Night Owl Cards

(I looked up what national food day it is today because there's always a food day celebration. Today is National Chip and Dip Day -- my wife will be thrilled -- and National Melba Toast Day. But actually, around here, it's National Donut Day because someone dropped off three DOZEN donuts at work today because I wrote a story about his kid. Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 320th in a series): I'm willing to guess that some collectors would vote Wes Covington into the Cardboard Appreciation Hall of Fame right now. They'd probably also consider him a Legend Of Cardboard. It's true that this particular card, his fantastic 1961 Topps item, is a worthy Cardboard Appreciation Hall of Famer. And when the time comes to vote in the next candidate, he will get his shot, and I expect the card to do very well. But the standards for a Legend Of Cardboard are even higher. These are my standards alone, so you're welcome to build your own Legend Of Cardboard buildi...

A Topps coupon for cents off on a Heritage blaster still resides in my pocket. I'm making fewer and fewer trips to Target these days because pulling Diamondbacks and Marlins is really getting annoying. I've finally become disciplined enough to focus any extra cash on a COMC purchase rather then taking my chances on a pack rip. Does this mean I'm done with pack-ripping for good? Absolutely not. It wouldn't be the hobby without it. I'm just reining it in more. Besides the whole "getting exactly what I want" thing, an online purchase helps me obtain something else I can't get at the card aisle. Online exclusives. Yes, I know how annoying online exclusives are. You really try to put them out of your head and treat them like they're not even cards. I feel ya. I do the same thing. But sometimes, there's some card that's just too appealing, and before you even know it's an online exclusive, it's in your cart and you've stuff...