<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300</id><updated>2010-03-08T11:53:08.483-08:00</updated><title type='text'>tommEE pickles blog of illusion</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/blog.html'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/atom.xml'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>59</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-1214647556228183709</id><published>2010-03-08T11:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T11:53:08.656-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Magic Castle this week</title><content type='html'>What a week at the Magic Castle. The weekend looks awesome.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.magiccastle.com/schedule/images/WebSchedule3810.jpg" align=center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.magiccastle.com/schedule/images/WebSchedule38102.jpg" align=center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.magiccastle.com/schedule/images/WebSchedule38103.jpg" align=center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-1214647556228183709?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/1214647556228183709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/1214647556228183709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/03/magic-castle-this-week.html' title='Magic Castle this week'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-1920624559730163587</id><published>2010-03-04T08:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T11:07:08.461-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back From the World Magic Seminar</title><content type='html'>In short summary:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The good... The talent, Soma was awesome, Shawn Farquhar was fantastic. The closing ceremonies was huge. Meeting new people and seeing old friends. Siegfried and Roy. Talent and more talent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The bad... The video and sound a lot of the time. The late start of shows and lectures. Shawn Anthony. Too many rings....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I drove into Las Vegas around 11am on Sunday. I went to New York, NY hotel to see if I could check in but unfortunately my room wasn't ready. I decided to go to the Orleans hotel and check-in to the convention. I saw Howard Hamburg and Luis from the Magic Castle and I sat and talked with them until the dealer room opened. There was about 20 dealers in the dealer room. I didn't really see anything I wanted to buy. I did see a demonstration of Mojoe and it was quite good. I also saw my friends, Bizzaro and Jungle Josh.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At 2pm, there was a "Bull Session" hosted by Obie O'Brien. This was where you could sign-up and show your favorite trick. I signed up and showed my wild joker trick and heard saw "ooh's" in the audience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Later in the evening, the welcome party hosted by Jeff McBride started at 8pm. There was a cash bar, a mashed potato buffet with shrimps and other goodies, a a large roast beef, and crackers and cheese. Several students of Jeff McBrides school performed. Amazing Jonathan and Sophie Evens showed up and there was crowds around them. I saw Erica and Irene Larsen too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At 10pm I attended the Fielding West lecture which was $10. I don't know how I feel about paying for a lecture at a conference I already paid for but it was good. Fielding is very informative and entertaining. He also provided performance tips. One thing I enjoyed but do not know if I will use is swallowing a balloon and taking it back out. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Monday morning came and there was a 10am lecture with Joshua Jay. He was very good but I didn't find much that I would use. He did show Troy Hooser's Charming Chinese Challenge and I like that a lot but I do not know if it would fit my character. He also showed Cornered, which I perform already and he showed a 3 coin vanish that is similar to what I do already. It was a good lecture and I did buy some items.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At 11:30am Max Maven interviewed Sandy Marshall. Before the interview, I was sitting in the front, levitating a finger ring. Next to me, a couple seats over, John Lovick was watching me with Mac King next to him. I asked what he was looking at as he was trying to look under the ring. I walked to him, floating the ring and asked him to stick out a finger. He actually gave me the finger, I then said "No silly, stick OUT your finger". He stuck out his middle finger. I landed the ring on his finger and backed away. I said, I am just working on a hook. The interview started and included video of Jay Marshall. It was interesting stories and history.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the afternoon, 1pm, was the WMS Stage Show. This was cool Fielding West was the MC and the acts were awesome with an exception. Tina Lenert did her ring act, Shawn Farquhar did a bottle and tube act with a volunteer, Henrik Bothe did plate spinning and Neonman, Jan Rouven was great, Soma performed his FISM act and received a standing ovation. The only bad issue was Shawn Anthony. His ring act started after he removed rings from their bag, his metamorphosis was slow and didn't have a twist he promised, his story of levitation ended with a zombie ball act.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Later in the afternoon, 4pm, was a performance by Max Howard of Professor Gus Richardson. It was a great theater piece but I was tired and the presentation was not helping my sleepy condition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6pm started the Teen Closeup Competition. All the acts were awesome. I wish I could remember all the names but one kid did a soda jerk cups and balls routine that had personality, one Canadian had presentational skills, and the Korean kid was amazing. He looked like he was schooled by Shoot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8pm was the Encore Foundation Show with Lance Burton, Mac King, Luke Jermay, Michael Carbona (who sculpted shaving creme all over his face and body), John Lovick, Johnny Thompson and &lt;a href="http://www.lindsaybenner.com/"&gt;Lindsay Benner&lt;/a&gt; who presented a great story with juggling. It was a perfect performance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Late evening, after 11pm, was the Mickey Silver lecture. Mickey Silver was the most magical coin act I have seen in a while. It was a good lecture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Midnight was the Bowling with the Stars of Magic. I made friends from the closeup bull session and I bowled with new friends Jeff, Adrian, Glen and Wess. There were dollar drinks, and it was so fun. Shawn Faquhar bowled next to us and it was great hanging out with him. We didn't win any prizes but I got to talk with Becky Wells, one of the coordinators of WMS, and she is wonderful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tuesday, 10am, was the lecture given by Shawn Farquhar. This lecture changed my life again. Seeing his practical methods and also seeing Torn 2 Pieces gave me great enthusiasm. I bought his notes and Torn 2 Pieces. He is one of the best lecturers I have seen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At 1pm we sat for the international stage contest. There were 8 acts and I only knew Chris Randall but the acts were awesome. Nester Hato came out with red hair like me but did a color changing act with cards, balls, his outfit and then his hair. It was great. The peoples choice went to the Canadian pair Trevor and Lorena Waters and it had so much personality and was the most entertaining.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4pm brought the Adult Closeup, there was some great acts. My friend Jeff did some great card word, some d'lite work and gypsy thread. A girl did some great coin work. The clear winner was Ben Jackson who did some productions of a lemon and lemonade leading into coin one. It was great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At 6 we went to the Shawn Anthony lecture and didn't have much that I cared for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Evening Closeup show was great. Bizarro did a great act that was zany and ended with a signed card stabbed to his back with a pocket knife. Shawn Farquhar did cups and balls ending with solid steel cups. Howard Hamburg had some awesome card work. Joshua Jay presented card work as well. Curtis Kam must have pockets in his palms. He produced like 16 real coins from empty hands. Mickey Silver is in-describable but he turned his face into a human slot machine. