Until December...
/This is the final November post. Regular posting resumes on December 1st. That’s also when the next newsletter will be sent to supporters. If you need to get an ad in for that, try to get it to me by Monday or so.
We currently have 49 magicians on the GLOMM’s list of convicted sex offender magicians. Let me firmly state that there is NO prize for being the 50th member kicked out of the GLOMM. So whatever sick thing you were planning on doing to get booted in hopes of getting a Vanishing Inc. Gift Certificate, or whatever, please, just forget it.
I found this to be an odd quote from Craig Petty regarding the new trick Hand Drawn. (Taken from the ad copy here.)
“Honestly if you could really do magic this is what you would do!”
Hmmm…
Uhm, just as a reminder, this is the effect of Hand Drawn.
Now, look, I like the way the trick looks and I’ll be picking it up.
But this is what Craig would do if he could “really do magic”? It seems like awful waste of magical powers. You know there’s a famous trick in magic where you pull money from the air, yes, Craig?
Anyway, I found a few other endorsements from Craig. He gets really enthusiastic about these tricks.
“I would be willing to take 20 years off my lifespan if it meant I could make candles disappear for real. I shit you not. This is all I’d ever do. Candles would cost, like, a million dollars a piece because they’d be so rare because I’d always be making them vanish.” - Craig Petty
“What would I do with real magic powers? Day one, minute one… I’m tearing birds into two separate birds. Hellz yeah. You want me to cure all diseases? Sorry, that’s going to be a distant second on my list of shit to do. In fact, bird-borne illnesses are probably going to increase in the immediate future of me gaining those powers.” - Craig Petty
“I would sacrifice my son to the great demon-god Moloch for the ability to do this just once in my life for real.” - Craig Petty
Someone wrote in to ask me how many emails I get a day. On average, I get about 10-20 emails a day that require a response. (Well, “require” is a strong word. I try to respond to everything, unless we’ve been going back and forth and I don’t have anything more to add.) When I ask specifically for people’s input on something I will get usually dozens to 100+ emails. (Which was why it was telling to me when I asked if anyone had an impression pad they would “highly recommend,” and I heard from just a few people. That’s a gimmick that’s dying for someone to come in and develop a definitive version.)
10-20 might not sound like a lot. But if we take an average of 15 emails a day, and multiply that by 5 minutes to read, process, and respond to each email (some take a few seconds to respond to, but others take an hour). Then you’re looking at almost 40 hours a month. That’s like three-months of full-time work per year.
I’m not complaining. With Thanksgiving coming up here in the US, let me once again state how thankful I am for the people who support the site. As well as the people who write in. I love when people write in with ideas they’re working on, details on projects they have coming out, recommendations for stuff they really like, stupid magic gossip, and all of that. If I only respond back a sentence or a short paragraph, it’s not because I’m not interested or don’t appreciate what you’re bringing to the table. It’s just because I have to budget the time I can devote to things related to this site, and that doesn’t allow for super-detailed responses to every message I get.
But again, thank you to everyone who reads, writes, and supports.
For those in the U.S., have a great thanksgiving. Meet you all back here Dec. 1st.
