Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for January 25, 2020

Clayton has to learn the hard way.

You’re hurting his self esteem

The only worthy goals are the hardest to reach. But you feel so awesome when you get there.

Homer Simpson would be proud.

Clayton, the only way this could be easy is if Kevin James came over and made you an Instant Magician.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdiHTL22TGk

Ahhh … the short-sighted impatience of youth.

Gotta find something that you want and enjoy enough to make the time.

yeah…we have the ULTIMATE PROOF that he is HIS son.

Yeah, it takes years of work and determination to get to the point where you can make things look easy.

adult n. one who can forego instant gratification for future gain

If you’re lucky you’ve got years to learn it. Even less time if you want to make it a comedy act.

Have you considered a lucrative career as a comic strip character?

I read the instruction manual for my balalaika as far as “Practice an hour every day.” If I had an hour a day, I’d put it into my keyboards.

I prefer then street magicians with their card and coin tricks. It takes practice and skill to do those. The flashy big trick magic is all done with elaborate mechanisms and back stage trickery. Thought but not so much skill.

No shortcuts on the road to earned success…