Night Owl Cards

  Merry Dr. Christmas Jones, everyone!   I am writing this post in advance, mostly because I'm not sure if there is going to be any power on Christmas Eve, which is when I traditionally write this. Also, the Bills are on tomorrow afternoon ... um, if there's power.    The storm has hit, it's a whiteout as I write this late Friday afternoon. We're supposed to get like four feet by the end of Monday. That will be the second four-plus-feet storm of the winter already and I'm ready to move out of this stupid place. It only took me 30-plus years.   But let's not diminish the Christmas spirit! I've come here to show cards from others full of Christmas cheer! They sent these cards early enough that they not only showed up in time for Christmas but they arrived before the travel ban and mailmen started being arrested for walking on the streets (this didn't really happen -- I don't think -- I can't even see out my windows).  One person was so on top of th...

How often have you watched a game show and thought: "I should try to get on one of those shows. I wonder what you have to do?" If you're like me, the thought ended there. I've never even attempted to find out how to get on a particular game show, let alone participate, and then appear on television. But I don't feel unfulfilled as a wannabe game show contestant, and that's because there are CARD BLOGGING CONTESTS! Every week or so there's another contest and it's one of the best parts of checking out other people's blogs. Hey, I'm all for reading -- I make my living because there remains a handful of people out there who read -- but when you get a chance to WIN CARDS that kind of makes the reading part a little more worthwhile. It's about as close to being a game show contestant as I'm going to get anyway. I've been lucky enough to win a few prizes since Night Owl Cards began. In some contests I didn't even have to do anything ...