Thirteen years ago today this blog was born!
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Design shamelessly appropriated from the 1958, first UK hardcover edition of "13 Steps to Mentalism" by Tony Corinda. |
Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!
For free, we've published over 5,560 posts, and served well over
1,537,000 page
loads. Eight hundred and seven of you
follow us on Facebook, 1587 of you
follow us on Twitter, 454
of you have
found us on Instagram, and a bunch of you have
subscribed to this site's RSS feed
or
subscribed by email. The bulk of you are Canadian, and we're delighted to see visitors
from United States, the United Kingdom, India, France, and the list goes
on.
There are so many of you doing a fabulous job of making magic a priority
in this great country!
A special thanks to:
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All of my early supporters. Special shout outs to Ariel, Doug, James,
and John for your continued encouragement.
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All of you readers, Likers, RTers, submitters, guest posters, contest prize
providers and all other manner of promoters of this site.
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All of my sponsors, past and present. That means you: Magic Information Canada, Ryan Pilling, Clive Court, Perfect Magic, The Browser's Den of Magic,
The Amazing Corbin,
Michael Close, Daniel Sugar, Ty Reveen,
The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop,
Tips and Tricks for Magicians,
Magicians Talking Magic Podcast, the
OWOW Magic Festival, and the
Sid Lorraine Hat & Rabbit Club!
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All of the blog's official friends, past and present. That's you: John Smithman, John Harrison, Richard Lyn, Joan Caesar,
Ted & Marion Outerbridge, Ian Crawford,
Owen Anderson,
Ryan Pilling,
Matt DiSero,
James Renoire,
Gwyn Auger,
Jason Maiuri, Doug Hunt,
David Johnson,
Richard Hough,
Robin Dawes,
Eric Bedard,
Loran, Cam Dix,
Peter Mennie,
Gordon Precious,
Colin Geddes, Graeme Reed, Chris Gowen,
Jokers, George Blott,
Noah Nogueira,
Ryan Edwards,
Aaron Matthews, and
Colin Geddes.
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All of the fabulous people that have offered up contest prizes
for our readers through the years:
James Alan,
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,
Orca Book Publishers, The
Bloor Cinema,
Chris Westfall,
Gwyn Auger,
Sheldon Casavant,
The
Outerbridges,
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts,
Champions of Magic,
the
Toronto Magic Company, the
EldritchTheatre,
Michael Close Magic,
Perfect Magic,
and
The Browser's Den of Magic.
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The wonderful wordsmiths that have guest posted here including:
Ariel Frailich,
The Magic Demon,
Kidlet,
Clive Court,
James Alan,
Killarney Sheffield,
Ian Crawford,
Erin Thomas, Ring 99,
Dennis Schick,
Phil Matlin, Gordon
Precious, and
Brent Smith.
- And especially, my family for their support of this bloggy experiment.
Continued thanks to all of you!
