Night Owl Cards

A couple of weeks ago, when the Topps Million Card Giveaway was in full "Must Have Tickle-Me-Elmo" mode, I would pingpong between blogs that were featuring their million card "winnings" and salivate. The cards I redeemed sucked, but the ones others redeemed most definitely did not. I particularly remember this 1972 Rennie Stennett card popping up on someone's blog. As a periodic collector of the '72 set, I knew I didn't have that card yet. And it bothered me that someone else had redeemed it. Well, now, I have the Rennie Stennett card. And it's not because I traded with that blogger (I don't even remember which blog it was), or bought it online. It's because of a fine card collector named Randall, who has sent me many great cards over the months. Randall sent a number cool items that I'll show in a minute. But the cards came at a time when I could particularly use them. With the Giveaway smiling down on just about everyone else, I...