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Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by Noah Levine: One of those gems is a trick called "further than that". One day a young magician ( 11) showed me this very trick. He informed me that he learned it from an Ammar video. I don't think that's fair to magic. Fair to magic or fair to you? Sounds like a mild ...

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by RoatC:
[QB] 13. ... It flips face up onto the back of the left thumb, which move

The Cornelius "Spring Set" I believe.

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Chris Aguilar

Got mine today! Will weigh in with comments after I've had a chance to give it a proper read.

Chris Aguilar

I haven't gotten mine yet in Sacramento either. Will just have to be patient.

Chris Aguilar

One can buy the whole set brand new and post paid for $104.97

Chris Aguilar

We might listen better if you lay off the "caps lock" key.

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by mark lewis:
But why the double backed card? I still don't see why it is necessary.

It isn't. On Dary's "Ambitious" DVD, he covers a way to do it completely gaffless.

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by DustinStinett:
She assured me that the USPC Co. does not sell seconds and that the cards in those multi-pack boxes are first quality.

Just bought a "two pack" (one red one blue). Horribly off center.

Chris Aguilar

I quite enjoyed Ken Krenzel's essay in the forward to his book Ingenuities.

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Richard, As a recent subscriber, I love what I've been seeing, but (with all due respect to Max Maven) I do not see the appeal of the "Inquisition". It takes up a whole page (not to mention another quarter of a page instructing one how to cut out a piece of paper to hide the answers) and f...

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by John Smetana: When I get these I reply with this response_ ... Probably doesn't help at all but makes me feel better. It does tell the spammer that they've hit a valid e-mail address. Which makes your e-mail address much more valuable to them in terms of selling it to others an...

Chris Aguilar

Here is a direct link to the Salon Article. http://archive.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1999/09/15/cinvegas/index2.html You don't have to pay a cent to see it. One can click "salon day pass" and watch a short commercial after which you get 24 hours of access to all the material on the site....

Chris Aguilar

Got mine today here in Sacramento. Excellent issue!

Chris Aguilar

Needless cross posting and the inconsiderate use of "all caps" tells me I can safely ignore this fellow.

Chris Aguilar

Still no joy in Sacramento.

Chris Aguilar

Mike, I don't blame you at all. If I had these and thought some yahoo on e-bay would pay an exorbitant price for them, I'd put them on the block in a New York minute. Should be fun to see how high they go. :) Why do you figure these are in such high demand? Is it because the Bucks (and a few other c...

Chris Aguilar

Hasn't made it to Sacramento yet.

Chris Aguilar

*Blinks in amazement that someone actually paid $150 for a single deck of these hideous looking cards.*

Chris Aguilar

I guess you missed this topic?

http://geniimagazine.com/forum/cgi-bin/ ... 204#000000

Good clip nonetheless.

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by Brad Henderson: (I thought the Impulse change was Carpenter's and was the one with the 'single' card outjogged from the pack. So a bit of this thread was confusing to me). Yep, that's correct. It's from Carpenter's book The Expert's Portfolio and has nothing to do with the Zap ...

Chris Aguilar

^^^ It doesn't. The effects named on that site "Zap Change" and "Impulse Change" are transposed and people continue to be confused by it.

Chris Aguilar

^^^ Wow, you've just outlined the reasons I'll never buy anything DRM'ed in the fashion you mention. Having to enter code words three times just to see something I've purchased? Being stuck with DRM limitations on making backups of my purchase? Being presumptively made to feel like a criminal simply...

Chris Aguilar

I completely agree with Chris. I would be much more likely to buy something from him knowing that I can back it up or use it on different platforms if need be. If something has onerous copy protection, as a consumer I'm not going to care for dealing with the extra hassle involved with passwords, DRM...

Chris Aguilar

Nebulous claims made by the anonymous are fairly easy to dismiss.

If you've got facts, share them (preferably using your actual name)

Otherwise, I'm with Jeff here. :sleep:

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by Bill Mullins:
Richard -- there's a great disco-era picture of RK on the back cover.

Here you go.

Chris Aguilar

I believe(and I could be wrong here) that even shipping packages over a certain weight here in the U.S. requires some form to be handwritten at the time of shipping. Something to do with the new security rules.

Chris Aguilar

It's just my opinion mind you, but I think that if folks spent less time complaining about L&L audiences, they would be left with more time to actually concentrate on learning the material contained on said videos.

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by Carlos Hampton:
Chris,

I think that they are a great learning tool, but they can also be entertaining, and they are not anymore because of repeating the audience.

I buy them purely for learning. If I want entertainment, I'll do my best to catch an actual show somewhere.

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by JD: Mithrandir, read the thread again. Implying (in my personal opinion)that you somehow believe Mithrandir lacks the ability to understand the previous postings. I've corresponded with this fellow and can assure you he is an intelligent young man. Perhaps you should give him t...

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by JD: [QB] Well, Chris, you ducked the question. Do you not have confidence in your original critique? What critique was that? Simply that I found the humour strained? Not only do I stand by that, I even defined it for you? What more can a boy do? :) You had already established y...

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by JD: One question for clarification: how would you know how much energy I expend in writing these? I am curious given your use of the word "excessive". JD Hm, good question. "Knee slapping" material such as the following (which is typical of your blog) gives ...

Chris Aguilar

I'm more interested in the quality of teaching rather than the artificiality of the audience. I purchase these things (every once in a great while) as a tool for learning, not entertainment.

Chris Aguilar

Strained = Expending excessive energy attempting humour -> Leading to witticisms that would make Carrot Top cringe. :cool:

Chris Aguilar

Read a few entries and it's not a blog I'll be returning to. Humour seems quite strained.

Chris Aguilar

So what makes this book worth $200? Is the material really that good? Or is it a "Ricky Jay" situation where the book (Cards as Weapons) is just ok, yet hype and scarcity has driven the price up to insane levels?

Chris Aguilar

Richard,

Unless you've already done so, please consider running similar articles on other craftsmen like Jim Riser and Todd Lassen.

I think people would find it fascinating.

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Richard,
Thanks for running the Genii article on Porper.

It was outstanding.

Chris Aguilar

For those interested in John's new book Dear Mr. Fantasy , he has graciously allowed me to post a second routine from it on my forums. The routine is called "Trait Secrets" and is a really fun variation of Carpenter's wonderful "A Potent Presage". ________________________________...

Chris Aguilar

Originally posted by D. Conn:

Someone pass the word to Minch that he needs to reprint these!

Ask him to reprint The Ambitious Card Omnibus while you're at it!

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Chris Aguilar

Richard,
Does the same hold true for the Cardshark reprint?

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