Archive for April, 2008
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Big Day With Nature at the Dog Park
Today Vader and I flushed out a turkey and a snake at the dog park. Vader saw the turkey, but not the snake. I’m still curious how he’s going to react to seeing a snake. Then, a little later, when Vader came out of the brush I was looking him over for ticks, and I [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Lunch at Primanti’s
I had lunch at a Pittsburgh tradition today: Primanti’s. I met my new magician friend Doc Dixon at the Carson St location. Thankfully he warned me in advance that the sandwiches come with the fries and coleslaw in the sandwich!
Without his warning I think I might have been traumatized. We had [...]
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
I performed for a bunch of magicians… in a castle!
The proof is in the picture. Last Friday I got to perform at the annual banquet of the Greater Pittsburgh Magic Network (GPMN), and it was in a real, live castle. Ok, it was a modern castle, and it wasn’t alive, but still.
First there was a close-up show, then dinner followed by a [...]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Spring Has Sprung! It’s Just About Model A Time Again.
It’s been really nice here in Pittsburgh lately, and I’m getting the itch to work on the Model A. I have all kinds of little parts and minor modifications that have been waiting to be done. I have a new gasket, a fuel filter, and some other stuff that I can’t think of that need [...]
