When you are sitting at home sweltering in the heat and humidity and wish you were at a convention someplace.

When you make it a point to visit the location of Joe Karson's Magic Shop in Springfield, MA and do a Zombie routine in honor of him when you get there.

When you are dripping with sweat before your show, but it's 62 degrees inside...

When you insist on performing your variation of ANY trick for the inventor.

When you know what U.S. city Eagle Magic was in and have visited it while it was still in business even though you aren't from there.

When you find out that when you sweat profusely (droplets of sweat dripping from your hands), you took advantage of it and start performing the water from hand without sleeve to Fr. Photius but found out that Fr. Photius can perform the waterfall from hand effortlessly.

When you realize you really have been spending way too much time with online Magic and decide to shut your computer down at least once a day.

When you are a Texas magician and never have to think about what you are going to be doing over the labor day weekend/

That you walked into Kmart today to buy a bike rack for your car and walk out with a "Portable Beverage Cooler" because it looks like something you can you in your act to put discarded props into?

That you type so fast with excitement on The Magic Café that you type the word "you" instead of the word "use" (see above)

That you immediately post to the "Magical Accessories" portion of The Magic Café your finding of the "portable beverage cooler" at Kmart today.

Which Kmart?

I bought my "dump box" Northwest Territory portable beverage cooler at the Kmart on Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo, Michigan. That I also loved Banachek's portable table he uses in his lecture- the whole base is taken apart and put into one small portion of the table leg, it ends up being about the size of a small laptop computer for travel. That I wish I had one even though I already have at least 4 side tables. Neato!

When you watch a PBS TV program on Garrison Keilor and for some reason it makes you think about Mark and Nani back in the early 1950's in Dallas.

When you carry all 50 different state quarters, so you are prepared for any coin trick...

When you carry every card trick deck in your pouch so you are prepared to perform for every magician friend you meet.

When you wake up at a hotel after partying all night at a Magic convention and you can't remember what convention you're attending.

When you don't book a room at the convention because you don't intend to sleep.

When you can recognize greatness when you see it!!!

Excuse me, but lets stay on topic

You eat at the Chinese restaurant so you can collect everyone's chop sticks...

When you own almost every magic DVD in the world and have only watched about 5... and probably won't live long enough to watch the rest.