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wednesday was the last day with the Teen Stage Finals at 9am. These teens were so good,, some of them better than the adult acts I saw.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At 11:15am, I went to the Soma lecture which was about music and sound effects, he performed David Stone's Cell. He had a signed card and then it disappears to end up in the battery compartment of a cell phone. He also showed a new effect that he hasn't marketed yet of signed card supposed to go to pocket but doesn't. He then turns the deck into an illustrated cell phone and dials the Magic Call Center. It ends up in the volunteers pocket.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1pm was the Awards Show and holy moly what a closer. Lance Burton with Mike Caveney opened the show. Mike Caveney was very funny. Then came out Sigfried and Roy, it was amazing. They joked, and then came out Lance with a proclamation that March 3rd was declared by the governor was to be Sigfried and Roy Day. Then from the back, Penn and Teller entered yelling and presented a proclamation from the governor that March would be Sigfried and Roy month. Criss Angel showed up, with not a lot of applause. He said some nice things and put his handcuff necklace on Roy and then on Sigfried later. The acts were awesome. Jan Rouven did a great puzzle illusion with a story of Sigfried and Roy. Hiroki Hara did a great mask, umbrella and manipulation act. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4pm was the closing party and was a little slow. Then I left about 6pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was great seeing Derek, Craig, Rick, AJ, Jeremy, Josh, Jeff, Adrian, Wess, and Bizarro. It was awesome meeting all the new people and great magicians. I had a blast and will be back next year. I thank Becky Wells for all the unused show tickets with the drink coupons on the back and awesome converations, I thank Shawn Farquhar for being such and awesome guy and all the magic. Now it's time for rest because in a couple weeks, it's Magic-Con.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-1920624559730163587?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/1920624559730163587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/1920624559730163587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/03/back-from-world-magic-seminar.html' title='Back From the World Magic Seminar'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-7283767033025246857</id><published>2010-02-27T15:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-27T15:19:07.780-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dirk Arthur Show Ends at Tropicana</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "&gt;&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="max-width: 650px; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "&gt;&lt;span class="entry-source-title-parent"&gt;from &lt;a class="entry-source-title" target="_blank" href="/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkingpage.com%2Fmagicnewsfeed%2Fatom.xml" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Magic News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="entry-author-parent"&gt;by &lt;span class="entry-author-name"&gt;Dodd Vickers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="entry-author" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;div class="entry-likers" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); max-width: 650px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-debug" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-annotations" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; max-width: 650px; padding-top: 0.5em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="item-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.linkingpage.com/storage/dirk250left.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1267252517756" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;In an &lt;a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/16/strip-scribbles-more-strip-show-movements-are-afoo/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); "&gt;earlier entry of his Luxe Life blog&lt;/a&gt;, Robin Leach hinted at possible changes on the Vegas strip which would result in a possible move or cancelation for one magical performer. There were &lt;a href="http://itricks.com/news/2010/02/blind-item-solved-rumor-has-it-dirk-arthur-out-rick-thomas-looks-to-replace/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); "&gt;rumors&lt;/a&gt; that one of the shows impacted might be that of Dirk Arthur. Today, &lt;a href="http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/blogs/luxe-life/2010/feb/25/its-over-magician-dirk-arthur-ends-six-year-tropic/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); "&gt;Dirk confirmed&lt;/a&gt; that he would indeed be ending his six year run at the Tropicana. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“I look forward to the next stage my cats and I will perform on and promise to keep everyone posted on the development of Saber, my 3-month-old white tiger cub who has recently been introduced to the Las Vegas community, as well as where they can see us next.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As part of the continuing makeover of the Tropicana, the property also closed its long-running &lt;em&gt;Folies Bergere&lt;/em&gt; last year after 49 years. Only Wayne Newton’s&lt;em&gt;Once Before I Go&lt;/em&gt; remains there for the moment.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-7283767033025246857?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7283767033025246857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7283767033025246857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/02/dirk-arthur-show-ends-at-tropicana.html' title='Dirk Arthur Show Ends at Tropicana'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-4416982325065305025</id><published>2010-02-22T21:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T21:28:57.320-08:00</updated><title type='text'>tommEE pickles is being filmed at the Magic Castle</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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"&gt;Tuesday, February 23, 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="label" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; width: 100px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;Time:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "&gt;8:00pm - 9:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="label" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; width: 100px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;Location:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "&gt;The Magic Castle&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="label" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; width: 100px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;Street:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "&gt;7001 Franklin Avenue Hollywood, CA 90028&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="label" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; width: 100px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;City/Town:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "&gt;Los Angeles, CA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="label" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; width: 100px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;q=7001+Franklin+Avenue+Hollywood%2C+CA+90028%2C+Los+Angeles%2C+CA" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "&gt;View Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="UIProfileBox_Container"&gt;&lt;div class="UIProfileBox_Box" style="padding-bottom: 15px; position: relative; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIProfileBox_Header clearfix"  style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 8px; display: block; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(236, 239, 245); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(148, 163, 196); position: relative; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="UIProfileBox_Title"  style=" float: left; font-size:11px;"&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="UIProfileBox_EditLink"  style=" float: right; display: block; font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/edit/index.php?eid=322413869776" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; display: block; background-image: url(http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/z4BZ9/hash/d0p9bnvk.