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Steven Steele Chief of Staff 1868 Posts |
Steve,
I know how much time it must take holding down your full time job. I also know the commitant one must have to raise a beatiful family. How do you do both of those and publish such cutting edge material. It would seem that would be a full time job as well. I know when I was working full time and raising my family I had no time to keep my magic up and so I really didn't do much for 20 years or so. Do you have any advice for those of us who would like to learn your balancing act?
Coram Deo
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Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
Steve,
It's mostly about prioritizing (and juggling). I'm a type-A in everything - work, family, magic, etc. I'm not advocating being a type-A, it's just the way I turned out. So, I always have a magic book with me in case I'm stuck in line somewhere or to read while I'm traveling. On the rare occasions when I don't have a lunch meeting, I take a book with me to one of my favorite restaurants where they know me, seat me at a well-lit out of the way table, and then leave me alone. Since magic is my form of stress release, I usually squeeze it in somewhere regardless of what else is going on in life. (The creative piece is harder to make time for as it is better in a quiet setting. Time for this comes in spurts.) I've got three great daughters (who actually love to have their selections located) and Dawn the Wonder Wife who is delighted that the girls like card tricks (offering her some down time). While it may sound like I'm doing magic all the time, I'm not. I'm squeezing it into the narrow spaces between family, work life, and my other interests (except this week when I have super-glued my fingers to the keyboard for the Magic Café). By the same token, I have wonderful regular magician correspondents who have learned that sometimes I drop off the e-mail for a week or four to catch everything else up. Then, I pick it up again where we left off. (That reminds me, I'm about 3-4 weeks behind on a note to Lewis Jones.) When all else fails, did I mention that Marty Kane is a psychiatrist? Best, Steve |
dscanning Loyal user 226 Posts |
Re: ...I take a book with me to one of my favorite restaurants where they know me, seat me at a well-lit out of the way table, and then leave me alone.
In other words, a booth furtherest away from the slide and the ball pit. Doug Canning |
Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
Forget the ball pit (and I'll try to forget "furtherest") - if I lived in Dallas Dougo, I would spend my lunches at Spring Creek Barbecue. If the rest of you haven't been there, you have missed four of the best sandwiches you have ever eaten - to be followed with their homemade banana pudding or peach cobbler (or both). I'm trying to talk Dawn into vacationing in Dallas just so I can go back there a few times.
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JordanB Special user dallas, tx 626 Posts |
Spring Creek is the best. A few other magicians and I used to go there on Saturday afternoons and hang out.
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Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
Jordan, I discovered Spring Creek when I was in Dallas on business in 1999. I had it for lunch one day because it was near the hotel and I only had an hour. I had five sandwiches because I didn't think I could get back any time soon. That afternoon, I canceled dinner reservations and we went back and I had four more.
I didn't get to go back to Spring Creek until last year when I was there on business. Doug picked me up and I think we went there twice. Then, we were going to go to his favorite ethnic restaurant. On the way, we both decided we would rather go back to Spring Creek. It is the only beef barbecue I've had that is better than pork barbecue. I now try to limit my intake to three sandwiches (which means actual intake is four). You're a lucky man. |
Mick Ayres Special user Hilton Head Island 998 Posts |
Sounds good. My 'sandwich' rule is: If you don't have to eat it while standing over a sink, then it isn't as good as it could be.
Mick
THE FIVE OBLIGATIONS OF CONJURING: Study. Practice. Script. Rehearse. Perform. Drop one and you're done.
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Martino Special user Manchester, UK 928 Posts |
I had to do magic for the local hemorrhoid society annual dinner last week.
It was a stand up buffet!
"There's a difference between not knowing how something is done and knowing it can't be done!" - Simon Aronson
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Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
And when they came to the condiments, everyone bent over and spread them. (While I wouldn't rate that one A-1, those of you who didn't get it will ketchup in a minute.)
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dscanning Loyal user 226 Posts |
Lettuce hope that this rot post has a short shelf life.
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Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
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On 2007-03-31 13:10, dscanning wrote: While it may not have been the best post, it's not the Worcestershire. |
Doc Dixon Special user Pennsylvania, USA 655 Posts |
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On 2007-03-31 06:05, Martino wrote: I had that gig the year before. It was a brief sit down meal. |
Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
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On 2007-03-31 14:26, Doc Dixon wrote: They booked me for it - but I figured they needed Lance Bottom. I understand he did a swell job even though there was limited seating. |
wildarr New user Isle of Palms, SC 80 Posts |
Well, now I am in heaven. Scatological humor on the Café!!! (Well, close enough to scat for me, anyway!) I will miss this lively reparte. Please feel free to join us anytime. And thanks to all your cronies for bringing your such high-humor to the forefront.
I am in awe. All the best, Bill |
Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
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On 2007-03-31 14:26, Doc Dixon wrote: Kinda adds new meaning to the term "bottom deal." |
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