Catch Up – Blackpool Magic Convention and SAPPA Tour Event 10
It’s been a while, so I’m going to use this post to catch up on a couple of things that have happened recently. The Blackpool Convention is now but a distant memory, but what a memory it is! One of the craziest and most fun weekends I’ve had in a long time and, socially, the […]
Dad
Just before midnight arrives and we move out of 16th February and into 17th February, I just wanted to say Happy Birthday, Dad! He would have been 66 today. We miss you every day. Speak soon. The Cardman 🙂
How did I start in magic?
One question all magicians are asked is “how did you get interested in magic?” Well, for me, it was one Christmas just after my 7th birthday when I sat and watched David Copperfield on TV. It was his fourth special and, it was said, at the end of the special he would try to make […]
A Blast From My Magical Past
Many, many years ago on the Paul Daniels Magic Show, he had a guest performer on who did something so unique that he was brought back on at least 2 or 3 more occasions. His name was (and is) Tom Noddy and I’ve just found some footage of him on YouTube that I’d like to […]
SAPPA Tour Event – Styx, Glenrothes
Yesterday was the latest event on the Scottish American Pool Tour in the newest American Pool club in Scotland. Styx, already a firm favourite in Kirkcaldy and regular stop for the Scottish 9-Ball Championships, recently opened a new venue in Glenrothes, only a few miles along the road from Kirkcaldy. Located in the same building […]
Tangled Web by Eric Mead
Just after Christmas, I was in Roy Walton’s shop Tam Shepherd’s in Queen Street in Glasgow and whilst buying my usual magazines saw a copy of Eric Mead’s book “Twisted Web” sitting in one of the cases. I thought about buying it for a few moments, then thought “nah, I’ll leave it for now – […]
Welcome to 2007
Happy New Year, reader! OK, so I am about 2½ weeks late, but I’ve been busy! This post is purely to let you know the different places I’m going to be going over the coming year. It’s looking like being a busy one this year, which is great fun. Here’s what I’m up to:- 21 […]
2006 International Magic Convention, London
Last weekend saw the 2006 edition of the International Magic Convention – aka “Ron’s”. The Convention, started by Ron MacMillan some 30-odd years ago (hence the nickname) and continued now by his son Martin and daughter Georgina, brings some of the best magicians from around the world to perform and lecture for us, with a […]
SAPPA Tour Event 6 – The 8-Ball Sports Bar, Leith, Edinburgh, 12 November 2006
I turned up in Edinburgh for the latest tour event of the year having not picked up a pool cue since the Scottish Championships some 3 weeks previously! I walked in with only expecting one thing – that I would lose my first 2 matches and be knocked out of the tournament in double quick […]
Cameron’s 1st Birthday Party – 28 October 2006
Yes, he’s a year old already! Where does the time go? Cameron James MacNee celebrated his first birthday on 27 October with a party the following day. Since it was Halloween weekend, a lot of the kids came dressed up in their Halloween costumes. Cameron and Lewis were arriving from the Sunday School Halloween Party […]