A funny thing happened to me yesterday... Let me put things in context here, if you haven't been keeping score.  It's been over 35 years since I did a complete magic show.  In front of humans.  Those who might have witnessed my performances back then might argue that I've never done a complete magic show, but I digress. All of that changed yesterday... a change that was the result of a series of changes that I've gotten into in past blogs and won't replay here.  Suffice to say, I went from "getting serious about magic again" last March, to performing my first (paid) magic show this very week.  How did it go?  Let me give you the long version... I began teetering on the shoulders of giants some time ago.  The first was Jay Sankey.  I wrote music for him, he supplied me with effects and tons of great advice.  Through Jay I began to learn that solid tricks are important, but selling them, really bringing on the show and entertaining, is...

This will be brief. In 10 days, I will perform my first magic show in over 35 years. Crunch time?  Oh yeah. Today was a sobering mix of practice and prop problems.  I actually ruined one of my props.  A replacement has been ordered, and with any luck it will be here with time to spare. I've practiced each effect endless times now, but have yet to do a complete run through of the show... that happens tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, and... Lately, at least one person a day has asked me, "Are you nervous?"  The honest answer is no.  I suppose I should be, if anything to satisfy those who insist I should be, but even at the most frustrating parts of this rehearsal day, I remained calm about the actual performance.  Perhaps it will hit me when there are only 5 days left, but now I have 10. 10 days. Tick, tick, tick...