Night Owl Cards

  For the last year-plus, my Wednesday workload has been what used to be the job of 4-5 people.   That meant that virtually my entire day was devoted to the job, even the so-called "off-hours" of the day. And many weeks work tasks bled into Tuesday, too. Writing a blog post on Wednesday was usually impossible.   However, finally, after wondering how long I would put up with this, yet another downsizing has meant that I'm getting my Wednesdays back. Beginning next week, Wednesday will be just like any other day of the work week.    I'm really happy about this, even though I have to get through this Wednesday first. As a bit of a pre-celebration with (checks clock) very little time, I'm squeezing in a short post. I received some cards yesterday from a stack sale over on Bluesky. After directing some of the cards to fellow collectors' stacks, I have eight cards left for my collection that I will count down.   Nothing exciting -- except to me, of course. Here t...

I recently received some cards from two different blogging buds. The envelopes from each featured vastly different cards, but there was one thing in common with both of them. First the cards from Daniel of It's Like Having My Own Card Shop (come back to your blog, Daniel!)     Many of the cards he sent that I needed were shiny -- I mean super-shiny, like that Puig example.   OK, that one isn't shiny, just mini.   But these are shiny and they are also cards that are the theme of the post title. They will not stay flat. I could place them under a large box filled with my Dodgers dupes for six months and they still wouldn't be as flat as your average card. And you know what, it doesn't bother me much -- in this example. I  will put them in a binder and they won't warp the pages, so it's all cool. I will always give a pass to something in pretty colors. The other envelope was from J...

  A ranking post is the default setting on this blog. It's incredibly easy to rank things -- at least for me -- and some think it's the lazy way to address a topic or even as a blog post topic. In fact, I've read others say they really dislike rankings or top 10s, and to that I say: "well you've just hit No. 3 on my list of Opinions That Signify We Can Never Be Friends." Come on, ranking is fun! I've been writing lists since I was probably around 12. But I don't need to give you any history, if you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you've come across a ranking or two or three. And I don't apologize for it, some of them are among my most popular posts. I'm always in search of a way to rank baseball cards that interests me. I've done the Best of the '70s and Best of the '80s card countdowns and I'm in search of something similar (but different) to do in the future. I have nothing nearly as in depth right no...