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; width: 18px; height: 18px; background-position: -36px 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="UIProfileBox_Content" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; "&gt;&lt;div class="description"&gt;tommEE pickles is being taped at the Magic Castle. Anyone is welcome to come. Leave a comment or message tommEE if you need to be on the list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The taping has been changed to the museum and audience must be seated before 8pm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-4416982325065305025?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/4416982325065305025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/4416982325065305025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/02/tommee-pickles-is-being-filmed-at-magic.html' title='tommEE pickles is being filmed at the Magic Castle'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-8218151643114575541</id><published>2010-02-21T14:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T14:37:51.828-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cool Week at the Magic Castle</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Get ready for a fun week at the Castle. Plus I will be performing in the Museum at 8pm to be filmed. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.magiccastle.com/schedule/images/WebSchedule222102.jpg" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-8218151643114575541?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/8218151643114575541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/8218151643114575541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/02/cool-week-at-magic-castle.html' title='Cool Week at the Magic Castle'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-6262234409091369155</id><published>2010-02-15T23:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T23:05:25.851-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, I didn't win</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetice, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(122, 122, 122); line-height: 19px; "&gt;&lt;span class="meta meta_subpage" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; display: block; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(105, 147, 0); text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="meta_date" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;15.02.2010&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="meta_cat" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(122, 122, 122); "&gt;&lt;a href="http://magic-con.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag" style="color: rgb(105, 147, 0); text-decoration: none; "&gt;News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="meta_comment" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(122, 122, 122); "&gt;&lt;a href="http://magic-con.org/2010/02/magic-con-vip-contest-winners/#respond" title="Comment on Magic-Con VIP Contest Winners" style="color: rgb(105, 147, 0); text-decoration: none; "&gt;No Comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h2 class="post_title" id="post-987" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 20px; clear: both; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://magic-con.org/2010/02/magic-con-vip-contest-winners/" title="Magic-Con VIP Contest Winners" style="color: rgb(122, 122, 122); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Magic-Con VIP Contest Winners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.5em; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;The following 11 individuals have been randomly selected for our VIP contest. They will receive a special VIP badge granting them access to an exclusive after party as well as an invitation to a private luncheon with several of the presenters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 25px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; "&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Adam B. (New York, NY)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Billy G. (Fayetteville, AR)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Brian H. (San Jose, CA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Robert L. (Lexington, AL)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Andrew M. (Pico Rivera, CA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Andy R. (New York, NY)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Samuel R. (Riverside, CA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Michael S. (Roanoke, VA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Stan S. (Cupertino, CA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Jonathan T. (San Diego, CA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Alfonso V. (Mexico City)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-6262234409091369155?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/6262234409091369155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/6262234409091369155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/02/well-i-didnt-win.html' title='Well, I didn&apos;t win'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-3548375236413722064</id><published>2010-02-14T17:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T17:39:57.499-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tonight on the tube</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 24px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 24px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;60 Minutes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sunday, February 14th, 7 p.m., CBS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Correspondent Morley Safer interviews Ricky Jay about cons as part of a larger story&lt;br /&gt;on why we are so gullible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 24px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 24px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 24px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 24px; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.rickyjay.com/imgs/events/52_assistants_front.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-3548375236413722064?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3548375236413722064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3548375236413722064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/02/tonight-on-tube.html' title='Tonight on the tube'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-7772346866115034096</id><published>2010-02-13T18:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-13T19:00:10.619-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Creator of Easy Money is now gone</title><content type='html'>re-posted from itricks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "&gt;&lt;div class="post_title" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;h2 id="post-14497" class="title" style="color: rgb(95, 95, 95); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; font-size: 2em; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://itricks.com/news/2010/02/pat-page-has-passed-away/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Pat Page Has Passed Away" style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Pat Page Has Passed Away&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;small class="title" style="margin-top: -10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 0.9em; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "&gt;Posted by Editor on February 12th, 2010&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="505"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuxrFBDOdBo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hd=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuxrFBDOdBo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;We regret to inform everyone that Pat Page is no longer with us. We will bring you more details as they become available but until then we’ve reposted &lt;a target="_Blank" href="http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/patrick-page-lives/" style="color: rgb(10, 86, 146); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Derren Brown’s tribute to the man&lt;/a&gt;, which originally appeared on his own blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); display: block; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 30px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-left: 20px; background-image: url(http://itricks.com/news/wp-content/themes/default2/images/quote.