Magician Gordon Russ is bringing his “Mystery of the Missing Library Card” to the Saline (Michigan) District Library on Thursday, Nov. 11.
The entire family (ages four and up) is invited to enjoy this evening of entertainment.
Mr. Russ and his “Library Buddies” (including the clever Captain Read-a-Lot) have somehow managed to lose a library card. Members of the audience will actually come up front and join the show to help solve the mystery in an adventure that includes fun and magic.
Mr. Russ has several different shows for different audiences ? each lasting 45 minutes (the shows, not the audiences). Check out his website for more information on these innovative presentations that get bookings.
According to the Associated Press, the Peacock Network is removing Siegfried and Roy?s Lions to bolster the network?s performance in the crucial November sweeps. The word is NBC will bring the series back in December, if only to show six of the remaining 13 episodes they bought. The show has not been a flop by any measure ? it attracted 6.6 million viewers for last week?s show. But that figure is half of the 12.4 million viewers who watched the animated adult show?s debut.
A NBC spokesperson had no comment on the future of the series.It was noted, however, the series failed to deliver ratings the network expected for the $2 million per episode.
The November sweeps are key to establishing the ad rates for networks.
You can read more about this in the Mercury News here.
It was interesting to read Tony Giorgio’s column in Genii this month.It was interesting in the same manner it would be interesting to read the ravings of an obsessed stalker.Not the kind of stalker that innocently writes your name down over and over on a piece of paper in minute script so as to arrive at a schizoid-significant number of 7272 separate signatures in alternating cursive and print. No, his obsession is more than that; something more abnormal than that.
Okay, time for a disclaimer:I have never met Mr. Giorgio.I have seen movies in which he starred.I have an appreciation for his knowledge of the secret world of card sharks and their swindles.I enjoy reading his writing because his prose matches the context.He is less polished than Damon Runyon is but I think that is the intent.Mr. Giorgio is a fine writer.
However, just as I had to let go of the notion that Cheryl Tiegs or Juliet Mills (older sister to Hailey Mills and star of “Nanny and the Professor”) would fall in love with me, Mr. Giorgio needs to let go as well.We do not know S.W. Erdnase’s identity.Some have guessed he was a magician looking to make a quick buck by publishing a book allegedly exposing the secrets of the card cheats, Expert at the Card Table.
Others say he was a true card shark looking to make a quick buck by publishing a book allegedly exposing the secrets of the card cheats.Some, including Martin Gardner, suggest S.W. Erdnase is actually a nom de plume (literally, a “name of feather” — I had to look this up after reading an Eugene Burger article.I still don’t understand what it has to do with Mr. Erdnase’s real name but it sounds so cool).The author’s real name was S.W. Erdnase reversed, or “E.S. Andrews.”
It was interesting to read Tony Giorgio’s column in Genii this month.It was interesting in the same manner it would be interesting to read the ravings of an obsessed stalker.Not the kind of stalker that innocently writes your name down over and over on a piece of paper in minute script so as to arrive at a schizoid-significant number of 7272 separate signatures in alternating cursive and print. No, his obsession is more than that; something more abnormal than that.
Okay, time for a disclaimer:I have never met Mr. Giorgio.I have seen movies in which he starred.I have an appreciation for his knowledge of the secret world of card sharks and their swindles.I enjoy reading his writing because his prose matches the context.He is less polished than Damon Runyon is but I think that is the intent.Mr. Giorgio is a fine writer.
However, just as I had to let go of the notion that Cheryl Tiegs or Juliet Mills (older sister to Hailey Mills and star of “Nanny and the Professor”) would fall in love with me, Mr. Giorgio needs to let go as well.We do not know S.W. Erdnase’s identity.Some have guessed he was a magician looking to make a quick buck by publishing a book allegedly exposing the secrets of the card cheats, Expert at the Card Table.
Others say he was a true card shark looking to make a quick buck by publishing a book allegedly exposing the secrets of the card cheats.Some, including Martin Gardner, suggest S.W. Erdnase is actually a nom de plume (literally, a “name of feather” — I had to look this up after reading an Eugene Burger article.I still don’t understand what it has to do with Mr. Erdnase’s real name but it sounds so cool).The author’s real name was S.W. Erdnase reversed, or “E.S. Andrews.”
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