When you just cannot have enough of the Magic Café forum.

When my brother insists that I'm doing these tricks for real.

When you practice the pass while watching the Nascar race...

Your driving in the Nascar race - - -while practicing sleights.

(Now that's what I call a dedicated magician!).

When you have to explain 50 times a year how with the last name of Bouton you can be related to Blackstone.

When your collection of magicians business cards exceeds one thousand and dates back almost 50 years.

When 300 people at am amway convention take your card and they all call you the next day pretending to be interested in a show.

When you like teasing all your friends at the Café everyday.

When you know the difference between a feint, a fake, a feke, a gimmick, a gaff, a gaffus, and an accessory...

When after 50 years in magic, James can still sucker you in.

When you have just re-invented the 'suckered in' trick for your friends who enjoyed it very much.

Ok... I give.... What is it?

When you are thinking about having a tatoo of your rabbit "Hairy Blackstone" being placed someplace. When you are thinking of naming your other rabbit "Potter" so he can be "Hairy Potter." When you go by a pet store, you can't resist stopping by to see if they have a new rabbit toy. That your favorite video on youtube is the one of the rabbit playing checkers. That you would never in a million years have a rabbit as a pet but for that you are a magician. That your rabbit hutch has a picture of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat on it. That your dog is also named after a magician even though he is not in your act.

When you think that "Hairy Blackstone" is a good name for a rabbit; almost as good as the name of your rabbit, "Mr. Pellets."

Or "Hare E. Houdini."

When all your wabbits are named after some famous magicians of the past.

When you take off your roller blades and feel like you are levitating without support...

When you think that Basil the Baffeling Bunny is preferable to Hairy Blackstone for a rabbit name. (I actually named mine Harvey, jr. and Thumper, go figure.)

That you laugh, and the kids never do, but you say it anyway: "My rabbit is very clean. He does not want to be Dirty Harry."... That you know how much Forbes reported how much income David Copperfield made... That you took a bunch of the door knob "Do Not Disturb" signs from the maid's cart at the Canadian hotel/casino overlooking the falls at Niagara Falls because they feature the Queen of Hearts with a blindfold on. Not to mention the room keys which are plastic Kings and Queens... That you already are getting anxious for Magic Week in Colon even though it is more than a month away... That you understand and comprehend every word written in a book review by Jamy Ian Swiss.

When you visit the magic museum in Marshall, Mi. every summer...