Wow, lots of stuff going on in magic. New things to help me through med school and for good reads. Sleight I'm currently studying is Kosby's Raise Rise. Getting better at it!

Book I'm currently reading through is Wisdom of Solomon. It's good. I hate Faro's though. I can do a trick that needs a false deal or a pass or whatever. I just hate Faro's. The other book I'm reading are the two Walton books. Not far in but man, this guy has superb thinking.

DVD would be Bannon's Bullet Party. Easy stuff but really great thinking. People complain that he isn't the same as Impossibilia or Smoke and Mirrors or Dear Mr. Fantasy, but I have studied those pretty intently and I have to strongly disagree. Bannon is really good still. Between him, Solomon, and MacD's Aces I have more Ace Assemblies than I'll ever need in my life.

Trick is Garret Thomas's stand up monte. That and Lorayne's Poor Man Monte - you have the basic set up to a conman theme set (which I'm working out right now).

As a side note: I inadvertently discovered Ackerman's use of the double cut bottom palm as a direct method (meaning I just do it without the double cut - it occurs in two steps but is very fast and pretty easy...just wish I could claim credit to it).