THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY EIGHT - Q

REMEMBER WHEN Q USED TO BE A COOL LETTER, I HATE THIS CENTURY

Quantifying a Quintet of Quarter Box Qards

REALLY STRETCHING FOR THIS ONE. I HAD COMPLETELY LOST ANY BLOGGING ACUMEN I EVER HAD BY THIS POINT

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE 4/09/2015

Oh look I'm alive and somewhat refreshed after a little hiatus. Let's show off some cards!

I HAD SUCH GOOD INTENTIONS AND IT ALL WENT TO SHIT. EDITOR'S NOTE: I AM STILL BARELY ALIVE AND NOT AT ALL REFRESHED. I DID HAVE A GOOD DAY AT THE QUARTER BOXES FIVE YEARS AGO THOUGH. WHY I CHOSE TO SCAN FIVE GROUPS OF FIVE CARDS EACH WHEN GROUPS OF FIVE CARDS DO NOT SCAN WELL IS BEYOND ME

BARVES DEPT:

HEYWARDS! SHINY SHINY HEYWARDS, BOUGHT RIGHT AFTER HE GOT DUMPED TO THE CARDINALS AND HAD A CAREER YEAR. OH WELL SHINY HEYWARDS STILL MAKE ME HAPPY, EVEN IF THEY ARE CUBS CARDS NOW. I CLEANED UP ON THESE QUARTER CARDS, THAT CHROME IS EVEN A REFRACTOR. I ALSO GOT A CARD OF THAT OTHER GUY, FRANKLIN FELDMAN OR SOMETHING. I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM

OH YAH M V P BAY BEE COVID CHAMPION

90S SHINY DEPT:

IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY COOL 90S INSERTS ARE LANGUISING IN QUARTER BOXES. OR WERE AT LEAST, BEFORE LOCKDOWN BOREDOM DREW A BUNCHA NOOBS INTO THE MARKET BUYING UP EVERYTHING. WILL QUARTER BOXES EVEN EXIST WHEN IT'S SAFE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE? WILL I? I HOPE I GET TO SCROUNGE SOME COOL SHINIES NEXT YEAR BUT I'M NOT HOPEFUL. THE ONLY NON-INSERT IS THE DIT CUT CROWN COLLECTION CHIPPER WHICH IMAY AS WELL BE AN INSERT. 

THE OTHERS INCLUDE: 

A SPORTS ILLUSTRATED TONY GWYNN ROAD TO COOPERSTOWN INSERT THAT IS VERY HOLOFOILY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHICH OF THE THREE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SETS IT'S FROM

UPPER DECK THEN & NOW ACTUAL HOLOGRAMY CARD OF RYNE SANDBERG. HE LOOKS GREAT IN A PHILLIES UNI

KIRBY PUCKETT UPPER DECK IOOSS COLLECTION. I WANT TO BUILD THIS SET BUT THESE BUGGERS ARE HARD FOR ME TO FIND FOR SOME REASON

FLEER ULTRA POWER PLUS A-ROD BEFORE EVERYONE HATED HIM. THIS ONE IS HOLOFOILY AND EMBOSSED. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF POWER PLUS WAS ONE OF THE HARDER INSERTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND I HAVE NO TIME TO LOOK IT UP. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT VALUE AND SCARCITY, JUST ENJOY HALL OF FAME SHINY

AND A-ROD IS A FUCKING HALL OF FAMER. IT MIGHT BE AFTER HE'S DEAD SINCE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE M.O. OF HALL GATEKEEPERS FOR PEOPLE THEY DON'T LIKE BUT HE'LL BE IN THERE EVENTUALLY SO NO SASS

MOSTLY FAKE OLD DEPT:

I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO CATEGORIZE THESE. LEGEND SET, RETRO SET, NUMBERED SP FROM A WANNABE RETRO SET, ACTUAL OLD CARD AND STRAIGHT UP REPRINT. 

FLEER GREATS WAS A SUPER BRAND AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THIS 59 TED WILLIAMS DESIGN STEALING SET IS PRETTY COOL LOOKING. CAN'T GO WRONG WITH ANY CARD OF SATCHEL PAIGE

UPPER DECK ORIGINS WAS A GODDAMN TRAINWRECK THOUGH. GOOFY HIGH END GREEN BORDERS SURROUNDING ANCIENT CARD DESIGNS PACKAGED IN A SPENDY TIN OR SOMETHING. JUST NOT GREAT AT ALL. I WAS INSANE FOR RETRO CRAP AND EVEN I WAS LIKE WTF IS THIS MESS. MIKE SCHMIDT OLD JUDGE CARD THO

