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A million years ago

First off, I decided I will be freeing my 1957 Topps "Dodgers Sluggers" card. But I have to say, y'all take the fun out of everything. Pliers? Razors? Consulting a "how-to" video? I want to SMASH things! But maybe, just this once, I'll be a little more careful and put the hammer aside. But only for Skoonj, Gil, Campy and Duke. Anyway, on to the post at hand. Seemingly a million years ago, everyone went great googily moogily for Topps' Million Card Giveaway. Yours truly included. But I haven't thought about it for months. I used to check it daily. For a long time. Then I'd check it weekly. Then monthly. I feel bad about this because I used to berate people who wouldn't check the site when I had a trade offer out for them. And then I go and do the same thing. I'm such a jerk. But I still think the site is cool, and I still think it's fun. And I'm not mad that Topps turned it into a Stephen Strasburg carnival game. And I s...