Blanking

The Collective Troll sent me this card a couple of weeks back. Here is my thought process when I saw the card:

"Wow! A 1961 card! Is that a real '61? (Turns over the back of the card). Yup, a real '61! Awesome."

"It's a Brave. Bob Buhl. Look at those freaky eyes! That's great!"

"Wait. Why did he send me this card? I don't collect Braves."

(Searches card stack for note. Finds note).

Owlie, Bug-Eyed Buhl is coming to get you! Hope these aren't all dupes, enjoy! Troll (smiley-face).

"Hmmm, Bug-Eyed Buhl. That seems familiar. I think that card might've been on one of his blogs."

(Searches Collective Troll ... um, Side of Bacon Card Blog. Can't find it. Searches Nitty Gritty Card Blog. Finds it. Reads post on Buhl. Suddenly recalls commenting on post. Clicks on comments. Reads the first comment).

"night owl said: That Buhl card is GREAT! I'm going to have to acquire it, as it gives me an instant post idea."

Heh.

I have a vague memory of writing that comment and I do think the card is great. But I have no idea what the instant post idea is. None.

Let me just say that I rarely drink when I comment, and everything I say in the comments is what I truly believe. I think this is just a case of "it sucks to get old."

I've been wracking my brain for over two weeks now trying to figure out what marvelous idea I had involving the Bob Buhl card that would make for one jaw-dropping post.

But I'm afraid it's gone forever.

It's still a great card in a very weird, hypnotized-by-aliens sort of way. Kind of like this:

But I don't think that was the post idea.

Oh well. I might as well show the rest of the cards Troll sent before I forget what I'm even doing here.

As you know, Troll held a group break and then sent out all the cards without showing them on his blog. I voted for seeing the cards on the blog, but I think I was voted down. Among the cards he sent were a whole mess of O-Pee-Chee:

Isn't that terrific??!! Writing on photos! Floating heads! Niedenfuer trying to impress me with his blue glove but I still know that he gave up that home run to Clark!

There were a few other OPC needs as well, but before I forget what I'm writing about let's move on to the unopened packs Troll sent. There was Topps Baseball Big and Leaf and those little mini cards from the late 1980s whose name escapes me now -- and that is a very old person thing to say!

Anyway, I opened the Leaf pack (I can't believe how many cards were in each 1991 Leaf pack) and ...

... found two Dodgers that I needed! From a pack of 1991 cards! Amazing!

Then I opened the Baseball Big cards.

A Hershiser card I needed! Astounding! I hope I'm not just forgetting I have this card already because I'm old! But I'm pretty sure I need it!

Then it was on to the Donruss Top of the Order pack, and since I had never even heard of it before, I knew there would be cards in there I didn't have.

And there were two Dodgers I needed in that weird card game set, too!

The mini '80s card was the only pack that didn't yield any Dodgers.

Just a shiny Mark McGwire item. Nifty.

Troll also tailored the card package to my particular wants. He sent the Billingsley-Sutton relic card that I showed earlier. And he also sent these:

A shiny chrome Saito from back in the days when I didn't worry about the bullpen.

A shiny chrome card of a guy the Dodger brass let get away for nothing.

A super spiffy shiny cereal box refractor of Jackie from this year.

And the mini Target card of Jackie that I've been trying to obtain for over a year.

All tremendously terrific cards. I only wish I knew what I was supposed to write about with the Buhl card.