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Gordon Meyer

I.M. Magician wrote:I follow you Gordon. Makes sense...

Are you speaking of the pewter Dragon Okito Box Sterling put out in a limited edition years ago?

Yes, the Dragon Okito Box (although I didn't know it was a limited edition!).

Gordon Meyer

I have seen this discussed before. My feeling is this... The characters on the coin used for magic do not have to say anything really. If it does, it should be something clean and innocent. Unless your audience happens to speak Chinese, in which case it will be an unavoidable distraction. (Just as ...

Gordon Meyer

You could do us all a favor by posting where to find in the missing page in the archives. (Presuming you've done that.) I'll just print it out and insert it into the book.

Gordon Meyer

Ferdinando is an amazing performer and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's very interesting to think about magic from this perspective, rising above the types of things that usually occupy a magician's thoughts. (I bought my printed copy from Amazon.)

Gordon Meyer

If a spreadsheet database (ie:AirTable) looks like it would work for you, also investigate TapForms or Numbers for iOS. (The latter being free from Apple.)

Gordon Meyer

And Penzler has wonderful hardbound (and paperback) editions of the Rawson's "Death from a Top Hat" and "The Headless Lay" books for sale at his bookstore's website. I highly recommend the Mysterious Bookshop as a visit or online shopping site.

Gordon Meyer

I've not only looked at the document, I've read it twice. This is the third forum I've seen it referenced. Disagree with me by all means, but please don't tell me what I (apparently) have or have not done. "Seminal?" is all you wrote. If you don't know what the word means, look it up. If ...

Gordon Meyer

"Seminal"?

Apparently you haven't looked at the document. Read the 2nd paragraph.

Gordon Meyer

It would be useful if you cited which lecture notes you are referring to.

Gordon Meyer

I'm a backer too. The silence seems to have started about the same time as one of the principals of the enterprise stepped down after a surge of sexual assault and racist accusations from staff at his other company. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8456565/Cards-Against-Humanity-founder-Max-...

Gordon Meyer

It's a "Pitch Perfect" spin-off so it will probably get a large audience just from the halo effect.

Gordon Meyer

Tabby Crabby passed away in 2011. I don't know if the family (or anyone else) continued with the business though. See https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tabman

Gordon Meyer

Reports say they have nearly a billion dollars of debt. Not a typo — BILLION. Yowza.

Gordon Meyer

As a professional writer, I agree that the only way to help avoid these mistakes is to hire a professional editor. However, to Richard's point about resources, I would cynically add that the extra expenditure is hard to justify from a cost::benefit perspective. That is, the magic market as a whole c...

Gordon Meyer

Add the "s" to "http" (resulting in "https") to remove the warning if it bothers you (if you're just browsing around and not submitting your credit card, I wouldn't sweat it).

Gordon Meyer

(Except I do still use a Kennedy for my black humor “I do a killer impression of Lee Harvey Oswald. Wanna see it?” version of Karate Coin if it’s someone who’s old enough to know who JFK is.)

Too soon, buddy, too soon.

Gordon Meyer

A wonderfully talented artist friend of mine offers limited editions of his work. If asked, he will happily tell you "The number is limited to how many I can sell."

Gordon Meyer

I was there this past July and the arcade was filled with homeless people and debris. There were at least 3 passed out addicts literally in front of Davenports. I wish I was exaggerating, but I’m not. They deserve a much better location.

Gordon Meyer

I wonder how much this book differs from the DVD of PDFs called "Annemann's Enigma." That was available for years form the Miracle Factory, but seems to have disappeared from their catalog.

Gordon Meyer

A week or so after a new smartphone is released there is inevitably a "teardown analysis" posted online where some supposed expert has gone through the cost of all the chips, screws, and other components and determined how much each costs. Then they add it all up and declare that the total...

Gordon Meyer

Location, location, location. There are several good clubs in the Chicago area, but they focus their activities to be convenient to suburb dwellers.

Gordon Meyer

Edward - Destiny's Disciple is by Al Mann. (Page 1607 Magick). I'm not seeing the Lucky Numbers connection, did you perhaps mean a routine by Dunninger of another name?

Gordon Meyer

I don't think Teller is referring to McBride. (The "drums" reference might fit, but not "long-winded".) I think Teller is constructing a straw man and not referring to any performer in particular, in order to make his point. And let's not miss his point by trying to find the goss...

Gordon Meyer

You're fooling yourself if you think that the CEO will ever see your long letter, or if you think she would care one bit if she did. She has a legal responsibility to further Google's business model (Google owns YouTube) and it has nothing to do with hiding legal information from users. A better, bu...

Gordon Meyer

Thanks for the head's up! I enjoyed LUCAS MACKENZIE but somehow kept forgetting to pick up the other.

Gordon Meyer

I have the Lybrary edition and I'm quite pleased with the quality of the scans. I'd prefer to have paper, but lack the space for a complete file. I'd have to order a whole new bookcase.

Gordon Meyer

Altho I only have one, I've found this table mirror from Ikea to be very usable and inexpensive.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10182189/

Gordon Meyer

In the July, 1993 issue of MAGIC magazine - Michael Weber did something unusual with his product review column. Instead of reviewing the latest books - he recommended books that were published 40-50 years earlier that he felt more magicians should be familiar with. Alas, this issue is missing from ...

Gordon Meyer

Well, be sure to view it thru the cultural lens of that time period (such as you are able). What you see as a reference to Satan today might have been just been an imp to earlier folk. (Akin to a fairy or elf.) Likewise, religious viewpoints shift, and even if seen as a devil it's not necessarily tr...

Gordon Meyer

I'm not much of a coffee drinker. Are there considerations for the beverage, such as wine or soda, other than being opaque?

Gordon Meyer

I discussed this change in viewpoint with Eugene and, as I recall, there were a couple of important nuances involved. First, coming up with one's own presentation can be an obstacle, for many students, to working on the trick. If you use the creator's presentation, you can start performing it sooner...

Gordon Meyer

It appears the Arcana tarot deck might not have been mentioned yet in this thread.

https://deadonpaper.com/collections/pla ... arot-light

Gordon Meyer

Bob's post-sale addenda include more great material than some books do in their entirety. Thanks for the updates, sir.

Gordon Meyer

Ironically, Pogue's "missing manual" series fell into the very same Upgrade Paradox trap, eventually becoming parodies of themselves.

Gordon Meyer

I like how in the job posting there are a bunch of requirements (50 hours a week, etc) but comparatively little mention of compensation or benefits.

Gordon Meyer

I don't know if they are still available, but David Solomon's "Time Warp Wallet" is well worth looking into.

Gordon Meyer

No, just one ticket. You can transfer between terminals once you're in one.

The Ouija exhibit is fantastic. So many boards, and the text/history portions are interesting. Definitely worth perusing if you're able.

Gordon Meyer

There are fine art moving services that deal with high-value and hard to move paintings, sculptures, and so on. The poster is huge, and framed, so it seems like a logical guess.

Gordon Meyer

Maybe it was via Magicana? http://www.magicana.com/news/blog/take-two-14-daryl

Gordon Meyer

I hope that at some point you'll provide the newer issues in PDF for offline use. Look at this way, you get to sell them to me all over again if you do this.

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