Night Owl Cards

  Everyone seems to love Buffalo these days, at least from a football perspective (unless you're a weird Jets, Dolphins or Patriots fan). I'm not used to it, most long-time Bills fans aren't. Just about all of my life, the Bills have been ridiculed for either being lousy, losing four straight Super Bowls or just playing in a location that gets a crazy amount of snow. "None of those people ever lived in Buffalo," I'd tell myself.   But now that doesn't matter, even people who never set foot in that city are riveted by Josh Allen and the Bills and celebrating the team. Even if I don't get some aspects of the current fan base -- the "Bills mafia" was never a thing back in the '80s and '90s and -- I smile inside when my city, the one I wish I could live in again, is praised. It's all over all the social medias, and it feels good to root for a team so loved, to be in this very odd era of good feeling, after having to explain myself for...

Oof, yesterday was a rough one. A longtime and well-loved former co-worker passed away over the weekend. I worked closely with him for a number of years and I'm almost the last one around from when he was working there, so I wrote the remembrance for him in the paper.   It was a long day and wore me out. But I appreciate the opportunity, although the rest of the week won't be any easier.   It's also another road block in my attempt to do card things and nothing but card things, so the 5,000-post/card giveaway encountered a little hiccup. But it's still in motion!   I had started out sending packages in the order of how winners commented on the giveaway although there was no real order set out. Then in the middle of packaging the repack giveaways, I got an envelope from Jeff of Wax Pack Wonders . He sent a note saying he was sending a few return cards before he forgot in anticipation of receiving his giveaway package. And, just like that, I instinctively started filling ...