Night Owl Cards

    I don't think I need to tell you that I love lists. Half of my blog, probably, is some sort of list. I love making lists. I like compiling those lists into a series (a list of a list). I like organizing my cards according to lists.   I've been doing that since I was a relative tyke, sitting on the bedroom floor, laying out 10 cards (five on each row) in order of career batting order on the back, selecting the next card off the stack to my left, and then shifting the lined-up cards over one according to the new arrival's stats.   Lists are an easy way to make information digestible and entertaining. Creating lists enjoyed a big boost in popularity in the early 1980s, as there seemed to be new books every week about this list or that. Lists fell into overkill, especially since the advent of the internet and a whole bunch of fly-by-night websites that want clicks. But a well-maintained, thoughtful list is always interesting to me. I gravitate toward lists: Top sitco...

A lot of card collectors say they have OCD -- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. And I'm sure some of us do. But others are just making self-deprecating jokes because being a participant in our hobby can mean going through some of the rituals that are tip-offs of OCD behavior. I don't have OCD . Or if I do have it, it is a very, very mild case. But one of the things that I do like to do that is also an OCD warning sign is making lists. I love lists. You may have noticed that. I've made several on this blog. I've compiled lists since I was a youngster. There used to be these books that were published that simply featured a totally random series of lists. I thought those were the most interesting books around. Then there were music countdown shows. I loved those freakin ' things. I wanted to be Casey Kasem . But, you know, a more cool Casey Kasem . I would create weekly top 10 lists of my favorite songs. Seriously, I did this. But at the same time, I had girlfriends....