DONRUSS CLASSICS WAS HIGH CLASS FOR BROKE PEOPLE. ALL SILVER BORDERS EVERYWHERE LIKE IT WAS 1991 LEAF AND THE BASE SET HAD SERIAL NUMBERED CARDS SO SETS WERE IMPOSSIBLE AND COMMONS WERE TRASH. HOWEVER, BO JACKSON SERIAL NUMBER

I USED TO LIKE 67 TOPPS BETTER THEN 66 TOPPS BUT NOW THAT'S REVERSED SOMEHOW BUT I'M NOT SUPER CRAZY ABOUT EITHER ONE IF I'M BEING HONEST. MICKEY LOLICH WAS A GREAT PITCHER AND WAS SOMEHOW IN A QUARTER BOX  BECAUSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT SOLID PITCHERS ANYMORE LIKE DAVE STEIB AND TIM HUDSON. WHO CARES, GIMME DA PITCHERS

THIS '33 LAJOIE REPRINT IS THE ONE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN A CARD COLLECTOR SET IN THE 80S AND HAS BRIGHT YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS ON THE BACK WITH INFO ABOUT THE CARD ON IT. THE CARD VALUE IS LISTED AT $7500 IF THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW OLD THE CARD IS. IT'S PRACTICALLY VINTAGE ITSELF

THIRD BASE DEPT:

DUDE AT THE SHOW ALWAYS HAS A QUARTER BOX WITH LOTS OF RANDOM STUFF IN IT. HE'S ALWAYS REFILLING IT WAS WHATEVER JUNK HE HAS LYING AROUND AND SOMETIMES HE GRABS FROM THE NOT-JUNK PILE. YES, i GOT VINTAGE BEAT-UP BRETTS FOR A QUARTER EACH. TWENTY CENTS, REALLY SINCE THEY ARE FIVE FOR A BUCK. THE 80S SCHMIDTS WERE JUST A BONUS

1960 SET DEPT:

YAY 1960 TOPPS! I'VE LOVED THIS SET SINE I GOT A SMALL PILE OF EXTREMELY TRASHED COMMONS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID INCLUDING TONY TAYLOR AND RAY SADECKI. THE BRIGHT COLORS, UNIQUE HORIZONTAL DESIGN WITH TONS OF PORTRAITS AND COOL OLD-TIMEY LOGOS MAKE ME HAPPY. I SNAGGED EVERY ONE I COULD FIND WITH A .25 WRITTEN ON THE PENNY SLEEVE ALTHOUGH IN FULL DISCLOSURE ONE OF THEM MAY HAVE BEEN .35. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I COULD HAVE GOTTEM ZIM FOR A QUARTER. OLD ME MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DECIEVE YOU. BUT MAYBE NOT, THIS SELLER OFTEN HAS SUPER CHEAP VINTAGE. IM VERY TIRED NOW SO I'M GOING TO STOP TYPING AND NOT EVEN BOTHER EDITING. LET ME KNOW ABOUT ALL THE TYPOS AND AWKWARD PHRASING

THE TREE'S REALLY STARTING TO GET FILLED UP 

HO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM

THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY SEVEN - YET ANOTHER ROGER SHOW

SO HERE'S THE DEAL MY LOVELIES: WORK IS A NIGHTMARE RIGHT NOW AND THERE ARE EIGHT CARDS IN THIS POST. I WILL DO MY BEST TO WRITE SOMETHING BUT THERE IS ABOUT A 91.2% CHANCE I WORK FROM THE MOMENT I WAKE UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY. IF THAT HAPPENS, THIS IS ALL YOU GET BUT I'LL TL;DR IT FOR YOU:

AS THE TITLE SEZ, THESE ARE PICKUPS FROM YET ANOTHER ROGER SHOW. THERE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 15-18 CARDS THAT CAME HOME WITH ME BUT I TRIED TO SQUASH THEM ALL INTO A TOP TEN LIST AND WROTE FOUR DRAFTS AND THEN FLAKED OUT AND DIDN'T POST ANYTHING. THE BLOG MORE OR LESS COLLAPSED FROM EXHAUSTION IN 2013 SO IT'S TO BE EXPECTED. THESE ARE THE EIGHT WORST CARDS I BOUGHT SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE QUALITY OF THE REST

January '15 Vintage Card Show Top 10: #10 - The Rejects

ORIGINALLY SAVED ON 1/12/2015

GOT OUT BEFORE MIDNITE, i'LL TYPE AS MUCH AS I CAN BEFORE 11:49

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THESE THREE CARDS ARE 'REJECTS' MAINLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FIT IN ANY OF THE OTHER POSTS. I WISH I COULD GET MY HANDS ON SOME REJECTS RIGHT NOW

HAVE BEEN HALF-ASSEDLY TRYING TO COMPLETE 1976 TOPPS FOR A WHILE NOW BUT IT TAKES A BACK SEAT TO 1953, 1956, 1960 AND 1972. I FOUND A NICELY WRECKED ROLLIE IN THE BARGAIN BIN, ROLLIE IS FOREVER A BREWER TO ME BUT I LOVE FINDING HIM AS AN A 

BEFORE YOU SCROLL DOWN, WHAT ARE THE FIRST NAMES OF LOWN AND STALEY. 

