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I always try to have a routine in mind. I have developed several in-the-hands stand up routines and several table routines. Let me share my short stand up routine with you. In-the-Hands (cards only): Two Card Monte (I'm always set up for it) Hello Goodbye (Aaron Fisher--The Paper Engine)...

Easy to learn, but tough to make look good.

That sounds familiar. Okey dokey, then.

I've got the shape of my Le Paul spread down cold, but it looks messy. Any tips on how to get a nice smooth spread?

Don't forget to e-nun-ci-ate. You don't necessarily need to shout, but be very clear when speaking.

Oh my god. You really are Johnny Depp.

Wayne Houchin mentioned this in his round table discussion and I'll reiterate it. Books force you to work out the trick for yourself. I personally feel that this provides a greater amount of freedom in terms of imagining the effect. If I'm working out an effect in my head as opposed to having...

You should never need big hands for anything in magic. It honestly is not a problem if you know how to handle your audience. Now, I don't have small hands, but I do have huge windows in between my fingers and it's really only ever been a problem when doing the PH Invisible Palm, but I just...

That reminds me of the other great penguin joke: Two penguins are standing on an iceberg and one says to the other, "man, it's getting cold on this thing." The other goes, "AAAH! A talking penguin!" But yeah, I'm sure the Wire will come out when its ready. Patience.

Dude, Ricky Jay.

OK, Paul Giamatti is damn awesome, but that does not stop the fact that the overall movie was mediocre, as far as motion pictures go. The acting was stiff, the characters derivative--a movie can't survive on a good concept by itself. The Illusionist could have been much better--it could have...

The Prestige is just plain better in every way.

I feel like Panic is a better closer. Usually, I'll open with a simple coin effect and then move onto cards. Threefry or Long Gone Silver are good effects as is Hellbound Spellbound.

Bitter, maybe, but not mean.

Brian Tudor is James Franco crossed with Steven Segal, if they did magic. But he knows his stuff. Yeah, he may have a bit of an ego, but so what? He's basically the guy who pioneered the new movement of flourishing. So listen to the man.

Seems like a quiet contest tonight... Where is everybody? Probably at the new M. Night Shyamalan movie (which was not as bad as everyone says, but still not that great).

Don't even get me started. There was another huge discussion on that topic a while ago... http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=1769&highlight=stop+performing+video+camera

I was just wondering, for those of you who are more experienced, is it a bad habit if I practice my flourishes with my elbows touching my knees (as when I am sitting)? Also, is it bad to have actions taking place close to my body? Would it be better to extend my arms a bit? Thanks in...

Oh, absolutely. Actually, I wrote my college essay on that subject. It's buried here somewhere... http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=2510&highlight=college+essay

So, I'd like to pursue this question of why magic works. We've got the very broad, "people want to be fooled," but what about the deeper implications of this question and the other factors surrounding it? Take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWo8fv2ZNpw What does this...