Nothing in common

 Do you ever stare at some recent card arrivals and think that they have absolutely nothing in common enough to write a post about them and then think, 'nah, I'll come up with something."

They sit on your desk day after day waiting for the light bulb to go off.

You think you might have the glint of an idea so that keeps you going for a few more days. Then you forget about it because life says, "you think coming up with a post idea is hard, THIS is hard" and then that shelves any thought there was about these uncommon cards.*

Cards are so varied and come from so many different eras and my interests are somewhat eclectic but maybe there's an idea there? Something about variety and who wants the same old super-shiny, super-prizmy card over and over? Something that I haven't written about before?

But I come up with nothing.

Nothing.**

I do feel bad about this. Ideally, for the cards that arrive from a fellow collector, I'd devote a whole post to just that send. This used to be a rule. But that eventually went by the wayside. It's too difficult to do every time.

Sometimes the ideas just don't fall out. 

 

Not even a guy named "Beeter" can get the brain going. That's kind of sad.***

I tried one more time today to find a common thread among the cards waiting on my desk. I actually stood there for 7 or 8 minutes, staring, staring, waiting for inspiration to come.

Nothing.

 

So here they all are, together in one post. Each distinct in their own way but nothing like each other.****

The only thing they have in common is they are now all in my collection. They are owned by me.

But that's the best thing for cards to have in common.

 

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* - The Mike Piazzas are from Matthew Glidden of The Number 5 Type Collection. They are Japanese phone cards from the '90s. They are much slimmer than the U.S. ones that I'm used to seeing.

 

** - The MSA Ron Cey disc is the latest variation to land in my collection. It's the exceedingly dull "blank back" version. Mostly what's left are more difficult to get but I have my eye on a couple.

 

*** - The Clayton Beeter autograph is from Zippy Zappy. He was concerned when I mentioned that I'm ridding my binder collection of Dodger prospects who never made an MLB dent. Beeter is not with the Dodgers anymore but he could still potentially make the majors, so there's hope for his cards -- though there is no sign of a Dodger uniform here.

**** - Another logo-less card but part of a set chase. Ray Sadecki's high number card gets me down to the final six cards to finish the 1970 Topps set. If I stopped chasing all those other cards and sets I could get this done sooner. But you know how I am.