?Youth will be served.?
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I used to be young, but now I am very old. I helped a friend move from one house to another and I think I will soon overdose on Advil. I don?t know what happens when you overdose on Advil but I am guessing it won?t hurt. I used to be able to do so much and without consequences. Maybe there were consequences but I just didn?t notice or care.
All of this is prologue to Today?s Latest Magic News. We have two stories about sons of famous magicians who are working to make a name on their own. They eat, drink and sleep magic. It is what they love and they have the time and energy to pursue their love. It is nostalgic to read their excitement but it is also inspirational.
I may easily injure myself lifting a part of a piano upstairs at this advanced age but in the world of Magic, I can keep up. I may not have the time or ability of the young men in the stories today, but I have the interest and excitement and love for the same things as the youth.
We also have Walter ?Zaney? Blaney?s thoughtful essay putting the Houdini Days Festival in context. There has been so much going back and forth about whether magicians should perform or attend the festival given Appleton, Wisconsin?s local museum?s intent to expose Houdini?s Metamorphosis.
If you have the energy to click the link below you will be able to read these stories.
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