seeing the Komodo Dragons
the 'Allegretto' from Beethoven's 7th
dining at 'Poppies' Restaurant, Kuta, Bali
children watching magic tricks
Tom Lehrer
Ayer's Rock at sunset and sunrise
Joseph Heller's first three novels
Lynne Kelly's 'Being Mathematical' website
Michael Vincent's sleight of hand artistry
James Thurber

Albert Schweitzer
Drew McAdam'se sense of fun
Hendrix
cell phone technology, which I regard as pure science fiction
the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and the view from the top
Coors beer with really good fajitas
'Miser's Dream' as performed by Teller
my Father's enthusiasm for literature when I was little, especially Jerome K. Jerome
my Mother singing songs from musicals
Shakespeare, especially 'Macbeth', 'The Tempest' and the sonnets

Derren Brown's Anthony Hopkins impression
Roland Barthes' 'Mythologies' even though I don't understand it
'Ommadawn' by Mike Oldfield, the art and the achievement
going to see Michaelangelo's 'David'
the microchip
Napa Valley, Tom Cutts, Bowling For Soup and sunshine
M.C. Escher
Andy Nyman's way of performing mentalism
John Keats and especially 'The Eve of St Agnes'
Davenport's Magic Shop when it was opposite the British Museum

Stanley Jordan's guitar technique
Isabel Losada deciding to change the world and then... doing it!
dining at the Hotel Bel Air, LA
Robin Williams 'Live At The Met'
spiders and how they spin webs
watching Banachek perform, especially his metal-bending work
Lagavulin
the Mouth & Foot Painting Artists Association
Buster Keaton in 'The General'
'The Burke Special' TV series when I was in my teens

songs by Sting
Niagara Falls at dusk
the creativity and awful jokes of Lewis Jones
Milan Cathedral
MRI technology - how magic do you want science to be?
Irma at the Magic Castle
seeing my friend M. playing with her son Christopher
seeing all that my former friend Eddie Izzard has achieved
'Sinatra Sings the Select Cole Porter', arrangements by Nelson Riddle... perfection!
the history and technology of the electric guitar, a wondrous invention

Jim Steinmeyer and his creations
Floyd's 'DSOTM'
Kate Saunders and her book on Tibet
Mike Hutchinson's brand of friendship (and delivering a complete set of S.I.)
Alynda Brown's evangelical healing demonstration
more or less anything by Bach
the kindness of strangers
Steve Martin's early stand up routines, especially 'Mens Underwear'
dining at 'Le Gavroche'
the work of people like the 'Pennies From Heaven' charity for children

Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns
Jacqueline Bisset
Jerry Sadowitz doing close-up card magic just for me
Linda Eder's voice
Susheela's cooking
John Dickson Carr
going for a ride in Dick Smith's helicopter
a really good Zinfandel
my Father's achievement in educating himself until he qualified as a barrister
my Mother's achievement in making our family life much better than hers had been

Keith Jarrett, 'The Koln Concert'
the technology that makes the world wide web possible
Scott Kim's ambigrams
going to Mantua to see Mantegna's Camera Picta 'Oculus'
listening to David Berglas tell me stories about his career
'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' and the WITDIG speech
Douglas Hofstadter and 'Godel, Escher, Bach'
the sundry over-achievements of Michael Shermer
'Every Time We Say Goodbye'
the view from Twin Peaks, SF

the Victor Emmanuel monument in Rome aka 'the typewriter'
the Grand Canyon
Carlos Cavasso's guitar solo, 'Cum On Feel The Noise', Quiet Riot
Copperfield's first UK show, Earl's Court
Penn Jillette's handling of an audience
climbing the Statue of Liberty
Woody Allen's early stand up, especially 'Eggs Benedict'
'The Truth About Uri Geller' and 'Flim-Flam' by James Randi
Fawlty Towers and 'The Germans'
meeting and working with Frances Willard

Ricky Jay's 'On The Stem' show
Richard Saunders' sense of hospitality
Al Koran's 'Gold Medallion' routine
the Eiffel Tower, and the view from the top
my Father making toy soldiers and forts from cereal packets
my Mother dancing at her parties
visiting Ground Zero, and the memorial at nearby Trinity Church
afternoon tea at The Huntington
'Monty Python & The Holy Grail', Dennis's speech
people I know who have built hugely successful businesses from scratch

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