In early May, I realized that it had been a long time since I had even looked at the baseballcardstore website . In the past five years I've made purchased from there two or three times a year. It's a great place to find cheap cards and there's been the bonus of Steven sending cards my way just because or producing made-to-order Dodgers packages for me to grab at my convenience. But as the site grew more popular I found less and less of interest. All the good stuff seemed to be snapped up right away. And there was another Dodgers super-collector who had discovered the site who was grabbing anything I wanted. Eventually I just stopped checking it out. When I realized that it had been a year since I had placed an order I resolved to find stuff that fit my collecting interests. If I really tried, it shouldn't be that difficult. I like a lot of stuff. And the cards are cheap, so make an effort, night owl! It took awhile -- so little time to devote an...
One of the interesting elements of returning to listening to current music over the last four or five years is the realization that bands from when I was young are still making music, albums even. When I stopped keeping up on new releases I guess I just assumed all those '70s and '80s bands and singers stopped playing, too. But, yeah, some of them are still going -- like did you know Robin Trower just released another album? He's 80! Good for him. Most recently, the band Styx has released an album , it's their 18th. (Two members from the '70s, Tommy Shaw and James Young, are still with the band). The physical copy is available to buy now from the band's website. But it won't hit streaming services and other online sites until next month. That's a cool nod to those who like to own physical media. I suppose a "dinosaur band" would be in tune with that. My Styx phase was very brief. A few years in high school, that's it. My introduct...