Folks: I had the pleasure of attending a lecture from Mark Zacharia last night at the Delaware Knights of Magic. What I particularly enjoyed about the lecture was not only his focus on effects that play well in restaurants, but the thinking the goes into the presentation of each. From “what do you say as you approach a table,” to “what’s the first effect you do to engage as many at the table as you can,” to the blocking of individual effects, Mark’s obviously given a great deal of thought to his craft. And it shows. — Steve Friedberg