Night Owl Cards

I'm not a movie person. I used to be. But I haven't been for years. When someone references Kick-Ass or Ironman2 or Shrek 46, I feel fortunate to know they are movie titles. I watch very little television, which explains my inability to decipher movie references. If it's on a commercial that doesn't appear with a baseball game, chances are I'm clueless. My deficiency in this area first came to light about 10 years ago, when younger people at work began to reference movie lines with disturbing regularity, and I had no idea what they were citing. Thank goodness I did see "Office Space," or I would've missed out on half the conversations of the last 10 years. This disinterest in movies and television means I am slow in a lot of pop-culture areas. And it's rather drastic. For example, I just acquainted myself with iTunes the other day. That is an embarrassing admission, given that it's been around for almost a decade and ...

After work last night, I opened all 10 of the 10-year-old packs that I dug out of the cheapie bucket at the card shop. I'm really glad I saw that bucket. I almost missed it. It sits on the floor and is at the eye level of a newborn baby. Plus, they moved it from one end of the counter to the other. I nearly left the place with nothing, even though I was in such a card-buying yank that I considered grabbing some 2010 Upper Deck base packs. OK, not really. But I was desperate. The 10-year-old packs I picked up put me in a much better frame of mind. Especially one particular pack of Topps Gallery from 2002. Five of the 10 packs that I bought were '02 Topps Gallery. I like most of the Gallery sets, some more than others. This is one of the better ones. Painted photos, by a stable of artists. They all have a water-color look. It's nice. I never had an opportunity to buy these when they first came out since it was a collecting dark period for me. I'm ...