Night Owl Cards

I know myself so well. I'd say a good 10 percent of the posts on this blog are about how slow I am. I'm fairly punctual in real life, but when it comes to the hobby, forget it. Who can keep up anyway? Johnny's Trading Spot has been sending piles of cards around the country lately and my gift arrived in late July. "Christmas in July" said the note, and I looked at the calendar. "There is no way I am going to get this on the blog while it's still July," I said. Here we are, nine days past July -- well past the time others have displayed their same packages -- and I'm just getting to this. But I like this. I like "Christmas in August," better than Christmas in July. Who needs Christmas in July? July is already packed with my birthday, vacations, the 4th, and we want to throw another Christmas on it? Put it in August when I can use it! August has always been the most depressing month for me, I've mentioned this before. It...

The trouble with trying to make a trade post more than a trade post is I always end up with leftover cards that don't fit into whatever topic I am addressing. They are square pegs (no, I never watched the show) that are significant on their own but are unable to conform to the latest discussion on this blog. To go along with that, there have been an abundance of one-card plain white envelope packages arriving -- what folks are calling PWE bombs -- but it's difficult to write one-card posts all the time. These are all items that are more than worthy of showing and I definitely don't want to ignore the fact that someone sent them to me. So let's have a look at what has been messing up my card desk and undermining my 2013 mission to stay on top of card clutter. I'd recommend not clicking away to something else. There's some good and varied stuff here. This is yet another card from Jaybarkerfan's Junk . It is my first relic card of former Dodgers s...