Night Owl Cards

I am hoping that no one cracks the Allen & Ginter code this year, that the fad has died out, and next year we will be able to open our A&G without parallel cards with little butterflies or hieroglyphics on them. That probably won't happen, but it does tell you what side I am on when it comes to codes. I don't care, I don't have the time and, again, I don't care. So, why did I offer up the following code in my contest ? Because I know there are some people who like this stuff, and instead of offering a contest where you can win in the laziest way possible -- by simply entering -- I thought a few people might want a reward after a job well done. Unfortunately, as I said before, when it comes to cracking codes, I don't care. So I determined that the randomizer would be the ultimate decider of who wins the contest. If the randomizer chose someone who cracked the code, then they would get some extra cards. If the randomizer did not choose a code cracker,...

A few days ago, I came across an old post of Ben Henry's on The Baseball Card Blog. It was posted during the first half of 2008. It was about the insignificance of the relic card. Yup, relics were officially dull and boring way back then. More than three years ago. Before I even started blogging. Since that time, I have read probably dozens of posts about how the relic card doesn't matter anymore. I'm not going to argue the point, because from the perspective that many are coming from, they're right, it doesn't matter. The relic card has lost its ability to impress. But now it has reached a new low. The relic card has become so unimportant that someone like me is now able to accumulate them without trying. Even I, a common variety set collector who does the vast majority of his card shopping with the other peons at the discount department store, has no trouble pulling relics. Within a two month period this spring, I pulled 11 relic cards. Eleven. I've never ...

How often have you watched a game show and thought: "I should try to get on one of those shows. I wonder what you have to do?" If you're like me, the thought ended there. I've never even attempted to find out how to get on a particular game show, let alone participate, and then appear on television. But I don't feel unfulfilled as a wannabe game show contestant, and that's because there are CARD BLOGGING CONTESTS! Every week or so there's another contest and it's one of the best parts of checking out other people's blogs. Hey, I'm all for reading -- I make my living because there remains a handful of people out there who read -- but when you get a chance to WIN CARDS that kind of makes the reading part a little more worthwhile. It's about as close to being a game show contestant as I'm going to get anyway. I've been lucky enough to win a few prizes since Night Owl Cards began. In some contests I didn't even have to do anything ...