My hobby's chief responsibility is to balance out life's negatives. The hobby is fun for me. It's my No. 1 source for it. It counters the drudgery, the responsibilities, the weather, the medical issues, the unnecessary drama and the relentless work schedule. It's the balance in my life. That's why I look askance at anyone using the hobby exclusively to shill or take advantage of people. Cards are not a business for me (though I sell when it's a no-brainer), but a free pass away from the business side of life. In the last 5 or 6 years it seems like fewer people in this hobby understand that, but fortunately there are still many that do. Not by coincidence, a number of those people still run blogs. I received an unexpected package last week from Rod of Padrographs . I don't really know why, but he's very good at just-because packages. He's also very good at knowing what the hobby should be about for most people: Not super-serious, not cranky...
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