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Scientific American, Mind & Brain, July 31, 2012

The Chicago born magician David in 1999 and 2000 intensely performed the David Magic Show World Tour and came to Taiwan more then twice for his magic show. David’s magic show was dedicated to the VIP circle only, but the general public could also watch his magic show on television. The magic show on television was sort of interactive show. The year 2000 David Magic Show World Tour had brought him a good fortune, as some US VIP audience ever commented, but the magician David decided to say good-bye to the stage and audience. When he was performing the last scene in his show to extend one hand through the clothe movie screen to come into the stage, synchronized with the scenes, magically. Finally David came out with his beautiful wife and several children, his son and his daughter, to say thank you and wave good-bye. That’s what I remembered about magician David’s show.

There were several newspaper reports locally at Taipei related to the magician David and his show, mostly bad news and related to death. One of these news was about year 2000 on television of a magician David’s escape show. The setting was a huge aquarium, a young girl in red was lying inside the aquarium with water covered, in a fit of spasm, quiet. Later the young girl was put in front of the aquarium on the floor, lost consciousness. The worker in the show heard from the television said that she was just shocked. But the newspaper later reported that the young girl was deceased. Although the young girl was not identified only mentioned as a foreigner, some said that she was the younger sister of movie star Ms. Meg Ryan, heiress of Barnes & Noble.

For those years since 1996 August in the New York City to the later years at Taipei, it was said that the K-Swiss sports shoes manufacturing company that founded in California was also belonging to the property of magician David and the son.

DB, December 11, 2012

English: Residential satellite TV dish receivers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Many, many years ago, rich mom made her children not to be watching television but to be learning to read books. That is, rich mom want to cultivate her children outstanding in the school curriculum, staying away from television and the lure of material world. Therefore, rich mom have the children with books and only media news. How did poor mom think, then? Poor mom used to be the mass media follower, therefore, poor mom had the children with televisions. Set top box, TiVo, Cable TV, Satellite Dish, MTV, blah, blah, blah. Late at night lying on the sofa, children always complaint to their teacher, saying that home was not warm enough. That is, the children used to feel cold at home of the poor mom. Poor mom used to made the children with televisions. That’s how terrific children was suffering neglect in the home by their poor mom.

Rich mom always follows the stock market news, television, radio, internet, etc. Rich mom did not walk away when the stock market occasionally collapsed. Rich mom has their savings and investment in the stock market. Rich mom is also not afraid of manipulation of the market speculators and insiders. Rich mom always takes counsel of the financial celebrity, or maybe the host in the television talk show. So, how about the poor mom? Poor mom want a healthy financial environment, a balanced cash flow spread sheet, not too much leverage of financial tools, steady job, a nice wage. Earnest and young, that’s also welcome to everybody. Poor mom looks into financial mutual funds, makes use of banking services, utilizes every small amount of savings disposable income to the bank financial advice. Poor mom does not gamble with two banks, poor mom only follow her bank. Don’t cry over the spilled milk. Don’t what? What’s that? Mop clear the milk on the floor, is it? That’s the difference I see between rich mom and poor mom for these decades.

DB, October 12, 2012