When I was 28 years old, I had been out in the world making a living as professional magician Steve Trash for more than a decade. I was a good entertainer. I was a good magician. People enjoyed my show, and I worked a lot. I had earned my stripes […]
Character Education
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I’m a shutterbug. I’ve shot photos my whole life (well – for as long as I can remember). Back “in the day” I could even process my own black and white film and print pics as well. I inherited my grandfather’s collection of camera’s (very good ones) when I was […]
… if you know me very well (if not… hi… I’m Steve … nice to meet you), you understand that I am a driven person who works very very hard to be a success. I believe in personal effort. I believe in individualism. I believe in personal achievement. I believe […]
Magic tricks are not real. That probably seems obvious to you. Right? But magic tricks are way more complicated than you might think. I know this because I’m a magician. I’m a professional magician. I’m the one (literally) pulling the strings, hiding the rabbits, and sawing the ladies in half. […]
Do you know this old story? It’s one of my favorites. If you’ve heard it before, please hum along with me. The old man is seated outside with his grandson around a campfire. Off in the distance they hear a pack of wolves howling a call of the wild. The […]
Have you ever wondered how “those people” can be “soooo stupid”? Or how they can “possibly believe that”? One part of the answer is SOCIAL PROOF. We humans are social animals, and at a “base-level” (at our core), we are aware that our perspective on life, living and being is […]
By Steve Trash Rockin’ Eco Hero Recycling is a smart use of the natural resources God has given us. Recycling is important. Recycling matters. If a new aluminum can is made from recycled aluminum it saves 95% of the energy required to make it. Recycling just one ton of cardboard […]
Wrong Shoes Wrong Feet by Rockin’ Eco Hero – Steve Trash Everyone needs it. Everyone wants it. Everyone deserves it. A couple of years ago a little five-year-old kid stood up right in the middle of my show. He shot right up as if he’d been stung by a bee. […]
THANK YOU MRS. GRAHAM by Steve Trash® I was 17 years old, had big plans, and I knew it all. In fact, everyone but me was stupid. My plan was brilliantly simple: I’d drop out of high school, move to Los Angeles, and be famous. To my way of thinking, […]
THE LITTLE RED BALL TRICK by Steve Trash® It was gone. It was completely gone. That little red plastic “magic trick” ball had been there moments before….. now it was gone. Totally gone. I hadn’t done anything. It wasn’t a trick. That little ball had REALLY disappeared. It just disappeared. […]