Night Owl Cards

(I currently owe at least a dozen people cards. Please know that many of them will be on their way in the next seven days. I appreciate all the cards I receive, it's just that the wallet and the clock are always conspiring against me. Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 75th in a series): I'm trying to tie three things together, so let's see if I pull this off. There are a lot of reasons to show this 1974 Topps Don Hood card. There is the palm tree. There is the chain-link fence. There is Hood's resemblance to Burt Reynolds, which has been mentioned many times. There is the Coca-Cola sign, which gives me the chance to show this: Yes, it's crass consumerism. Yes, it's filled with '70s hippy children. However, it is in the top 10 of things that remind me of my childhood, as sad as that might be. But, really, I am showing the Hood card because this will serve as my post about The National, currently taking place in Baltimore. I've been...