Night Owl Cards

  Before I get to the main theme of the post, I wanted to poll the card bloggers -- at least the ones who use Blogger -- and ask, in the last two weeks or so, what time does your post show up on blog rolls and Blogger's reading list after you post it?   I'm asking because it's been very frustrating for me, hitting publish -- both here and the 1993 Upper Deck blog -- and then not seeing that post pop up on blog rolls/reading list for hours, sometimes a day ... or more.   A couple of examples.   My last post on Saturday, " Going to the Files ," didn't show up on either of those two Blogger notification systems for hours. I published it around 5 p.m., early for me. But it didn't show up until the next day after I got up in the morning -- then there it was, saying I published it 12 hours prior.   On Sunday, I made a post to the 1993 Upper Deck blog. I published it around 2 in the afternoon. At 8:30 p.m., my blog roll, which includes both of my blogs, said thes...

Father's Day is coming up and I am not one of those dads who you throw a tie or wooden duck at and hope he goes away. I know what I want and there is no shortage of options for you to choose from either. I expect it to be that way when I'm long into retirement, too. I will always want something. Just ask. There's nothing more infuriating than when you ask someone what they might want for an upcoming birthday or holiday and they say, "oh, I don't need anything." I didn't ask you what you NEED. I asked you what you WANT. Everybody wants something. Now tell me. Don't be dopey. So, yeah, I want stuff and I'm happy to broadcast it during gift-giving season. But apparently I am still difficult to buy for. Even though my want list is vast and I am 100 percent certain that there are hundreds upon thousands of cards that I want that aren't even listed there, people say I'm tricky when it comes to finding cards for me. In fact, that was m...