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Panto in DC - and Malvern, PA

If you want to see a holiday panto this Christmas, we found one in DC and another in Malvern, PA. Let us know if you are aware of others in or near DC.

"The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's production of A Christmas Carol," through December 31, 2006, at the Church Street Theater, 1742 Church Street NW, Washington, DC, near DuPont Circle, 800-494-8497
"Robin Hood," through December 31, 2006 on the Main Stage at People's Light Theatre Company, 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, PA, Rt. 401 (between Rts. 30 and 202) Box Office: 610-644-3500

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December 10, 2006 09:27 AM Link Comments (0)

World Cup 2006 - schedule and highlights

Schedule with results and video highlights - Yahoo
Schedule with highlights and stats - BBC Sport

June 11, 2006 10:17 AM Link Comments (0)

Sleight of hand - the glass trick by Cyril Takayama

Japanese magician Cyril Takayama has posted some interesting videos ...

The glass trick: he passes a coin, and then a salt shaker, through a glass table ...
Hamburger out of a sign: he pulls a hamburger out of a sign, takes a bite, then puts the hamburger back "into" the sign where the picture then shows a bite missing ...
Chopsticks and shadows: uses the shadows of his hands to remove a pair of chopsticks from their wrapper and then split the chopsticks ...

Pages with links to many more videos of Cyril Takayama's magic tricks ... CastPost ... Malaysia Magic Fellowship ...

MetaFilter has a discussion about the glass trick ...

Cyril Takayama is a member of Magic X Live and was part of "THEM - Totally Hidden Extreme Magic" ...

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December 11, 2005 11:19 AM Link Comments (0)

The Blues

Musical Perceptions has "some very fundamental rules" of blues music. Our favorites:

1. Most blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
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9. You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
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19. Persons with names like Michelle, Amber, Jennifer, Debbie, and Heather can't sing the blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
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21. I don't care how tragic your life is: if you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues, period.