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No, you're just hamfisted, don't practice enough and dramatically overestimate your skills.

You could talk about Houdini as a populist symbol in the Depression. You could talk about how Robert-Houdin averted a war. Or just a brief timeline. And I trust you know that with PowerPoint you shouldn't just have title cards that you read off of.

Is there a reason you're limiting it to card magic?

That's... debatable. The Magic Cafe is still the worst, though this place has a very unflattering reputation. I noticed when I popped in this week that it's less insipid than usual. A set of actually competent regulars have established themselves and people generally don't screw with...

Kid... do not bull**** a bull****ter. By the sound of things, I'm not missing anything from you removing the video. It was just more proof that those of us who actually know good horror are in the minority. And what the **** are you doing associating with Mismag? Not only could that little...

No. Teaching is like singing and writing. Everybody thinks they can do it, and they're usually wrong. Arguably. But not everybody is willing to do what it takes to be good at something. Or anything. 10,000 hours of work to achieve mastery. How many people are willing to stick with...

Thoughts as they occur to me. 0:01 - Alright, kid. Impress me. 0:08 - I can't see your face. This does not bode well. 0:13 - Black scorpion deck, huh? I don't care. Do something. 0:22 - What the hell just happened? What is this, take 2? 0:27 - What was your double lift? 0:43 - Your...

Who says you have to go out of your way to correct a mistake?

I'm hoping you all know by now how I feel about the use of the word spooky.

Yes you are. That said, you have my attention. Now what are you going to do with it? What a charmer.

Figure I might as well post these links up. http://pittandpendulum.blogspot.com/2010/09/spooky-magic-101-part-i.html http://pittandpendulum.blogspot.com/2010/09/spooky-magic-101-part-ii.html http://pittandpendulum.blogspot.com/2010/09/spooky-magic-101-part-iii.html...

Yes. A lot. But right now I just want to cover the idea of motivation. It has to look like something done for a purpose other than its own sake or for the indulgence of the magician. It's why I don't do much card magic anymore. Most of it amounts to little more than masturbation.

And what about everyone else? Why should they care? What does this do for them? What does it communicate to them? What point do they see in it, if any at all?

(sigh) That's not the answer I had hoped for. Put it another way... Have you ever actually stopped to think about why you consider the effects you use to be good?

Exactly. Think about that for a minute.

No kidding? I thought he was talking about pizza. I'm going to be a bit of a hardass and break this down. Serial Biller: Do you have a motivation for doing this? Extreme Burn: Do you have a good reason for doing this? Self-Tying Shoelace Are you David Blaine? No? Then why are you doing...

That implies that any question asked is the right question. But as numerous people are pointing out, that is not always the case. You started out with a half-way decent suggestion and then this. I would have to kick my own ass if I ever did that. Honestly, how many of you read past the...

Okay, now you're digging your heals in rather than checking to see if what we're saying has any merit or not. Also, read the edit to my above post. Stop... step out of your own head... and think for a second. Are we saying this to be dicks to you? Or are we saying that we have...

That's not strictly true either. The idea that personal style eventually gives merit to all ideas is a myth. In fact, suggesting a system where good and bad ideas have some weight because some hypothetical person could use it actually defeats the purpose of the meritocracy you're suggesting...

Oh, sweet Satan, here we go... RK, the point is that at this early stage in a relationship, you can't afford to become too predictable. That's how the spark goes out of relationships. There's science behind this. After being together for about a decade, passion and unpredictability are...