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My addeled brain

  I don't know how many card collectors can relate to this, but I'm writing about just one collector here.   I pretty much wrapped up my second straight Beckett Vintage article this past weekend. I sent the images today and will give one more read before sending the article. I basically wrote two magazine stories back-to-back, and let me tell you, they always take more time than I realize. I took the entire afternoon Sunday to finish up the first half I had written Saturday. Good thing it was so hot out that I wanted to stay inside.   The magazine stuff takes me away from my hobby, which is ironic. I've got a lot of incoming cards that I can't get to -- so I do weird things that only make sense to me:   When I receive cards from someone I separate them, cards I need and cards I have. Because there's limited room on the card desk (because all the incoming cards), I usually put the cards in one stack but the ones I own already, I flip them over.    But then I...