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Hahahahahahahahahahaha!! I would call you a liar, but it's not a lie if you actually believe it. First of all, you say that you're just being yourself. Well who the hell are you? And why should I care? Second, magic is theater and you are an actor. To claim that you're not acting and just...

Huh, look at that. I suddenly find Brooks even more distasteful than I did before. The impossible has been made possible. Craig, as long as you're here perhaps you can confirm or deny a rumor for me. A few years back I heard about some shady dealing going around that ended in Leaping Lizards...

Fair enough. For the sake of argument, let's say I'm metal. The culture of metal is the expression of the outcast as hero. It preaches individuality, strength of character, conviction, and yet also a sense of brotherhood and solidarity. In metal, there are no borders. There are no races...

If you suck, yes. Same thing. Natural? What the hell does that even mean? It's not natural to palm cards either, and yet here we are. So you booked a show without actually having your act ready? Oh Jesus...

So, no you can't explain it to an outsider looking in. Glad we got that cleared up. In that case I'm a Buddhist werewolf with a black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu and a cybernetic arm and am a secret agent on the run from the law. I expect my word to be good enough on that.

I can think of more constructive things than watching either of those two. Like hitting myself in the face with a hammer for an hour. If it can be anything, then it is not a way of life. It's not anything. It sounds to me like you just realized you can't actually define it to an outsider...

And therein lies the problem with the Cafe: it's poorly run. The mods are draconian, but unreliably so. Bannings are sometimes arbitrary, the rules are enforced inconsistently, and favoritism get played. No working pro goes there unless they have a product to sell. It's a massive circle jerk...

Have fun never making it as a professional magician.

Keith Olbermann once said, "If you do not evolve, you risk becoming a parody of yourself." Evolution is change. It's the metamorphosis from one stage to the next.

Uri Geller built a career more successfully than any of us by bending spoons. Just putting that out there.

If you don't know something about me, why not ask? People ask me questions all the time. Whether or not they like my answers is second to the fact that I do make the time to answer them. I'm not all piss and vinegar, but if you go into this expecting me to be the bad guy, then that's all...

The Card College series is a comprehensive book set detailing card magic from self-working concepts to knuckle-busting sleight of hand. It's a steep investment, but very complete. That said, you also look into getting a copy of the Encyclopedia of Card Tricks or Mark Wilson's Complete Course...

The question you should be asking is what attitude you should approach it from. Success and failure are just part of the learning process. Failures are simply negative energy that you have to redirect.

After Effects is not the best choice. If you're on the Mac, Final Cut is ideal. Either Mac or PC will also run Adobe Premiere, which is my choice. Both are expensive however. If this is a problem, do some research on other editing applications with strong color correction features. That...

The fact that you found it easier to accuse me of being a liar and fraud than to ask yourself why I react to people this way is rather the root of the problem, isn't it? You're not stupid. But you're not very realistic either. I'm not treating you like an idiot. I'm challenging you to see if...

Welcome to my world. As mentalism goes... whatever puts gas in my car and food on my table. Artistry comes once the bills are paid.

0:10 - Almost blew my speakers out. Please adjust the sound levels next time. 0:39 - Not only did it go too fast, it was too easy. 0:42 - That inset is really distracting. Which one am I supposed to be looking at? 0:51 - Stop cutting! You're not giving me time to process what just happened...

Does "no sense" refer to your reply or that you didn't actually read what I had to say? Because it's a bit rich of you to complain about me, and then complain again when I speak in my defense. Look, if you have nothing of actual substance to say to me, just stop. And if you only registered on...

Sentences like this are why people like me act the way we do. Several people in this thread missed Will's point entirely. Even after having this explained to them, they persisted in their original arguments. That makes them demonstrably wrong. I'm losing patience with this politically...

You should take the time to scan through more of Tim Ferriss's blog, Will. Love him or hate him, the man has some very interesting things to say.