From Miscellaneous Handkerchief Tricks That You Can Do : Including a fifteen minute act “The Silky Slicker” by George De Lawrence, published by Gerald Heaney, Berlin, Wisconsin, 1921. Pages 32-33. You absolutely cannot succeed in these modern days of “jazz” and “goloshes” by merely being a magician; you must be an entertainer; therefore I haveContinue reading “That’s Entertainment!”
Category Archives: history
In Which I Visit a Museum
And there see a submarine. Some years ago, for reasons that matter not to our story, I was driving around northern New Jersey when I saw something by the side of the road. “By golly,” I said, “that looks like a Holland submarine!” I pulled over and walked to it. It was! Holland boat #2,Continue reading “In Which I Visit a Museum”
Martin Van of Kinderhook
Today is the first day of our ramble down to New York for Heliosphere. So, en passant, we visited Lindenwald, Martin Van Buren’s home in Kinderhook, NY. Van Buren had been Jackson’s Vice President; he went on to a term of his own in 1836. The Little Magician was the first US president who hadContinue reading “Martin Van of Kinderhook”
It’s Vaudeville!
This coming Saturday, March 9th, I will have the honor of appearing in the Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts (KCPA) Scholarship Fundraiser — Vaudeville Performance Saturday, March 9th, 7:00-9:00 pm Warner Town Hall, 5 East Main St, Warner, NH 03278 Info: kcpastudiocalendar@gmail.com http://www.nhperformingarts.org/ Tickets: $15 adults, $10 children
PseudoScience
The Universityy of Chicago gives away free e-books. Every month there’s a new one, and they’re all swell. This month’s freebie, I think, is one that folks who follow my blog may really like: The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe by Michael B. Gordin. I remember reading Velikovsky back when I was inContinue reading “PseudoScience”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 