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Why do people keep acting as if I should give a **** about their approval? People get mad when someone doesn't tell them what they want to hear. And what RK doesn't want to hear right now is that he did not have a good idea. That he's doing this more for his own sake than hers.

So because I'm not telling you to run out and buy more crap, I'm not helping? If you'd rather get trick recommendations from people who have never performed this **** rather than getting advice on what makes magic magical in the first place, then say so now so that I can avoid wasting anymore...

If you absolutely have to do this, don't do something that convoluted and cornball. Less is more. Having the note ask the question for you is just tacky and cliche. It's what any random would think of, so it lacks any sense of personality. Again, less is more.

And yet, here I am. Ain't that just the damndest thing? Just making a point that most people here are very quick to recommend material that they likely have never actually performed and routines that the only just came up with. Asking for recommendations of material with such a crowd is...

An Actor Prepares by Constanin Stanislavski Magicians love to say that we're all actors playing the part of a conjurer. Yet disappointingly few magicians know how to act. How can you expect to sell me on an effect when you're all stiff and weird? Or chewing the scenery like a goat with an...

Can anyone actually give a reason for doing that effect? Or are we just assuming chicks dig flowers?

I'm a musician and filmmaker. I do not ask women out by composing a song and shooting an artsy music video for it to convey the question. So why are we having this conversation again?

Does this strike anyone else as a bit like asking Jerry Bruckheimer if the latest Jerry Bruckheimer movie is worth seeing?

If you can't be bothered to do a search on posts I've made, that's not my fault. I'm not all piss and vinegar, and if you had done your homework before shooting your mouth off at me, you would know that. Anyway, I criticize because there's nowhere near enough of that. Most of you just...

That suggests I want or need your approval. That your respect means anything to me. Oh, don't start. I never claimed to know everything and have repeatedly shown deference to those who have earned it. What pisses me off about this issue is how you people are such apologists for the status...

I love it when people shoot their mouths off with absolutely no clue who they're talking to. Even funnier when they miss the goddamn point entirely. Like everyone recommending those same tricks hasn't? Do you honestly believe that anyone recommending Thread here can tell you why it's good...

Is there a point or motivation for any of this or are you just throwing **** together?

There are so many things wrong with this statement, I don't know where to start. If you actually know how to be funny, there shouldn't be a problem. Do you know how a joke is constructed?

Well, that requires two things. First, the desire to go pro, which most people here have. And the self-discipline needed to actually put in those 10,000 hours toward true mastery, which almost noone here does. As long as we're at it, I'm going to throw in my support for The Book of Haunted...

My time at the Cafe was short, hostile, and unpleasant. I was vying for space with the greatest concentration of wannabes, has-beens, and never-wases I've ever seen in my life. **** that place with a knife. That means the Cafe has failed at its alleged purpose. We already have something...

I would think that some people would have qusetions. Unfortunately, compare this to other reviews of the more popular products and you'll see that this is basically a drop in the bucket. I think the "self-working" in the title scares off most people. Also, threads about beginning in mentalism...

90% of the Cafe's population is a bunch of backstabbing cretins, wannabes, and armchair pros. The old guard that are there generally aren't reliable. The ones who are active either get flooded with so many wannabes that it's near impossible to get comprehensive advice from them, are plugging...

Why do people keep recommending a book that no beginner should be within a mile of? I got 50 bucks says most of you recommend it without having actually read it. I have a blog post with a beginner's guide to mentalism. If you're serious about starting this, know that the warnings are true...

Because having to explain it always comes across as holier-than-thou. As big of an egomaniacal jerk-off as I am, even I know better than that. Perhaps you should read some Robert Greene sometime. In the words of Harry Dresden, people suck. But persons are always worth it. You may...

Trying to detect lies by reading body language is notoriously difficult. Whatever you read on the internet is probably bull****. For example: This is crap. Anyone half-way decent at lying is going to be very good at making eye contact. I know this because, durr! That's my job! I'm a...