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;I’ve just heard the very sad news that Patrick Page has passed away. Magicians worth their salt will be know that Patrick was a genius of our craft, and a famously generous man. I knew him a little from his consultancy work on some of my projects: he was a brilliantly rude, sharp-witted, sensationally likeable Scot, better at magic and more knowledgeable than any of us. All of us at Objective are devastated by the news. For some time, the sheer force of his personality has kept him going through illness, but now he doesn’t need to fight any more. At the same time, as with any powerfully creative force, he will live on strongly and defiantly through his work and the legacy he leaves. There’s a bit of Patrick every night in Enigma, and in countless other performances happening now across the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;It is an honour to have known him, and to continue to know him through his particular genius. Much love to his friends and family from all of us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-7772346866115034096?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7772346866115034096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7772346866115034096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/02/creator-of-easy-money-is-now-gone.html' title='Creator of Easy Money is now gone'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-3769000018143049846</id><published>2010-01-28T14:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T14:12:21.462-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AMA Member Discount for Magic-Con</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; "&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;MAGIC-CON 2010: California's Premiere Conference for Magicians&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Where: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;SAN DIEGO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;MARCH 18-21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;SAVE 10% OFF REGISTRATION WITH YOUR AMA MEMBERSHIP &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Magic-Con is an interactive conference for those serious about the art of magic, where those in attendance can share ideas, insight, and a common experience while working together towards the advancement of an artform.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;“Through our mission to advance the art, we will provide a platform for magic’s smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries, and top performers and introduce an intellectual mentality behind the art, science and technology of magic.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Featured presenters include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;DAN AND DAVE, JOHN CARNEY, SEBASTIEN CLERGUE, DEREK DELGAUDIO, DANIEL GARCIA, BILL GOODWIN, GUY HOLLINGWORTH, CHRIS KENNER, JOHN LOVICK, MAX MAVEN, ERIC MEAD, APOLLO ROBBINS, JC WAGNER, PAUL WILSON, MICHAEL WEBER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;2010 Guest of Honor:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;JUAN TAMARIZ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;The Academy of Magical Arts is pleased to support the first annual Magic-Con conference. We encourage all our members to consider attendance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;*An exclusive promotion for AMA members has been arranged. Simply follow the link below and SAVE 10% off the registration price. This offer is valid through February, so act quickly as the event is expected to sell out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-3769000018143049846?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3769000018143049846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3769000018143049846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/ama-member-discount-for-magic-con.html' title='AMA Member Discount for Magic-Con'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-8599213623468491243</id><published>2010-01-23T12:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-23T12:22:04.028-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="UIProfileBox_EditLink"  style=" float: right; display: block; font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?eid=217058877258" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; display: block; background-image: url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/z4BZ9/hash/d0p9bnvk.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; width: 18px; height: 18px; background-position: -36px 0%; "&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="UIProfileBox_Content" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; "&gt;&lt;div class="description"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;* Vaudeville&lt;br /&gt;* Burlesque&lt;br /&gt;* Art&lt;br /&gt;* Music&lt;br /&gt;* BBQ&lt;br /&gt;* Magic&lt;br /&gt;* Ice Cream&lt;br /&gt;* Folksingers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-8599213623468491243?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/8599213623468491243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/8599213623468491243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/big-show-host-tommee-pickles-type.html' title=''/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-3074809153494120094</id><published>2010-01-22T12:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T12:53:32.352-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Magic Magazine February</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.magicmagazine.com/email/preview/images/2010_02/cover.jpg" alt="MAGIC Magazine Month Year Cover" width="260" height="333" border="0" style="float: left; margin-left: 10px; " /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;This months Magic Magazine features Kozmo. Kozmo is one of the hardest working magicians I know. He runs a DVD production company, a magic distribution company and a DVD video magazine. He's a restaurant performer as well a a street busker. It is awesome to see him grace the cover.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-3074809153494120094?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3074809153494120094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3074809153494120094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/magic-magazine-february.html' title='Magic Magazine February'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-3213223346856997305</id><published>2010-01-20T15:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T15:51:05.626-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Want to be on TV? Wonder how long the line will be this year.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;UNIQUE FUNNY TALENT ACTS (LOS ANGELES)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Reply to: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:gigs-pzmdt-1562261769@craigslist.org?subject=UNIQUE%20FUNNY%20TALENT%20ACTS%20(LOS%20ANGELES)&amp;amp;body=%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Flosangeles.craigslist.org%2Flac%2Ftlg%2F1562261769.html%0A"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;gigs-pzmdt-1562261769@craigslist.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div id="userbody"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;LAST COMIC STANDING SEEKS UNIQUE COMEDY ACTS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a unique comedy act America needs to see?&lt;br /&gt;Are you a funny, outrageous, or over-the-top magician or ventriloquist?&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a hilarious novelty act that has to be seen to be believed?&lt;br /&gt;Does your act include a zany or wild costume?&lt;br /&gt;Are you fearless on stage and completely unforgettable?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Comic Standing wants to see you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Auditions will be held on the east and west coasts this season in March 2010.&lt;br /&gt;Show us your best 2 minutes, and you could appear on primetime network tv!&lt;br /&gt;Los Angeles – Improv Comedy Club March 6 or 7(TBD)&lt;br /&gt;New York – Gotham Comedy Club March 14&lt;br /&gt;*Please submit your act electronically at lcs7submissions@gmail.com.&lt;br /&gt;Include your name, contact info, and which city you will audition in.&lt;br /&gt;Please email any questions as well. