Monday, September 15, 2014

Gone to the dogs


OK, technically speaking....this isn't exactly related to magic........HOWEVER: last week, I was at a planning meeting at David Gish's house (along with George Garrett and Mark Kilsby) and I just felt the need to take a photo of one of David's dogs.....so here it is! [note Mark Kilsbys' foot in the background]. Planning for a big magic event in Tyler for 2015.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

You're getting very sleepy!



This is a GIF I made yesterday. I took these photos at my local IBM Ring meeting over the Summer (June, I think....not sure). The gentleman is Jene Carrol....a nice guy. I think this is funny because the way I took the photos and the way the GIF turns out, it almost looks like he's hypnotized the lady.........but it was just a 'regular' card trick.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

I follow, like....a gazillion blogs.....and there's an artsy one called 'Half 'n Half' I sort of like. I was looking at a post over there (from a while back) about this mixed media artist who's a pretty good mask maker and just happened to see that he's made some stuff for a noted magician!  Ironic, huh?  Anyway, here's the link:         A mask maker

Got a dollar??

It's a VERY RARE thing for me to say good things about magic videos found on YouTube......but this is a good one!  Trust me!

Excellent floating dollar trick!

Monday, April 21, 2014

A touch of inspiration


No, it's not exactly magic-related, but when I'm a little dry in the inspiration department, I'll often turn to animated shorts......nice, tight bits of entertainment to awaken (hopefully) the Muse!

You'll like this one, entitled "Writer's Block".


https://vimeo.com/60097083

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Recent Ring discussions

Well, my IBM Ring met on Monday night and one of our members brought up something he's hinted at before: us hosting a mini-magic convention in Tyler. I stated openly that I'd volunteer 10 hours to help with the event, but I also expressed that I'm EXTREMELY pessimistic that it'll get off the ground. One or two of our Ring's 'Shadow Leaders' (as I like to call them) will torpedo it, watch and see!  Let me give an example:

Some time back, our officers met with leaders from a local non-profit about hosting a big magic show fundraiser. They'd handle all the publicity, we'd do the show and split everything 50/50.  Well, we met and talked and we met and talked again, and about 40 e-mails flew through the air and different discussions went on and etc. etc.  Things were flowing along swimmingly. Then, one night, at a regular monthly meeting, one of our marginal members (I like the guy and he's a skilled performer, but he's also pretty new to our club) just mentions, "Well, what if something happens and the club gets sued?" Guess what? The ENTIRE PROJECT COLLAPSED right there on the table in a matter of seconds!  That's what I'm talking about.......that's a small reason why I'm growing disillusioned (get it?) with my magic club. Its a lot of talking and not much doing and most of the talking is built around 'Why this wont work out' or 'Why that wont work out'

I think, if done properly, it could make some money.....I really do......we just have to make sure we don't spend too much in an effort to make a little $.

I'll post developments here........and I'll try to keep a positive attitude! Here's hoping for the best!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

H.G. Wells in 'da house!!

Not exactly magic related, but I was taking some inpiration over at Bent Objects 'blog 

......I particularly liked his Tri-pod from War of the Worlds!





Sometimes, you just need to "feed" the Muse!