Kingside Castling

This month’s Saga has an extra twist in it. The effect itself comes from Jay Sankey’s Underground Jam. Two days after the filming of the Underground Jam my father passed away. He was the man who showed me my first magic trick, and was a total chess nerd.

So I named this trick for him. It just so happens that his birthday is this month, so the timing of the release of this Saga Story is perfect . . .

What’s black and white and lame all over . . . yep a chess board. Or rather a chess “bored.” Yeah, I’m a nerd, and I like rubik’s cubes, and magic, and math, but chess? Really? Nobody’s that nerdy? Well maybe some people are, but they’re nerds! Wait . . . wasn’t that my point!? I have no idea what I’m talking about.

All I know is that I’m stuck on this stupid checker board. I’m supposed to be the boss, but I’m only allowed to move a little bit at a time, one step at a time unless, some lame-o “castle” who has pretty much free reign of the lair, decides that he wants to be near me . . . then fine . . . he lets me move 2 steps.

I thought I was the king . . . then along comes Stone Cold Magic and somehow a card trick – It is an amazing card trick – takes over the world of Kingside Castling and suddenly my little “knights” near the castle are over. I’ll get you Stone Cold Magic. Curse you . . . I’ve now been shifted from checkerboard to Hoyletown . . . [shudder] [shiver] . . .