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-3213223346856997305?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3213223346856997305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3213223346856997305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/want-to-be-on-tv-wonder-how-long-line.html' title='Want to be on TV? Wonder how long the line will be this year.'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-2498648540353131889</id><published>2010-01-19T20:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T20:37:52.230-08:00</updated><title type='text'>$35,000 for illusionist.com?</title><content type='html'>Wow, a lot of money to have the title illusionist.com $35,000-$40,000?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think http://howdidhedothat.com (how did he do that) is good enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; font-size: 2em; text-decoration: none; font: normal normal normal 33px/normal 'Century Gothic', Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; background-image: url(http://www.latonas.com/resource/img/homepage/hrline.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 50% 100%; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Illusionist.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;img src="http://betapage.latonas.com/lots/live/Illusionist.com.jpg" alt="Illusionist.com" class="bidImage" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 60px; padding-left: 10px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; background-position: initial initial; " /&gt;&lt;div class="divData" style="width: 400px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; float: left; height: auto; "&gt;&lt;h3 class="bidtitle" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Georgia, Arial, Verdana !important; clear: both; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Starting Bid Price:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p class="bidinfo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; padding-bottom: 10px !important; padding-left: 10px !important; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial, Verdana !important; background-image: url(http://www.latonas.com/resource/img/icon/hrline.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 50% 100%; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;35,000 USD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 class="bidtitle" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Georgia, Arial, Verdana !important; clear: both; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p class="bidinfo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; padding-bottom: 10px !important; padding-left: 10px !important; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial, Verdana !important; background-image: url(http://www.latonas.com/resource/img/icon/hrline.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 50% 100%; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Entertainment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 class="bidtitle" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Georgia, Arial, Verdana !important; clear: both; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; "&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="bidforms" class="divBid" style="display: block; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.latonas.com/auctionusers.usr?action=auctionBid&amp;amp;lotId=1488&amp;amp;auctionId=2" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.latonas.com/resource/img/icon/logintobid.png" width="150px" height="50px" alt="Login to bid" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="divData" style="width: 400px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; float: left; height: auto; "&gt;&lt;h3 class="bidtitle" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Georgia, Arial, Verdana !important; clear: both; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;Lot Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/18px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;30,000 USD to 40,000 USD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-2498648540353131889?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/2498648540353131889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/2498648540353131889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/wow-lot-of-money-to-have-title.html' title='$35,000 for illusionist.com?'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-7851292068604350983</id><published>2010-01-18T14:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T14:44:02.155-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Magic-Con: Magic Castle is now sponsoring Magic-Con</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(67, 175, 216); font-family: Verdana; line-height: 33px; "&gt;The Academy of Magical Arts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://magic-con.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2713d2f121ae174063ba5a2e8&amp;amp;id=c65fde2c9d&amp;amp;e=e900ac1386" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(67, 175, 216); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;img alt="The Magic Castle" border="0" width="560" height="364" src="http://magic-con.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/magic-castle.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are delighted to announce a new sponsorship from one of the most internationally respected organizations in magic, &lt;a href="http://magic-con.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2713d2f121ae174063ba5a2e8&amp;amp;id=223122e393&amp;amp;e=e900ac1386" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(67, 175, 216); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal; "&gt;The Academy of Magical Arts&lt;/a&gt;. World famous for their clubhouse, The Magic Castle® in Hollywood, California, The Academy of Magical Arts is an exclusive organization, &lt;i&gt;“which promotes the art of magic, encourages fellowship and maintains the highest ethical standards.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is an honor for us to have the support from such a prestigious organization, one which we admire for its ongoing contributions to the art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(67, 175, 216); "&gt;Through their generosity, everyone in attendance will receive an honorary 30-day membership into the Academy of Magical Arts which grants access into The Magic Castle®, including their vast library. We therefore encourage all of you to plan some extra time during your stay in Southern California this March in order to visit this spectacular club.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;Magic-Con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-7851292068604350983?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7851292068604350983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7851292068604350983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/magic-con-magic-castle-is-now.html' title='Magic-Con: Magic Castle is now sponsoring Magic-Con'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-5715060880587255891</id><published>2010-01-18T11:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T11:17:09.599-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Confrontation, the movie</title><content type='html'>Last night I went to a walk through of The Big Show I am performing on the 31st. I hung out with some of the talent and the producers of the event. One interesting person I met was a 21 year old hypnotist haberdasherer. He had a awesome suit and a cell phone that he created, made out of wood, rotary dial and World War II leather strap. He was a character and it will be a fun show. I stayed for a couple of beers with the producers and these artists. I was doing some magic to a guy named Tim and he gave me the best over-the-top responses. I have to get him to be in the audience for my demo tape. At one point, he said to his buddies "This guy is the devil".&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the meeting at Old Town Pub, Nikki and Andres gave me a ride to the North Hollywood subway station and I rode it to the Magic Castle. I saw some of the regular characters and was happy to get out of the rain. I noticed the afro of Zach Waldman so I called him over. When he was within talking distance, he exclaimed "What the hell were you doing, Pete told me you were doing magic in Ye Old King's Head". I told him, I was not performing, I was showing an effect to two friends. Zach said "I perform magic in there, thats my venue". Not challenging him, I told him that I don't live down there anymore, and Pete lost customers that night and I don't enjoy that bar anymore which I am unhappy about because I like the bar staff and security employees. I only went to that bar because I lived behind it. The thing that bothers me. I have never seen Zach Waldman perform magic for the groups of people at Ye Olde Kings Head and I lived behind the bar for over a year and half. When I did see him perform, it was for a small group of magicians to give him criticism about his act he was bring to a college in Utah or something.