I was at a party last weekend and someone asked me to do a trick. I had nothing on me. No cards, no coins, no loops…NOTHING. I was completely unprepared! So I grabbed a pen off an end table and performed “Motion”. I’m glad I had that trick in my toolbox! People didn’t freak out [...]

My softball team had a game last night (we lost….badly.) Softball is something that I really enjoy and look forward to every year. But if it weren’t for magic, I might not have been able to play. Let me explain… Some of my friends can’t play because they have job schedules that don’t allow them [...]

Have you ever invented a magic trick? Have you ever dreamed of releasing it to other magicians, getting famous, and making some money? If so, then I have an exciting contest to tell you about. I’m looking for five up-and-coming magicians to be my new “apprentices”. If you are selected, I will teach you… – [...]

Yesterday was Mother’s Day here in the States. One of the lessons my mom taught me was never to put money in my mouth. “It’s dirty and you don’t know where it’s been”, she would say. Let’s just say that this magician didn’t listen very well to that one. Check out this trick from my [...]

As you may have guessed by the process of elimination (or perhaps the title of this post!) the number one effect that magicians chose in my informal survey was… Vanish! Making something disappear is quite possibly the most requested effect of all time. How many times has someone handed something to you and said, “Hey, [...]