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let's actually invest some thought into this. This is your class ring, something you'll take with you throughout a good portion of your life. Would you really want something like "3 Of Hearts" on the inside. It's sort of like a tattoo... what if you grow out of magic for instance. Now, you can...

The Secret Life Of Houdini is incredible.

right now I'm quite eager to see a performance of Paul Harris' Little Man. Not sure if I plan on buying it though.

4 hours on one disc... nice.

As far as hypnosis goes, The Manchurian Approach is an absolute gold mine. Not only for hypnotist wannabes, but for magicians in general. I'm going through it very slowly taking notes along the way. There's a section about 20-30 minutes long on "The Opener" which will help any of you immensely...

There's Lightning by Krisjan Pipho looks very appealing. Basically you take a light bulb into your hands, like an exploding light bulb effect, and you make it flicker. It looks pretty insane. My only question about it is whether or not you can use an lightbulb at a moments notice. Meaning, go...

Arthur Buckley "A famous card expert demonstrates tricks that have left theater audiences amazed, and that card-playing professionals have used profitably. It is not a book for beginners. But these shifts, palms, glides, false shuffles, cuts, fans, steals and spectacular deceptions will help...

I've seen Card Control at borders a time or two.

I've seen the Joshua Jay book floating around at several stores. Expert Card Technique probably won't float as much.

and this is only the beginning...

Not sure what you'll find at a bookstore... David Blaine's Mysterious Stranger is really good.

you NEED an education. Where you get the education is the other question. It doesn't have to be college in order to be considered an education. And you can't use "street smarts" as an excuse for not going to college. Being educated in whatever fashion you so choose, will lead to success. Know...

It is in fact impromptu. As you may or may not already know, it can also be found in Paul Harris' True Astonishment set. The only the that you need to prepare for the trick is to ruin a deck. unless of course you like someone's name written along the side.

Thank you very much Amit for making yourself available. I may very well take you up on your offer. Asher

Actually, using your own blood is only one of the methods. There are several very clever methods, several of which do not use your blood. Not everything Papercrane puts out involves puncturing your skin, believe it or not. :P.

I haven't looked too much for the exact stuff yet, but I would think any old strong and durable ******************************************** would work. (not exact letter count for stars.

Jon, you're in Colorado Springs? Nice... we ought to get together sometime. and congrats.

I say WE, not with the intention of implying ALL, but rather, to imply the group of those who can relate to the issue. And I noted that in the "(a good many of us anyway)" and I don't think this aspect is much needed to discuss. And I also mention WE, so as to imply a plural, because with a...

Why is it so hard for much of us to create misdirection for our spectators? We read books and essays on it constantly (a good many of us do anyway). We go home, the streets, the malls, the parks, wherever, and we apply these techniques we learn to real life scenarios and we practice. They say...

Do you manipulate strictly cards or have you ever branched out with other things? Like pens for instance...