Night Owl Cards

  I mailed some cards today!!!! Yay me! I knew the way to the post office and everything! I got in line like a big boy and Mr. Post Office Guy recognized me! Little ol' me! Who hadn't been there in at least a month! Heh. So, some card packages are finally out. I didn't get to all of the ones on my desk because let's not get crazy here. The bank account needs to start getting used to double digits. But I feel a little re-energized now that I'm back to transacting like a properly functioning card collector. I feel so good about it that I'm going to show some cards from someone who is still on the IOU list, guilt-free! These cards are from Chris from Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz. I found out he had some 1972 Topps just sitting around and I couldn't stop bothering him after that. But before you see those, let's see some lesser cards. Chris sent several 2008 Heritage High Numbers cards and I totally forgot I was collecting this. B...

Today starts a week in which my workplace has decided that days off are highly overrated. Why do we need days off when it's such a blessing to work where we do? Their solution for anyone who is ill-mannered enough to whine about this arrangement is to "take a day off some other time." Well, March is habitually and wonderfully stuffed with crap, so "some other time" will end up being in April. Let's hope I make it that far. That means posts on this blog will be remarkably devoid of content. I'm not organized enough to plan posts days ahead of time, so keep your expectations low. For example, what you're getting here is a listing of a few one-card trades. Think of it this way: how many times have you cursed me for too many images on one post? This is the opposite of that. First, here's a card from Chris at Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz : Very simple. It's a Finest card from 2009 of Andre Ethier. I have a parallel or two of this item, ...