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  • I Heard About This Guy Who...

    I had traveled to Toronto a few months back to get on the road with Ben Train and give some talks.At one of the stops, we had gone to a restaurant ...
  • Let Ghosts Be Your Mentors

    My mentors are ghosts. That's a mysterious way to say I learned from old books.  My closest living mentor was a bit unorthodox. He didn't explain t...
  • Across and Connected

    When I was twenty one, I traveled to New Orleans for the first time. In fact, it was my first trip anywhere on my own. I guess you could say I live...
  • The Perfect Bar Top

    The owners I worked with wanted me for their newest restaurant.I stopped in from time to time during the construction and fell in love with the lon...
  • Z SHUFFLE CLIP

    It's been three years since I started writing for Magic Magazine. The Monk's Way and Your Magic are going strong.And a huge benefit is I've been ab...
  • Blind Shuffle Bluff and the Bottom-line Idea

    I remember being struck with an epiphany when I read the Book Review of Beyond Erdnase in Olram File #4 in my early 20's. The chapter heading calle...
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls?

    It tolls for thee. You have till midnight tonight (1/31/16) to get the MONK-SEEKS-MORE DEAL for $39 and the $5 PDFs.HERE’S WHAT YOU GET:1. Seek 52 ...
  • The T.D. Lonyer Factor

    Sometimes an accidental introduction can lead to big things.I knew no one at the 1998 SAM convention in New Orleans, except Racherbaumer. But, he w...
  • The First Internet Lecture Is Back

    I'm usually up for anything if it's magic and it's different.in 2001 Trini Montes asked me if I wanted to lecture using a new kind conferencing cal...
  • What's the Big Idea?

    What's the BIG idea? I thought it was lapping three of the four cards at the end of Twins. Thanks Bill Malone!But, it turned out it wasn't.Three su...
  • Mardi Gras and the Bottom Deal

    Mardi Gras 2014 I was asked by my wife's best friend to watch the door of the hotel she managed for three nights during the parade.Three nights amo...
  • "Z." DVD is Out and Traveling the World

    After 23 years, my work on the Zarrow Shuffle is finally out and it's moving further than I ever imagined. The online response has been tremendous...