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Veronique

Veronique (?Vera? or ?Neek? to friends) Booher joins the Inside Magic staff. Ms. Booher is from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and is currently attending the University of Michigan School of Business for her MBA in Personnel/Finance. Her father was the great cardman, Paul Bland.

Mr. Bland was the close-up magician in Palm Beach during the 1950?s and 1960?s. He worked at the Kenya Club until the time of his death in 1988. It was by pure chance that Vera came to our attention. I posted an advertisement at the business school seeking an editor and free-lance writer.

I said I was looking for someone with an interest in Magic and who could dedicate 10 to 20 hours a week. Vera was the best candidate ? even before I knew who her dad was.

We welcome her to the staff. I hope you enjoy her takes our Art. I am begging her to put together some history of her father and all the great people he met. I?ll let you know if I wear her down.

Without further ado, let me introduce Ms. Booher’s first story for Inside Magic.

Said in Seance, “I Haven’t Picked a Candidate Yet.”

Senator…

Veronique

I said I was looking for someone with an interest in Magic and who could dedicate 10 to 20 hours a week. Vera was the best candidate ? even before I knew who her dad was.

We welcome her to the staff. I hope you enjoy her takes our Art. I am begging her to put together some history of her father and all the great people he met. I?ll let you know if I wear her down.

Without further ado, let me introduce Ms. Booher’s first story for Inside Magic.

Said in Seance, “I Haven’t Picked a Candidate Yet.”

Senator Kerry (D.Mass.) visited Appleton, Wisconsin as part of his Midwest campaign. Ten thousand stood in the rain to hear the Democratic candidate for president. While strategists may know Appleton as an important stop in an important state, magicians know it as the adopted hometown of Harry Houdini.

Senator Kerry invoked the great performer?s name and reputation in his attack on President George W. Bush. President Bush was delivering a campaign speech 20 miles away (also in the rain).

Senator Kerry told the crowd: ?They told me that Appleton was the hometown of Harry Houdini,? Kerry said. ?I said to myself, ?That?s perfect.? Because George Bush keeps trying to hide all his mistakes. It occurred to me that even Harry Houdini couldn?t hide George Bush?s mistakes.?

Kerry rolled into Appleton in a caravan that included a convoy of seven buses, and 110 members of the national traveling press.

You can read the full article from which this snippet was snipped here.