Night Owl Cards

I made it to the card show. It's incredible the road blocks I dodge to get to one of those things. You'd think it would be a lot easier. A show at the mall, for example. Plenty of parking, easy to get to, peruse some cards while the significant others do some shopping, and grab a bite to eat at the end. Why can't it be that simple? No, around here, it has to be complex, oversized and inconvenient. You want a hobby, night owl? You're going to have to work for it. The show was at the state fairgrounds in Syracuse. That's slightly more than an hour away from me. Normally, the show is in the agricultural building. I know the routine, where to park, etc. But this time someone saw dollar signs and decided to combine the show with the grand finale of Super DIRT Week (this actually happened once before and I refused to go). If you're not familiar with Super DIRT Week, it's the last blast of the season for dirt track auto racers around the country and it...

Spring is typically a dull period in the yearly card cycle. When the buds are on the trees, Topps flagship and Heritage are rotting on the shelves. Allen & Ginter's summer splash is a long way off. I always thought this interesting because spring should be reserved for the very best of what the hobby has to offer. Instead, we get Opening Day and Gypsy Queen. I suppose Archives is around the corner soon, too, but that's not a skirt-blower either. Right now, the new stuff on the shelves where I live is Bowman and Panini's Prizm. Today I bought one pack of each, even though I have no interest in either. But what the hell, let's open a couple of packs of boredom, shall we? I'll start with the Prizm first. I can't show any cards though without first mentioning the name. I never liked the advertising gimmick of purposely misspelling a word to grab attention. I suppose it's delightfully old school to someone, but my fingers practically go into spas...