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Archive for June, 2015

Low Tech Magic Tricks You Can Try at Home

A little practice, and you too can become an expert…

  • The Hand Sandwich cut into quarters   (the reveal: start with the premise it’s really finger food)
  • Turning Powder into lemonade only using water (the reveal: using a clear pitcher enhances the transition effect) (more…)

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Clichés Upgraded – Part XXXII

Time to bask in the glow of more enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):

  • Being short on instruments is one thing, but trying to play the field is going to take a lot of suspension of belief from the audience
  • Now that shaking the box is over the top should reveal some of those elusive raisins (more…)

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Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Fourteen

Script Development – Say Goodbye:

(a) “If you’re hoping to be a screenwriter in Hollywood, you will be rewritten.  That’s just the way it is. They treat you like you’re on a factory line.  You’ll be fired because ‘they can’t really tell a love story’, ‘they can’t do action properly’, ‘they’re not funny…’  You’ll be fired for different reasons, but it’s the way executives pretty much cover their asses when it comes to the movie coming out.” (more…)

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TOP 10 Ways to Demonstrate Good Dining & Conversation Etiquette

After all, good social manners go with good food and good drink…

  • Invitations for luncheons or cocktail parties should be sent out a couple of weeks in advance, but potential party crashers can be emailed the day before
  • If you visit the buffet more than three times, select different colour items and declare you’re doing a rainbow food study
  • Concerning napkins, fold them in the shapes of hearts on your lap so people will think you’re sensitive (more…)

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Happy Anniversary – to ‘The Watch of Time’!

Today, June 4, 2015 marks the first anniversary of this blog site.  (I also had my annual check-up this morning, but that’s not an event to be particularly enjoyed or celebrated, especially after reaching a certain age threshold.)

The first posting June 4th last year was a slightly edited version of a letter to the editor (more…)

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Clichés Upgraded – Part XXXI

A new month, time to look into more enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):

  • Since it got damaged, we’re out of the frying pan which does the best job cooking scrambled eggs
  • They love to live out on the plain and simple is the lifestyle they want (more…)

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