a look back

So Tom posted a video of what used to go on at Seattle Magic back in the day. I watched the whole thing (I had to turn down his music track because I am at work... so be warned. Also the file is very large so don't try it from a slow connection).

I hear that place is a tattoo place now. I haven't been down there since I helped Tom move out of it one day. I share a sense of loss for what was there. I know Tom though and he's often faced adversity with a unique attitude. I wonder if there will ever be another magic shop with Tom as the purveyor. I hope so. If it does, I know it'll have a back room. I haven't bought any magic at all since he closed his doors.

I've started doing a little more magic and it feels good. I'm working more on things that work one on one rather playing large. Sometimes you don't need to play large. I wrote a whole paragraph geeking out on what I'm working on. I erased it because it was just magician talk.

We're a guild, a clan, a society and a brotherhood. You can tell because we have a language all unto ourselves.

Sometimes people will see my collection of magic books and will on rare occasion joke about me not wanting them to read them because they will get the 'secrets' of magic. I always invited them to look at anything they want. Magicians know how to protect their secrets. The books simply aren't readable by anyone who doesn't "know." In most cases they are very boring to uninitiated. (Notice I didn't use the word ignorant.) The best ones are funny as hell for those of us who are, "with it."

I'm so rambling.