When you are eight years old and you walk into a magic shop and say, "I have thirty-five cents. What can I buy?"

When you just cannot resist going to a magic shop even if you do not have an intention to buy anything.

When everyone in Las Vegas is shoving quarters into machines you are standing around doing tenkai pinch with them.

When you have memorized both the Buma and the Conradi versions of Cube a libra.

When you are trying so hard to impress Nani Darnell that you can do the french drop better than any magician in the universe.

When you keep reading every single post looking for the triumphant return of Dynamike and hope he realizes that without him - there would be- at least 1,700 less posts each year, approximately more or less..... or thereabouts... give or take a few........ probably.

When you start collecting props that comes in different versions, colors, materials and makers, and hope that you can have your own magic museum.

When you already have all those props but don't have time to write down what they are.

When someone asks you how many unopened magic DVDs you own and you only know that there are so many you have no idea how many there are.

When your magician friends visit your house and they thought they just walked into a magic shop.

When your non-magic friends visit and the DID walk into a magic shop!

When you know where to locate all your performances costumes but unable to find your regular clothes.

When you finish a birthday party show and mom says "Oh it was just as wonderful as when you did my 7th birthday"

When you can remember the password to get into the Magic Castle but can't remember your email password.

When you reminisce that all magic tricks sold for 50¢, $2.00, $5.00, $7.50, $12.50 or $37.50 but none of them was self working, most used silks or liquid and many had bad paint jobs.

(most, except those made by Jay, still have bad paint jobs)

When you sit around and reminisce to your grandchildren about when you could buy a dove pan for under $20.

When you wake up and the first thing you do is to go to your magic corner and just touch those cup collections of yours.

Your bathroom "library" is stuffed with magic magazines...

When you habitually take your close up case (instead of your working briefcase) to the office.

You send out Christmas cards with rabbits on them instead of reindeer...