Yes! 45 codes!

Hooray! I just pulled my 45th Topps Million Code card! I got it out of a rack pack at Target where I pack searched the see-through wrappers for a blue border chose a pack completely at random without looking (could have been am O-Pee-Chee Hockey rack for all I knew) and was extremely lucky!

Yay! One more code entered and I win a complete set for FREE (plus shipping and handling fees) of a bunch of cards I've already got from ripping all those packs for the code cards!

Ron LeFlore Shawn LeShmore. I WANT A FREE SET.

DIG DIG DIG

DIG DIG DIG

DIG DIG DIG

DIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO! I got 45 codes! UFCK YAEH!!!! hey wait, howcome it sez I have 45 rings but the thermometer thingy hasn't hit the set yet?

OH CRAP. I gotta trade my double rings.

#^@$%!

Ok, I'll start trading. Not like I had a post on Charlie Silvera to write today.

CRAP CRAP CRAP

I accidentally traded a Musial ring instead of the Ted Williams I got doubles of.

CRAP CRAP CRAAAAAAP. My OCD will not allow this to stand.

(4 trades later)

OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE

I KNOW I CAN TRADE TED FOR A CRUMMY PIRATES RING OR SOMETHING BUT I NEED MY MUSIAL BACK

UGH. Lemme see what's going on over on the card trade side.

Ok Topps. Why the hell are these buttons over in the Ring Trade section,

But NOT in the card trade section??? You just want to waste my damn time, don't you?

Seriously, what the heck is this.

BAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFF

Ah screw the set. I'm watching ponies.

Boo!

WOOOOOO FRANKENSTEIN!

That's right Frankie, you walk out on that golddigger! You're free as a bird, baby! Ain't nobody gonna tie down the Stein!

In related news this:

Trick or Treat!

You know Who has been at it again. He's already tricked people, the cad! What horrors will the Vincent Price of the blogging world have for yours truly? You shall find out tomorrow morning once I've built up the nerve to open the package. Till then, enjoy this unexpectedly philosophical musing from the back of a 1961 Leaf Spook Stories card:



You know, now that I come to think of it, I don't believe in people...

They were saying Boooo-urns

Sarah Palin got booed tonight when she dropped the ceremonial first puck tonight at the Philadelphia Flyers game. No one with any sense ever thought this was a good idea. Philly fans have booed Beyonce, the Philly Phanatic and Santa Claus. What chance did a controversial Vice Presidential candidate who got hit with accusations of ethics violations just the night before have?

When Palin took center ice, she initially was greeted by a round of boos for the first 15 seconds of her two-minute appearance.

After that, there were cheers.

But throughout the appearance, there was a competition among chanters, with some yelling, “Palin, Palin” and others shouting, “Obama, Obama.’

The fact that she dragged her poor kid out there to face the Philly horde didn't make things any better. The New York Times has an angle on the incident I didn't even think about before now:

The level of discomfort has been palpable for the Rangers’ two Alaska natives, Gomez and Brandon Dubinsky, as they have been asked questions about Palin and the election in recent weeks. Dubinsky, a 22-year-old who has shied away from nothing since he broke in with the Rangers last year, looks petrified when the topic is brought up.

Hockey players don't need to deal with this shit. The fans who were there for the home opener didn't need to deal with this shit and that poor kid sure didn't need to see her mom booed by several thousand people.



A big fat BOOOOOO to the owner of the Flyers for pulling this crap.

UPDATE: Not making this up. Here's some background info:

Official press release from the Flyers - 10/8/08
The appearance was a tie in with an "Ultimate Hockey Mom" contest.

Reaction to the announcement from Flyers fans on the official team forum.

The New York Post (not an unbiased source, obviously) lambastes the move as a political stunt by Flyers CEO and McCain/Palin supporter Ed Snider.

ESPN article on the puck drop.