Inside Magic

I just got back from England.

As many of you know, I am not just the owner of a fabulous website dedicated to making self-centered claims about itself. I have a second job, the one that pays the bills in my non-magic world. I am a claims adjuster for a Swiss insurance company that specializes in insuring ?non-traditional and non-stationary entertainment? events and on-going concerns.

Basically, The Basil Insurance Group underwrites carnivals, circuses, side-shows, trade-shows, and stuff. We had a fire in a small town outside of London when a trade-show performer was presenting a new idea for copy paper and demonstrating how it couldn?t catch fire even when the copying machine is over-heating.

It burned down the presentation booth and allegedly destroyed his collection of diamonds that he just happened to have with him. So the booth was going to set back B.I.G. just over $1,200 (₤850.00). No biggie. Heck, we had the booth as evidence. We knew it really existed. The diamonds, however, were gone ? they allegedly burned up, like coal.

Anyway, who cares what I do in my non-magic world?

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