Night Owl Cards

Some people don't believe in God. An omniscient, all-powerful entity that sees all, knows all and loves all is beyond their abilities of comprehension. I'm not one of those people. I'm not going to go into the reasons why or have a debate. This is not a theological blog. But I will give you the one-word reason for why I do believe. Faith. Nothing different than the next believer. Faith, or "trust," runs the world in many ways. It runs churches, hospitals and schools. It's the undercurrent in business, government and functioning society. It creates good neighbors, marriages, parents and children. We owe a lot of what's good in the world to faith, the belief in the good of your fellow man, and the belief in the good of a divine god. Because, let's face it, if there were no believers -- no one who believed in the good of God and no one who believed in the good of their fellow man, anarchy would be everyone's No. 1 problem. Belief is v...

(This is the anniversary of something I can't mention on this blog. ... Hey, LOOK!!! ... CARDS!!!!! ... I knew that would distract you. Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 131st in a series): All right, the scan of this card is going to sabotage the point of this post. But it's too late to be tinkering with settings on my scanner. What I want to say is this card here is a perfect card. Well, as perfect as a card of a non-Dodger can be. This is why: There are really only three elements that I consider in what makes up a perfect card. 1. Card design 2. Photograph 3. Something special that enhances the photograph. That's all that needs to be evaluated. Nothing about the player's rookie-ness, no super-bwahaha patch, no autograph, no piece of loin cloth. Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be. Just: Card design Photograph Something special that enhances the photograph. The 2009 Topps Chrome David DeJesus card has it all....