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What everyone else said. If you don't get anything stupid then you probably won't regret it.

As long as you're not getting something ridiculously stupid (Like Will Ferrell depicted as Buddy elf) then you should be fine in the no regrets department. And as far as advice...What everyone else agreed upon.

Wikipedia knows best. Interesting ideas on its origin.

^yeah, what he said! Which reminds me, did you ever work out a way to streamline the presentation you created for it? I remember messing you an idea and then you reminding me why it wouldnt work.

There is one in Raleigh, 15 or so minutes from where I live, and the owner is a former professional performer who is great with coins and cards. He's very knowledgeable and even though half his store is costume/clown supplies there are 2 bookshelves of books and tons of dvds. He's pretty good...

The process explained (briefly) and a different experiment. Here!

I love David Blaine's quote on the preview 'F***ing Amazing' The rise looks pretty sweet, but like Danny said, it hasn't been out long enough for anyone to have real commentary on it.

Why of course! You were performing for a live audience (not the camera itself) Always a positive thing. Your spectator (while only one) was well managed, your instructions were clear and you didn't stumble over everything you were saying (a little bit of confusion after card vanished, before...

2) It's a simple matter of saying more or saying something different to emphasize their card impossibly jumped from pocket to deck. And I'll definitely ask him next time I see him :-p It is something you should ask yourself everytime you perform an effect though, 'What's going on, why do I do...

1) If you're going to have the back signed...use red backed cards. It'll help a lot. 2)Work out a presentation, just a few lines, that play to this impossibility. The card goes into your pocket, you cut three times and there is a face down card (dun dun dun) it's the card that's supposed to be...

I think...I work Saturday nights and never see the contests. With that said, I think an exercise in writing a short essay might be helpful. Give a somewhat broad topic and let people pick parts of the topic to discuss in their own essays. Have the T11 staff and moderators read and critique the...

It's also important to watch (maybe not associate with) people in the field who aren't going places. Knowing what to do can help you succeed, knowing what NOT to do will help you from failing. Even if you do everything right, doing one thing wrong can put you back to the beginning where you have...

Great advice, I can't think of anything to add right after reading it, but I would encourage everyone to think of things you can do to help find better volunteers for magic. If all else fails (and no one ever wants to join you on stage) do like The Amazing Johnathan does in his act.

I think the handling can be cleaned up a bit, but I like the idea. I do agree, a quick explanation of why it would be dangerous to be in the center of the deck would be nice. Maybe uniform the two selection processes if they're not forces, both out of a dribble or both from a spread. It's a...

I do, I grew up in Durham and now live in Raleigh near NC State. We should try and session sometime. Congratz on the column too.

Why would you bring that much attention to vanishing a sharpie?

Promoting yourself much? :-p He is right though, his 7 or 8 threads have tons of information that should be helpful after you find them. Jamie D. Grant's recent posts might be of some help as well. I will say this to try and help with the second question, You're only taken as seriously as...

Jason, there are a lot of books on the theories behind performing magic, some that say you should attempt to make your audience believe and others that tell you to just let them know it's sleight of hand. For someone who isn't going to do gambling demonstrations like yourself, what advice would...

Magic with Everyday Objects: Over 150 Tricks Anyone Can Do at the Dinner Table by George Schindler. It can be found on Amazon pretty easily. The method for separating salt and pepper uses a pocket comb to gather static electricity. It has a ton of stuff in it, a lot of which I'd seen before...