Night Owl Cards

  I tend to underestimate the size and depth of my collection. When someone says I should set up a table at a show to sell cards, I instantly scoff. I could never have enough cards that could interest people enough to buy them!   That's the way I'm built. I'm not a natural boaster and generally feel inadequate much of the time (though I'm getting better the older I get). I always assume others have more/are better. And that's the way it is in the card world, too.   None of that's true, though. I've been receiving cards from people around the world for more than a decade. It's obvious I have a collection that is both impressive and unique. But I also know there are people out there with far more cards, far more impressive cards, far more expensive cards than me.   I don't know any of those people, I don't think. The one collector that I know who comes close to that -- in my mind anyway -- is Johnny of Johnny's Trading Spot . He's the only ...

I have mentioned before that I do not participate in Black Friday. The reasons are obvious to anyone who chooses not to walk  into a store that day. I also do not participate in Small Business Saturday or Cyber Monday or any other "designated day" to do my shopping. I shop when I want, where I want, nobody going to tell me otherwise. I ain't no sheep. There is this thing on Check Out My Cards in which sellers slash their prices on the weekend of Black Friday. Everyone seems to think this is a good idea. Deals! Deals! Deals! It would be an excellent idea for me, too -- if I had someone on my Christmas list who collects cards. But I don't, which means I don't care what kind of deal you offer me on Black Friday, I'm not buying. By this point, all my cash is going toward family and friends who don't consider cards an ideal Christmas gift. If you wanted my interest, you should've slashed prices around, oh, Sept. 19th, or some time when I actually had...

I'm just noticing the ghostly Clayton Kershaw on this liquorfractor. How did I miss that before? Anyway, the Dodgers will be without the services of Rod Barajas for 2012. He's decided to be a Pirate. No great loss. But the thought of a season with Tim Federowicz and A.J. Ellis isn't making me book reservations for L.A. in October. I received this information in the 45 minutes of free time I had before hitting the job. It's been a very involved week, one that robs you of your creative strength, so when you return home you're only capable of monosyllabic responses. That's fine for the dog, but others have problems with this kind of conversation. It's a problem for the blog, too. Wait, let me check to make sure that's true. ... Uh. Oh. Yup. Buh. 'K. Wha? ... Yeah, that's not going to work. So, in times like these, I guess I'll have to go to my ... M-m-m-m-m-m-iiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...