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I went home on the subway and while I was in the station, a homeless man said "What's wrong with your hair?". I laughed and told him I was a magician. I feel silly when I tell people I am a magician without showing something magical. I put a half dollar in front of him on the subway bench. He watched me. I waved my hands over it, then waved my hands again, then the coin vanished. It was enjoyed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-5715060880587255891?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/5715060880587255891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/5715060880587255891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/confrontation-movie.html' title='Confrontation, the movie'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-3033170531869757689</id><published>2010-01-08T20:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T20:16:06.144-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Planning your trip to Magic-Con</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="max-width: 650px; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;from the Magic-Con website blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="entry-author" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;div class="entry-likers" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); max-width: 650px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-debug" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-annotations" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; max-width: 650px; padding-top: 0.5em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="item-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;We have been receiving many emails requesting a schedule of events for Magic-Con, mainly so registrants can effectively plan their travel arrangement to and from San Diego. Although we do not wish to reveal the schedule, we do encourage everyone to arrive Thursday, March 18th and stay through Sunday, March 21st.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;The first event of Magic-Con 2010 will begin Thursday evening at 7pm, registration is expected to open around 4pm, however, will remain open throughout the weekend for those arriving late. The last event of Magic-Con will end late Sunday afternoon with a closing ceremony expected to begin at 5pm, and lasting no more than an hour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;Therefore, if you must leave Sunday evening, please try and book a later flight. The San Diego International Airport is about a 5 minute cab ride from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Hilton Bayfront Hotel" href="http://magic-con.org/about/hilton-san-diego-bayfront/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;Hilton Bayfront Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Contact Us" href="http://magic-con.org/contact/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;contact us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-3033170531869757689?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3033170531869757689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3033170531869757689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2010/01/planning-your-trip-to-magic-con.html' title='Planning your trip to Magic-Con'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-4371628627875418113</id><published>2009-12-27T14:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T14:10:57.546-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JC Wagner Fundraiser</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;When: Sunday, January 10, 2010; 2-5 PM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Where: Mc P's Irish Pub &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" class="ftalternatingbarlinklarge" href="http://www.mcpspub.com/welcome.htm" style="color: rgb(47, 101, 154); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;http://www.mcpspub.com/welcome.htm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What: JC Wagner is undergoing treatment for colon cancer and chemotherapy co-payments are very expensive. Many magicians will be joining JC at Mc P's for an afternoon of fun and magic. Even Bob Sheets is flying in for this (and flying out immediately afterwards). Mc P's is also located in Coronado, not too far from JC's Little Club.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need more info? Contact me at magicdoc@sprainedangles.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-4371628627875418113?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/4371628627875418113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/4371628627875418113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/12/jc-wagner-fundraiser.html' title='JC Wagner Fundraiser'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-424900653337813322</id><published>2009-12-25T16:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T16:23:15.548-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Heard from Magic Newswire: Ron Jaxon is starting to hear after 20 years</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(50, 50, 41); line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;h2 class="title" style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(170, 81, 81); background-image: url(http://www.linkingpage.com/layout/images/h2title_dotted.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: 0px 30px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkingpage.com/magicnewsfeed/2009/12/21/deaf-magician-discovering-the-magic-of-hearing.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(134, 30, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center; line-height: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; "&gt;DEAF MAGICIAN DISCOVERING THE MAGIC OF HEARING!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; "&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.linkingpage.com/storage/jaxtilt.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1261621350880" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Deaf Magician Ron Jaxon just had coclear implants activated which will help him to begin to hear again after 20 years of deafness. I was quite honored by the content of a message from Ron to me which I'll share here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;I just got turned on a few hours ago and it's very exciting. Nothing sounds right yet because I can't tell what I'm hearing. But I am hearing things. Voices sounds like "Squawk Squawk" right now. I'm kind of in a training stage right now where I'm suppose to keep turning it up to kind of challenge myself yet never go loud enough where it's uncomfortable. So everything is going to sound strange to me for a while until my brain learns to distinguish sounds again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speech is a little down the road but it's coming. I really don't know how long it'll take to be able to understand speech or how far I'll go with it. Some people like me go on to understanding 80% to 90% of speech (Which is more then most people can understand. Especially married people. LOL). But on the other hand there are others like me who can only reach the ability to understand maybe 20% is speech. So I really don't know how far I'll go in that but I do know that I'll be able to "Hear" voices because I've only been "Bionic" for about 3 hours now and I can already hear them. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; "&gt; &lt;em&gt;One of the things I look forward to if I can hear again is to listen to the interviews on your site. In fact I've been doing research and talking to other people who have had the implant that I might be getting and they told me that I'll have to do some "home work" if I get the implant. My homework will be to listen to things. My brain will have to relearn to hear and recognize sounds. This includes voices.