Not long enough for an article:
1. That sound you hear when you go to the Cafe’ is death rattles from Mein Brooks’ attempt to create blogs within the confines of his domain.
Didn’t work Stevie! It was a bad idea from day one. Maybe you can save the posts to enter in MCJ’s next “most boring post” contest. I’m not sure they’ll win, but they will certainly be able competitors for the title.
2. I’ve been looking at Richard Osterlind’s Mind Mysteries Too Volumes 5, 6 & 7. My first reaction is – he should have stopped at 4. As I’ve said before, the true value of a book or DVD can only be determined after it has aged a while. I’m willing to withhold final judgment.
The Question and Answer Act, which is touted as being “worth the price of the whole series” is shamefully transparent. I’m a huge fan of the first 4 volumes of this series. I thought they had more good magic than any other L&L set. Maybe I’m getting jaded, but nothing in this series really excited me. Time will tell.
3. Richard Kaufman is killing the Genii forum by being such an irascible dick to participants. He’s adopted Brooks’ mantra of it’s my forum and if you don’t like it FUCK OFF! Too bad, it was the best. New messages have nearly dried up except for the incestuous babble among the insiders. Maybe he should have kept it closed after he unceremoniously shut it down in a tizzy recently.
4. I’ve been thumbing through Lorayne: The Classic Collection recently. This is a rewrite and revision of Harry’s first 3 books and The Epitome Location. Many of us cut our teeth on CUCM and thumbing through it brought back some pleasant memories. None of them about Harry though, who has become a condescending, egotistical, industrial grade prick.
5. Favorite quote seen recently: Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
6. If you get a chance to see Bill Goldman lecture, it’s worth the cost. It’s a little disorganized, but you’ll get a lot of tips on trade show magic and the types of tricks that work.
Take care………
Drivel & Drool
Another thing I found funny:
(On September 17, 1994, Alabama’s Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.) Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: “I would not live forever, because we should not
live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever,
then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever,
which is why I would not live forever,”
–Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
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“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids
all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love
to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and
death and stuff.”
–Mariah Carey
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“Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very
important part of your life,”
–Brooke Shields, during an interview to become
Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.
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“I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part
of my body,”
–Winston Bennett,
University of Kentucky basketball forward.
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“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the
lowest crime rates in the country,”
–Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.
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“I’m not going to have some reporters pawing through
our papers. We are the president.”
–Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of
subpoenaed documents.
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“That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death
by a jackass, and I’m just the one to do it,”
–A congressional candidate in Texas.
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“Half this game is ninety percent mental.”
–Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
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“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s
the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”
–Al Gore, Vice President
And .
“We are ready for an unforeseen event that
may or may not occur.”
–Al Gore, VP
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“I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix.”
–Dan Quayle
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“We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much
clean air do we need?”
–Lee Iacocca
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“The word “genius” isn’t applicable in football. A
genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.” –
–Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
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“We don’t necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude
certain types of people.”
–Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
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“If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.”
–Bill Clinton, President
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“Traditionally, most of Australia’s imports come
from overseas.”
–Keppel Enderbery
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“Your food stamps will be stopped effective
March 1992 because we received notice that
you passed away. May God bless you. You may
reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.”
–Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
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“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack
in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their
heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when
they wake up dead, there’ll be a record.”
–Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
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