Here we are...another day another convention...

Been offline for ages...actually my computer has been so corrupted by bastard hackers it now takes months for the thing to boot up...that's my excuse. I have a pop up telling me I have a pop up problem and trying to sell me a program to stop pop ups when the only bloody pop up I get is their one. If I could get hold of the guy who thought up that little beauty I would gladly give up a life time of pacifism and throttle him slowly and, with luck, painfully. What the hell Norton Security, Panda Anti Virus and the other one whose name I forget do for their money I will never know...

I have spent a small fortune on anti virus, anti spyware, anti this and anti that, registry cleaners and miracle cures without complete success...I'm fed up...

but...

Ron's Day (weekend actually) is coming up. Yes the International Day (weekend actually) of Magic is this weekend. I leave Avelar, Portugal tonight and park near Lisbon airport to be ready to get an early (for me) flight to Gatwick.

This year's convention will have a different slant to it given that my new lady friend Sheila is joining me for the weekend. How she takes to a bunch of nutty magicians will be interesting to find out...

I don't know much about the line up this year but I do know David Sousa, FISM manipulation winner (and in my opinion far better than the Grand Prix winner) will be seen in England for the first time...it will be the fifth and sixth time I have seen his piece and I can't wait...

Because of the current circumstances I will be staying in the convention hotel and hope to post breakfast details in due course...at the money the hotel is charging they better be good.

Last year I had the good fortune to see Rick Merill for the first time. If I see a competition act anywhere nearly as good as he is the trip will be worth it...and if Man City beat Liverpool at Anfield I will be in seventh heaven despite the grief it would cause Paul and Ben Stone...