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Mike Rogers - Bugs

Columnist: Mike Rogers by Mike Rogers Winter has passed and the bugs have arrived. I’m writing this on the first day of spring 1999, or for the Y2K freaks, what can be said as the first day of the last spring of the century. As for me, I fully expect that on January 1, 2000 nothing in my life will have changed, other than I’ll be one day older than I was on the last day of 1999. I simply can not get excited ...
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Mike Rogers - Cards2000

Columnist: Mike Rogers CARDS 2000 (Not the year, the number) by Mike Rogers Two thousand different brands of playing cards! Is that possible? Indeed it is. Here’s the story. In November 1999, while visiting Edinburgh, Scotland, a taxi driver stated that, “Edinburgh may not be the most beautiful city in the world, but it certainly ranks in the top ten.” His statement required no serious thought, for I have to agre...
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Mike Rogers - Clubs, Magic That Is....

Columnist: Mike Rogers Clubs, Magic That is…. by Mike Rogers There is a popular belief in magic that the professional magicians, by and large, have little or nothing to do with the local magic clubs. This may or may not be true, for we all know professional magicians who are extremely active in the clubs, while conversely, we know other professionals who have absolutely no involvement with the clubs. Yet these same pr...
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Mike Rogers - Controversy Revisited

Columnist: Mike Rogers By Mike Rogers Several months ago there was considerable controversy on Gemini regarding the handling of a close up venue. The clamor dealt with whether a close up magician should stroll about the room performing here and there, or whether he should remain stationary working from a home base. Jon Racherbaumer was the advocate for the home base contingent, while Paul Green led the charge for ...
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Mike Rogers - Del Tree

Columnist: Mike Rogers by Mike Rogers When I attend magic functions I frequently make brief notes of things I wish to remember or research upon returning home. Quite often these memory joggers are little more than scratchy lines on the inside of matchbook covers, paper napkins, and even the inside of the flap on card boxes. Such was the case at the recent DMS. After arriving home, while sorting through the variou...
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