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="_mcePaste"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="_mcePaste"&gt;&lt;em&gt;It's kind a strange things but they say that it's not uncommon for someone to be able to hear a voice but not really be able to understand what the voice is saying at first. Anyway, I figure I'll use the interviews on your site as part of my "home work" to help learn to recognize speech again. I might as well do it with a subject I enjoy. It's an exciting thought. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="_mcePaste"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="_mcePaste"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just thought I'd share that with you.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Obviously, I wish Ron all of the best in his recovery and cannot express how thrilled I am that my little magic project might help him in some way!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-424900653337813322?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/424900653337813322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/424900653337813322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/12/heard-from-magic-newswire-ron-jaxon-is.html' title='Heard from Magic Newswire: Ron Jaxon is starting to hear after 20 years'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-4804539926379199147</id><published>2009-12-06T23:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T23:21:13.230-08:00</updated><title type='text'>From iTricks: Magician Uses Sleight Of Hand To Rob Britain’s Got Talent Producer During Audition</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "&gt;&lt;div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itricks.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/skitched-20091202-105748.jpg" alt="skitched-20091202-105748.jpg" border="1" width="494" height="276" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; max-width: 100%; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;During local auditions for the upcoming season of Britain’s Got Talent, a magician in Glasgow decided to make a £10 bill disappear and reappear. Not bad, right? The real kicker came after he left, when a show producer realized he had actually made off with her purse including £90.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;According to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles/television/britains-got-talent-disappearing-act.html" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;MyParkMag.co.uk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt; the cops were alerted but since the magician gave a fake name during the auditions, the victim doesn’t have much hope to get the money back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;Talk about leaving your audience wanting more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-4804539926379199147?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/4804539926379199147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/4804539926379199147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/12/from-itricks-magician-uses-sleight-of.html' title='From iTricks: Magician Uses Sleight Of Hand To Rob Britain’s Got Talent Producer During Audition'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-7111344197977355582</id><published>2009-12-04T16:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T16:38:06.338-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Riviera's Ex-Magician from Topless Magic Show Gets Arrested</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;div class="post_title" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;h2 id="post-13539" class="title" style="color: rgb(95, 95, 95); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; font-size: 2em; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://itricks.com/news/2009/12/scarlett-arrested-for-alleged-domestic-abuse-of-67-year-old-boyfriend/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Scarlett Arrested For Alleged Domestic Abuse Of 67-Year-Old Boyfriend" style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Scarlett Arrested For Alleged Domestic Abuse Of 67-Year-Old Boyfriend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;small class="title" style="margin-top: -10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 0.9em; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "&gt;Posted by Editor on December 4th, 2009&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://itricks.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/skitched-20091204-004753.jpg" alt="skitched-20091204-004753.jpg" border="1" width="150" height="151" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="10" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; max-width: 100%; " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;This from the &lt;a target="_Blank" href="http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/Princess-of-Magic-arrested-in-domestic-violence-case-78487092.html" style="color: rgb(10, 86, 146); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Las Vegas Review-Journal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); display: block; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 30px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-left: 20px; background-image: url(http://itricks.com/news/wp-content/themes/default2/images/quote.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;A 21-year-old woman who had a magic show at the Riviera this year was arrested for assaulting her 67-year-old boyfriend last week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;Rachel Jessee, who starred in “Scarlett and her Seductive Ladies of Magic,” was arrested today by Henderson police on one count of misdemeanor domestic battery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;Her arrest report states that she and her live-in boyfriend, John Lewis, had an argument at their Henderson home. Lewis told police she grabbed him by the ear and struck him with a fist in his right eye. Police said that Lewis was bleeding from behind his ears and had a scratch to the back of his neck. He also had swelling under his right eye, a bite mark to his left tricep and scratches to his chest. He refused medical assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-7111344197977355582?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7111344197977355582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7111344197977355582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/12/rivieras-ex-magician-from-topless-magic.html' title='Riviera&apos;s Ex-Magician from Topless Magic Show Gets Arrested'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-8150342780131690392</id><published>2009-12-02T11:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T11:10:21.866-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Magic-Con Special Guest of Honor has been announed</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetice, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(122, 122, 122); font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; "&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-26" title="Dan and Dave Buck" src="http://magic-con.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/juan-tamariz.jpg" alt="Juan Tamariz" width="117" height="117" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0pt; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; max-width: 588px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); " /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(69, 182, 224); "&gt;Guest of Honor:&lt;/span&gt; Juan Tamariz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;Referred to by many as the best magician alive, Juan Tamariz is a living legend who represents a body of work admired and studied worldwide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-8150342780131690392?