Wow! You librarians don't mess around! I'm getting several calls and e-mails and it's not even the end of November! Just today, I put Mason City, Iowa on my calendar and yesterday I added Columbus, Nebraska. Both of those libraries have had me several years in a row and now everytime I visit it's like visiting dear friends. Columbus and Mason City join Fremont, Papillion, Lincoln, Syracuse, Weeping Water and one Omaha Branch on my calendar so far. This year I performed a

Not only am I a magician; I'm also a dad. I have endured Barney on Ice. I have paid $50 per ticket to take my daughter to see Veggie Tales. I have seen EVERY animated movie made between 2001 and 2013. And most of that entertainment was not entertaining to me. But I smiled and went anyway because it was entertaining for my daughter. And I learned some things. Some very valuable things. I learned that I never wanted to do a show that alienated the adults in my audience.