I have returned

I can get back in !. Watch this space for more exciting blogs!

(Maybe)

Quotes

Last Thursday I was driving to the magic circle and listening to an arts show on radio 4. They were interviewing someone who repeated a quote 'it's never too late to be what you might have been' I didn't think much of it at the time.

Whenever I can I go to a network coffee morning on a Friday in the local shopping centre. I sat next to Mark from 'Bright Futures' who handed me his card and on it was 'It's never too late to be what you might have been'

Yes another odd coincidence WOW!!!!

(ok maybe I don't get out that much)

Three at a time

Well here we go again. A lot of coincidences seem to be happening in my life. When I practice I like to go to a coffee shop and go over the effect as I have coffee. My favourite shop is one in the Waterstones Book Shop in Livingstone shopping centre. Last Monday I headed off there. As I was walking through the centre I bumped into Bill a friend of mine who is also a magician, I chatted with him and then went off to practice. I've just started when I get a phone call. It was from Scot another magician I know who was in the center and had just met Bill. Scot came and joined me. We were just chatting when Garry (another magician) came up and said hello.

How spooky is that three magicians in the shopping center all at the same time!!!! WOW!!!

Another spooky thing

Hello, well I thought it was time for another blog and something happened the other day that I thought would make quite an interesting one.

I was walking along the street when I was stopped by someone trying to get me to sign up for shelter I said that I could not stop as people were waiting for me (which was true). The man said couldn't I say I was getting some milk on the way in and use this to make time and talk to him. Now the really spooky thing is that a few seconds before this I had been phoned and asked to bring in milk!!!!

WOW bet that's made you think. There are more things in heaven and hell etc etc

Thank you Mr Brown

Once upon a time in the golden age of magicians (when people were actually interested in it). Magicians tried to get people to believe it was done with the aid of demons or it was real magic. People now a days are far to clever to believe in magic or demons (well most people). So for ages magic needed a new reason to make it interesting and stop people feeling they were just being fooled. Then along comes that nice man Derren Brown and he says its all done with 'psychology' 'suggestion' and/or 'hypnotism'. People had heard of these things and so they believed the nice man and once again magic tricks became interesting.

Thank you Mr Brown.

Of all the books in all the world

It was my birthday a few days ago and I went throught to Glasgow to have lunch with my daughters. Of course when I was there I went into Tam Shepards to get a copy of The Complete Walton. I was told the first volume was now out of print and the last copy sold about ten days ago. So I brought a copy of volume two (and a copy of the essentail Dia Vernon, not cheap, but a nice book!!)

After this I went to the art shop just up the road where I bumped into a friend and fellow magician David Benedict, we were in the art shop chatting about magic and I noticed one of the staff watching us. He started chatting and said his brother was intretsed in magic and had started to do magic shows around Glasgow. His brother had a number of books on magic. He had just brought the first volume of the Complete Walton, about ten days ago....! This mans brother had brought the last copy of the book I wanted. Of all the books in all the world his brother had to buy my book.

Face at the fringe

Met a lot of good interesting people while I was performing at the fringe. Among them was a barber shop quartet. I handed out cards to them (I hand them out to everyone). To my delight a couple of them have added me on face book so I will be able to keep in touch.

Theses little things cheer me up and if you look there appears to be a lot of them out there.