Night Owl Cards

  The older I get the less I like frosting on my desserts. Chocolate frosting on a cake -- oh, yes, I want that. Frosting on cupcakes, you bet. But not the weird frosting, the purple stuff and the weird trinkets people put in them. I like a cream cheese frosting though, that will put a cake over the top. But frosting on brownies? Stop it. Anyway, less-is-more with desserts these days, but I won't say the same thing with card packages. You want to throw in extras on top of what you intended/announced you will send? I'm all for that. Yes, even ebay sellers -- especially ebay sellers -- who want to send a few randoms. Go ahead. Try to keep it out of the 1987-93 era, but, sure, maybe there's a card in there I could use. I won't be mad. Bloggers are really good at sending extras. I try to do so when I have a few. Why not? They are the frosting on a card package. The sprinkles atop the goodies within. Plop a giant dollop of unexpected cardboard on that card envelope, please! ...

Yesterday it hit 87 degrees. Today, it's supposed to get up to 90. That doesn't happen very often around here, and I didn't think it would happen at all this year given the generally cool summer. Because of that, the air conditioner is still in storage and now it's way too hot to think about hauling it out. Instead, I've got a post handy to fit the occasion. In keeping with the "dog days of summer," I'm going to feature my all-time dog team. These aren't "dogs" in that the players are no-good, lowdown cheating losers. I mean, I don't know them that well. Besides, I've got to keep it light. No negativity. It's 90 out there. Nothing but cool thoughts. These are "dogs," in that all the players feature a "dog" nickname. And somehow I found a player for each position. So I present you with the All-Dog Nickname Team. I don't have a clever name for it. I'm sure you can come up with something on your own. T...