Monday Check-In #4
/Here’s the final Monday check-in for January.
I will be reaching out to the book printer today to make sure everything is still on schedule. [UPDATE: So I’ve been in touch. They are hoping to ship the books to me later this week, which should mean I’ll get them early next week. Once I have them in hand and can weigh the rewards package to get the shipping weight/fee calculated, then supporters will receive an email from me to get their shipping info. And I’ll also know if there are any extra rewards packages available for those of you on the waiting list.]
In mid-February the new season of this site will begin and we’ll be back on a regular schedule.
I know you’re all sitting there wondering, “Oh, I hope Andy has been productive with his time while away and working on interesting and exciting content for the site.”
Yes. I have. Don’t worry.
For example, there’s this version of the 21 Card Trick that you can find on Penguin called, 21 Card Fooler. It’s purportedly a “magician fooler” version of the 21 Card Trick. That may be true, but I’m an idiot and even I can tell what must be going on. (In the traditional 21 Card Trick, they can think of any of the cards. In this version the selection isn’t that free, which sort of clues you into the method.)
But, whatever. If you want to do the 21 Card Trick for magicians, this might be a good option for you. I can’t imagine why you’d ever want to do such a thing, but hey, it’s your life. To me it sounds like a Twilight Zone ironic twist you’d get from an evil genie. “Your wish is to perform magic for people? Your wish is my command. You may now perform magic! … The 21 Card Trick… for magicians! Ah-ha-ha-ha”
But as I said, I haven’t just been sitting here idly doing nothing these past weeks. I’ve been doing really important work.
For example, I took the demo video for 21 Card Fooler and edited the video so it’s just the parts of the demo where someone is saying, “OK.”
How long could that possibly be?
Amazingly, over 45 seconds.
OK. See you soon.