29 November 2013

Montreal: Magic workshop for kids

From Montreal Families:
Dec 1, 2013

Enchanted butterflies, invisible coins, Chinese rings and magic chocolate milk are among magician Yan Lee Chan's tricks. Mystery, humour and loads of surprises are in store.

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[via Perfect Magic]

28 November 2013

I write like

I pasted text from here into this and apparently:


I write like
William Gibson
I Write Like. Analyze your writing!

Now to plan how I can be as succesful as Gibson.

Who do you write like?



Hopefully back to the magic tomorrow....

27 November 2013

BC: The Magic & Illusions of Murray Hatfield & Company

From Murray Hatfield's Facebook page:
The All-New Shriners Variety Show is hitting the road featuring Ventriloquist - Neale Bacon & Friends, Comic Juggler - Aaron Gregg and The Magic & Illusions of Murray Hatfield & Company. 
The performances will take place;

Dec. 5 in Kamloops at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre.
Dec. 6 in Vernon at the Vernon Secondary School Theatre.
Dec. 7 in Abbotsford at the Abby Arts Centre.

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26 November 2013

Toronto: Jay Sankey lecture

From the Browser's Den of Magic Facebook group:
Jay Sankey Lecture 
All Brand New Stuff!
DATE & TIME: Sunday, February 9th
LOCATION: Browser's Den of Magic
TICKET PRICE: $15.00 & Special Offer Below if you Buy in Advance!

Dear Magic Friends,
In February 2014 Mr. Sankey will be touring Europe with his brand new lecture! And just before he takes off for the tour Jay has agreed to give his fellow Canadians the first viewing of this new lecture.

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25 November 2013

Happy third blogiversary to me!

Three years ago today, I published the very first post at this website.  Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!  More than 1,303 posts have been published, more than 46,000 page  loads have been served.  Eight-one of you have given us your thumbs-up on Facebook, more than 500 of you are following along on Twitter (5940 tweets and counting!), and approximately 80 of you have subscribed to this site's feed.  The bulk of you are Canadian, and I'm delighted to see visitors from United States, France, Spain, the United Kingdom,  Hong Kong, Portugal, Germany, and the list goes on.

There are so many of you doing such a fabulous job of making magic a priority in this great country!

Many thanks to all of you, for reading, subscribing, re-tweeting, liking, sharing, submitting news, corresponding, making me aware of typos, guest posting, sponsoring and especially for your wonderful feedback and continued support!