Night Owl Cards

  This is my most recent Dodger binder -- binder No. 37 -- sitting there on the floor waiting for its forever home on one of two four-tiered card shelving units in the card room.   It's been sitting there for more than a month. I was supposed to figure out a spot for it during vacation last month but that didn't happen. Turns out it's going to take significant thought and upheaval to get that thing in there.   I always thought that when I got to Dodger binder No. 40, I would stop right there. Any other cards gaining entrance would have to boot other cards. But it looks like it's time for that already.   It seems like a send from Johnny's Trading Spot always touches off this kind of talk. An earlier shipment had me kicking out Bowman and Panini cards of supposed Dodger players who never even made the majors. They're in boxes now. But now I'm going to have to go a step farther.   I think next up will be Bowman and Panini cards that just aren't interesting...

  I've mentioned many times lately how difficult it's been to post regularly to my blog.   It may not look like it because I'm still posting around five days a week, but there are lots of posts from the last few months that very nearly didn't make it. It's not a content thing or a lack of will (though I feel that creeping in a bit). It's almost completely a time issue.   I don't know why time is so precious now. I thought I was much busier when there was a young kid to take care of (and shuttle around), yet I was posting twice a day for some of that. But I do know I appreciate it, maybe more than ever, when I can save some time.   Large care packages are terrific. I think everyone agrees with that. It's like Christmas in a box. It also takes a long time to go through, and sort and put away. Days and days and weeks and weeks. Sometimes months. It can be a project in itself, a wonderful project, but it doesn't exactly save time.   Then there are the ca...