foster discussion. Giving a response and reading other responses is more like "Show and Tell": valuable for some things, to be sure, but it is not discussion because there...

Glad to see you're back out there, Badger, and gladder to see you had a good night. As Tarvi pointed out (over on Dan and Dave's forums), I think you're moving closer to discovering your own approach. You've got your theme (card switching), and some ideas on how to break it into a...

Lorem ipsum, as I understand it, is a mocked-up Latin that is used as fill-text, often by graphic designers who need to see what text will look like on a page before they have the actual text that is going to go in. To the best of my understanding, it is deliberate nonsense. :)

Heh. Won't mention what I had for lunch, then. *burp* Excuse me.

I'm not sure I would equate Blaine not speaking with him having no presentation: his patter is just all nonverbal (see also: Teller). He has a strong enough personality and presence that he can use gestures and simple descriptions to accomplish what requires words and a story for other people. I...

^ | | | BIG Chik Fil'A fan. @#%$&^*! Thanks for mentioning that right around lunch when the nearest one is over 100 miles away.

I can't speak to Totally Out of Control, but here is one of the things that has made me a big Paper Engine fan: Through several of the technique sections, Aaron talks about his mistakes. In one case, for instance, he lays out a technique (the Outjog Herrmann Pass), then points out a couple of...

Oh believe me, I am. And I'm chuckling at all of the possibilities for combining this with Blood . . . . It turns out that there were a few of the hard copies left--we'll see if I will be able to get one. Either way, though, this is a lovely piece of work.

The one thing I am certain of is that when I am in my 60s I will be looking back at my 40s and thinking how little I understood.

Honestly? That tone was pretty much all I got from the original post, even the substantive points. Mindsmoothie gave what I see as the one relevant response to the substantive argument: neither you nor any of us can control what other folks do. You (and others) can make fun of them as "damn...

With respect to Dan White for bringing up the topic, I think I slice the apple a little differently. The more time I spend in the magic community, the less I think the divide is between "old" and "new"/"young" and the more I think it is just a function of subcultures within a larger...

And in a bizarre way, taking the bait more or less proves his point. It's like that Carly Simon song: "You're so vain/I bet you think this song is about you." Well played, Steerpike. (So, is this exposure, explaining the trick this way? Ayup, probably so. But the mechanism is as important...

Hm. That's really, really too bad.

Are there signed copies left, or are they all gone?

It's the concept that has me sold. I like the idea of the deck of cards plus this little gimmick being your "advocate." That strikes me a poetic, and fits my ways very nicely. But then again, I'm "that type of guy." Concepts can impress me. But it also meant I learned how to ride a bike by...

And let's also not forget that for every Vernon there were dozens of shysters, hucksters, fraudsters, and plain old downright bad magicians who would gladly sell their best-kept secret in return for a warm place to sleep and a slice of apple pie. And even those guys were probably complaining...

Yeah, I'm curious--where were the G and the C? (The I was in the last photo.)

True, the question has been asked, but I don't believe there's been an answer. (If there has been, I'd be happy to see a link to the post--I just haven't seen one that I can remember.) The rest of us can speculate, but given that only one person has the phone, there aren't many other options.