Hi!  I have been collecting playing cards for a couple of years now.  I have frequented this and other forums all the while and have learned a great deal. Thanks to all the people who post, you are heroes!

 I mostly go to charity shops and pickup whatever decks they have, wait for clearance at Walgreen's, and buy new released cards.   I have gotten a few decks from kick starters also.   I have been practicing sleights and flourishes but I am terrible at them.  I live in Florida near Daytona Beach which has a pretty great magic shop.  I have been getting more gaffed decks recently.

I am interested in playing cards because they represent an unspoken design, chance and iconography creating order, imperfect information and the art of manipulating assumed outcomes. My wife and cats think I am crazy.  I am a 40 something year young man. Currently I pass time watching magic tutorials and cardistry videos on YouTube.   I look forward to pretending like I know what I am talking about here  

What else?  Any questions let me know. 

-Chris