Night Owl Cards

    I crab a lot on this blog. I know that.   This is how I handle stress. Writing gets it all out. I don't drink to excess. I don't speed down the street. I don't gamble or use substances. I don't talk to a therapist. This is it. Whatever is going on my life -- whether it's mentioned specifically or as vaguely as possible -- appears in some fashion on this blog. I'm getting it all out.   So I'm aware I'm turning some people off. I'm "too negative" or maybe not what someone wants to read in their down time. They want to see happy, little cards. I get it. Sometimes when I'm reading blogs, I just want to get in, see the cards, and get out, too. But other times I want to see that the people who are writing about the cards are human, too.   June was a difficult month and full of grousing, when I was blogging at all. So I feel like I should write about the good times, too. Like now.   Now is a good time. I started a vacation. Today. It's...

  Blog readers appear to be on vacation this week, which is fine, it's where I want to be. I don't want to put too much effort into a post today anyway, so I just have a follow-up from a post from a few months ago. Back then I was updating my progress on the Ron Cey MSA discs from 1976-77. The joy of collecting those is certainly not the fronts, with every one basically the same, Cey's hat black as night and a generic vibe you could pick up from yards away thanks to the blazing yellow edges (it was the '70s).   No, the goodness is on the back.     I showed off nine versions on that post. I've since added two more. I wanted to have more by this point, but I get distracted by so much card stuff and some of the variations aren't easy to find. Here are the two I've added: Towne Club Pop Centers. And Holiday Inn. So that brings me to 11. If I add the smaller Wiffle Ball disc in my collection, that's a full dozen.   But there are too many differences between ...