Paste-bored?

In offering this blog to the internet the writer uses no sophistry as an excuse for its existence. The hypocritical cant of reformed (?) gamblers, or whining, mealymouthed pretensions of piety, are not foisted as a justification for imparting the knowledge it contains. To all lovers of pasteboards it should prove interesting, and as a basis of card entertainment it is (actually) exhaustible. It may caution the unwary who are innocent of guile, and it may inspire the crafty by enlightenment on artifice. It may demonstrate to the cardician that he cannot beat another cardician at his own art- only add to it- and it may enable the skilled in deception to take a (short) course in the highest and most artistic branches of his vocation. But it will not make the innocent vicious, or transform the pastime player into a professional; or make the fool wise, or curtail the annual crop of suckers; but whatever the result may be, if it is read it will accomplish the primary motive of the author, as he needs the money. 

OK so I left the last bit in because it would be blasphemy to alter such a famous line. Money is of no concern. Nonetheless, it sort of gets across my reasons for starting this blog. They are as follows:

• Whilst I am only a mere mortal, I occasionally have ideas regarding pasteboards which may be of genuine interest to other lovers of tricks and advantage-play artifice. 
• These ideas are not exactly groundbreaking, and would not warrant any real sort of publication.
• This blog is free.
• Anyone interested can view it.
• I want to share the ideas I have so that someone else perhaps can use them in another context.
• Etc.

The only exception to this is Erdnase. Since is is no longer under copyright, the rules are different. Even so, you all should know Erdnase off by heart anyway