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Here's to making discoveries among the old and familiar

My favorite thing to do right now is discover music that is new to me. Last night, I came across the Steely Dan song "Showbiz Kids" for the first time in my life. This is a bit embarrassing to admit because I grew up listening to Steely Dan on the radio. I know all of their hits. I know some of their less-familiar songs. I have the track list of "Aja" memorized. But I'm not a Steely Dan super-fan, which means I don't own many of their albums and also that allows me to make cool discoveries like " Showbiz Kids " nearly 50 years after it came out. Discoveries among the old and familiar are the best. That goes for cards, too. Sometimes. I have known that there are "variations" for 1991 Donruss cards for quite awhile, probably even before I started reading card blogs and getting involved in the online hobby community. I was always able to ignore these "differences." It seemed a bit ridiculous to be chasing differ...