I blog at night. My usual goal is to upload entries before 11:45 PM. But I'm posting early because we have plans tonight.

Yes, PLANS. We're going out. We, Tina and Scott, without any children. We're going out with other adults. It's a real evening out: dinner and a show! Time with other grown-ups away from children! I feel a little guilty for being so excited to get away from them, but this will only be the second time we've managed to get out without kids since we've been home from China with Shen. The other night out was for an early-bird dinner special at a nice restaurant to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary; a two-hour outing. Ben, Cam and Brittni stayed with Kai and Shen for us that evening, and that's the plan for tonight too. So what are doing for our big date? Mexican food and a magic show. Yeah, I know that sounds kind of lame, but I really like magic, and Tina really wants to get out.

We're going out with Steve and Veronica. Steve is a friend of mine from work who has become interested in magic over the last couple years. He and I get together once or twice a month and work on simple sleight of hand. Our wives are indulging us and coming along to see a magic review at the Mount Baker Theatre.

Magic has been a lifelong hobby of mine, I know most of it sucks and is generally lame, but there are some really great performers out there. I'm not talking about David Copperfield or David Blaine, but the creative people behind them who perform in much smaller venues and are known mainly to a sub-culture of magic junkies like myself. Here are some YouTube clips of a couple of the performers on the bill tonight that I am looking forward to seeing...

Tina Lenert


Jason Latimer