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/8150342780131690392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/8150342780131690392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/12/magic-con-special-guest-of-honor-has.html' title='Magic-Con Special Guest of Honor has been announed'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-3123363959557400718</id><published>2009-11-29T12:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T12:43:42.905-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Found iTricks blog: Magic Week Postponed</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;div class="post_title" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;h2 id="post-13421" class="title" style="color: rgb(95, 95, 95); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; letter-spacing: 1px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; font-size: 2em; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://itricks.com/news/2009/11/late-late-shows-magic-week-postponed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Late Late Show’s Magic Week Postponed" style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Late Late Show’s Magic Week Postponed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;small class="title" style="margin-top: -10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 0.9em; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "&gt;Posted by Editor on November 26th, 2009&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvanyN4fLis&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;According to &lt;a target="_Blank" href="http://www.magicmagazine.com/december09/dec09contents.html" style="color: rgb(10, 86, 146); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Magic Magazine&lt;/a&gt;, the 2009 edition of the Late Late Show’s “Magic Week” has been postponed. A production schedule is being blamed for the delay which will push the week of magic guests back to February.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;Lance Burton, Jason Hudy and Ed Alonzo are returning with one act making their Magic Week debut. Neil Patrick Harris will again provide introductions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; "&gt;Find the full line-up in the latest edition of Magic Magazine, the one with Andrew Mayne on the cover.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-3123363959557400718?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3123363959557400718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/3123363959557400718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/11/found-itricks-blog-magic-week-postponed.html' title='Found iTricks blog: Magic Week Postponed'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-7351746552393817917</id><published>2009-11-16T21:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T21:12:00.444-08:00</updated><title type='text'>From the Magic-Con.org Blog: 2010 Special Guest of Honor Introduction by Dave Buck</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="max-width: 650px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;a class="entry-title-link" target="_blank" href="http://magic-con.org/2009/11/2010-special-guest-of-honor-introduction-by-dave-buck/" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;2010 Special Guest of Honor Introduction by Dave Buck&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;&lt;div class="entry-title-go-to" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 16px; height: 17px; background-image: url(https://www.google.com/reader/ui/3376454075-entry-action-icons.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 2px -320px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="entry-author" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="entry-source-title-parent"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="entry-source-title" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fmagic-con.org%2Ffeed%2F" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;Magic-Con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="entry-author-parent"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="entry-author-name"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;admin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="entry-likers" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); max-width: 650px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-debug" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-annotations" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="entry-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; max-width: 650px; padding-top: 0.5em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="item-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;&lt;embed width="571" height="321" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7632579&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00ADEF&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="link popout" title="Click to open in a new window" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 16px; background-image: url(https://www.google.com/reader/ui/2317887107-module-new-window-icon.gif); background-position: 2px 50%; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;Popout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;In this video, Dave Buck talks briefly about Magic-Con 2010’s Special Guest of Honor. Although his identity hasn’t been revealed, Dave does say, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;“He is one of the most universally respected performers, thinkers and creators of magic,”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt; and that “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;You won’t want to miss the opportunity to see a true master and one of magic’s living legends.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;On December 1st, we will proudly announce Magic-Con 2010’s Special Guest of Honor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-7351746552393817917?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7351746552393817917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/7351746552393817917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/11/from-magic-conorg-blog-2010-special.html' title='From the Magic-Con.org Blog: 2010 Special Guest of Honor Introduction by Dave Buck'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-6064372543279205971</id><published>2009-11-09T10:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T10:45:25.036-08:00</updated><title type='text'>tommEE pickles will be performing for a stellar event</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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MUSICIAN - Kenny Bob Davis&lt;br /&gt;THE BORNSTEIN EXPERIMENT - She Reads Men's Minds and It's HILARIOUS what their thinking!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;** Close-up Magician on the walk - Tommee Pickles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where: The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club&lt;br /&gt;Address: Universal City Walk, (The Old BB KING venue)&lt;br /&gt;Show Time: 6:00 Pm - 7:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;Recession Special: $0.0 (6PM show only)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club has a full dinner menu and bar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.sherea&lt;/span&gt;dsmensminds.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-6064372543279205971?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/6064372543279205971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/6064372543279205971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/11/tommee-pickles-will-be-performing-for.html' title='tommEE pickles will be performing for a stellar event'/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743755419121768300.post-105500733714121618</id><published>2009-11-08T10:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T10:58:04.762-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "&gt;Hyperion Tavern - 1941 Hyperion Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027-4746&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="UIProfileBox_Container"&gt;&lt;div class="UIProfileBox_Box" style="padding-bottom: 15px; position: relative; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIProfileBox_Header clearfix" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(236, 239, 245); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(148, 163, 196); position: relative; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; 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Coccoli&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FREE 8:30pm @ Hyperion Tavern - 1941 Hyperion Ave LA CA 90027&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/743755419121768300-105500733714121618?l=howdidhedothat.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/105500733714121618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/743755419121768300/posts/default/105500733714121618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howdidhedothat.com/blog/2009/11/tommee-pickles-performs-magic-at-corkys.html' title=''/><author><name>tommEE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14109969263081745678</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14668672441965080597'/></author></entry></feed>