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Archive for March 2007

This Blog is Moving Out…

Posted by: leodini on: March 22, 2007

Much as I like blogging here, I have decided to get a paid hosting account for my wordpress.
Starting today, I will no longer post regularly here, except to announce updates of my new blog.
Please follow me to Leodini’s All About the Family.
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The Most Hilarious Card Game for the Family (Part 2)

Posted by: leodini on: March 22, 2007

The Name Game rules are simple. Even small children will have no problem following them. The only requirement is for the players to recognize the values of the cards. In this game, suits don’t count.
To make the game fun, there must be at least four players. Less than four players can in theory play, but [...]

The Most Hilarious Card Game for the Family

Posted by: leodini on: March 14, 2007

Yes, this is a hilarious card game. Not just funny, but hilariously hilarious.
I do not know of any other card game that can make me cry with laughter the way this card game can.
As a Filipino magician, I live through my workaday life with a deck of playing cards as my constant [...]

The Serendipity of 598

Posted by: leodini on: March 8, 2007

My show last Sunday could have been one of the unluckiest in my career had serendipity not stepped in and turned it into a fortunate performance.
The bad luck came in torrents. First, the birthday party show, scheduled from 4 to 6 PM, was held outdoor. The guests did not arrive until 5PM.
At 5.30 PM it [...]

It’s Not Food, Alcohol or Sex that Causes Heart Disease

Posted by: leodini on: March 5, 2007

The experts think they know the causes of heart disease. A Frenchman says the experts are wrong.
He claims that the usual culprits and/or mitigating factors that experts blame or name have nothing to do with coronary diseases, especially in the U.S. Not fatty food, wine or sex causes or lessens the incidence of heart attacks.
The [...]

Lettuce Bikini to Promote Vegetable Eating

Posted by: leodini on: March 3, 2007

I’m baffled.
I’m stumped.
Or maybe I just don’t get it.
I invite you to look at this picture. Reflect on it the way you normally do when you pray the Stations of the Cross. You will understand why I’m confused.
The photo is popular Filipino actress-model Alicia Mayer’s. It shows her posing [...]

Scissors as Anti Classroom Speech Device

Posted by: leodini on: March 3, 2007

In case you didn’t notice it already, one of life’s greatest joys is the human mind’s ability to conjure mental images that trigger other mental images.
I can speak only for humans. I don’t know if chimpanzees have the same ability. I’ve never tried being a chimpanzee. All I can do is assume that, [...]

Hiccups Symphony in E Minor

Posted by: leodini on: March 2, 2007

Florida teenager Jennifer Mee finally cured her endless hiccups after five weeks of suffering.
With what she cured it is not clear. Had she paid attention to the medicines and nostrums she had taken over the last several weeks, she could have identified the remedy and be easily on her merry way [...]

How to Throw a Birthday Party and Keep Your Sanity

Posted by: leodini on: March 2, 2007

How to organize an unforgettable party for their little ones always confounds mothers. It started on the day one social-animal Neanderthal first invented birthday celebrations. Today, one find the question asked frequently on online forums where mothers populate.
I have been meaning to write a short “how to” guide on this topic. I’m sure hundreds [...]

In the Land of Undisciplined Children

Posted by: leodini on: March 1, 2007

As a Filipino magician providing family type entertainment and birthday party magic shows in Metro Manila, I belong to several online e-groups and forums. I consider the parent members of these groups my prospective clients. Discussing with them the difficult buy enjoyable task of raising a family keeps me attuned to their needs. It [...]