I DIDN'T REMEMBER EITHER. THE WHITE SOX HAD A NICE TEAM IN THE LATE 50S-EARLY 60S, WERE USUALLY SECOND OR THIRD IN THE LEAGUE AND THE MOMENT THE ALCS BECAME A THING THEY STARTED STINKING. REALLY A BUMMER. BEEN TRYING TO SPECIFICALLY COMPLETE THE FIRST SERIES OF 1960 TOPPS AND THIS WAS ONE MORE PIECE TO THAT GOAL

HALL OF FAME ROOKIE CARD! THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT. I ALMOST BOUGHT THIS A DOZEN TIMES WHEN I WAS A KID AND PASSED AND THEN BASKETBALL CARDS GOT HOT AND THE PRICE WENT UP. VERY HAPPY TO SNAG THIS FOR THE BINDER. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE HALL OF FAMER IS, DO SOME HOMEWORK

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ZABRISKIE POINT

January '15 Vintage Card Show Top 10: #9

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WHOOP DE DAMN DO

A COUPLE 55S FOR A DOLLAR A POP. 1955 TOPPS IS MY SECOND LEAST FAVORITE OF THE BIG SIZE YEARS AND THE MAIN REASON IT'S MY SECOND LEAST FAVORITE INSTEAD OF MY LEAST IS IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 52S FOR A BUCK A POP. I'VE FOUND 55S IN QUARTER BOXES

I HAVE ALMOST NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THESE CARDS. I LOVE THAT KC HAT LOGO AND THE ELEPHANT IS DOPE

BYE BYE INDIANS, YOU'LL BE A SPIDER SOON. I AM KIND OF IMPRESSED ON JUST HOW LONG CLEVELAND USED THE CROWN LOGO AFTER THE 1948 WORLD SERIES WIN. I MEAN, MAYBE IT WAS JUST TOPPS BEING LAZY BUT THAT THING WAS ON CARDS IN 1960

WALLY WESTLAKE SURE LOOKS HAPPY THO

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HOOBASTANK CHUMBAWUMBA

January '15 Vintage Card Show Top 10: #8

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DYATLOV PASS

IF IT'S A VINTAGE SHOW I HAVE TO FIND AT LEAST ONE CARD FOR THE BRAVES TEAM BINDER. HERE IT IS

1963 TOPPS IS ONE OF THOSE 60S SETS WITH THE PAIN IN THE ASS HIGH SERIES CARDS. NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS SOME SETS LIKE 66 BUT THEY'RE STILL ANNOYING TO FIND. IF I SOMEHOW AVOID COMPLETE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND AM ABLE TO START WORKING ON ANOTHER 60S SET IT'S GONNA BE 1964. NOT MANY HIGH NUMBERS AT ALL AND THEY'RE NOT SCARCE AS ALL GET OUT

GOTTA ADMIT I DON'T KNOW WHO NORM LARKER IS. LOOKS LIKE HE WAS AN ALL-STAR FOR THE DODGERS, GOT TAKEN BY HOUSTON IN THE EXPANSION DRAFT, FLIPPED TO THE BRAVES AND THEN SOLD TO SAN FRANCISCO. DUDE HAS A WORLD SERIES RING, CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM

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January '15 Vintage Card Show Top 10: #7 SKEERY

HERE'S THE GOOD BIT

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FLIBBERTIGIBBET

ROGER HAS AMLOST A FULL BOX FULL OF 1963 TOPPS MONSTER MIDGEES AND I LIKED TO SNAG A COUPLE HERE AND THERE AT SHOWS. THESE THINGS WERE LIKE 1980-81 BASKETBALL CARDS IN THREE CARD PANELS EXCEPT WITH B- MOVIE MONSTERS AND THEY'RE GREAT. THEY ALSO HAVE STOOPID SCARCE HIGH NUMBERS. ALWAYS BUY THE UPDATE SETS, KIDS

THE CARDS ALL HAVE TERRIBLE PUNS ON THE FRONT AND BACK. I CAN'T FIND THE LIST OF MOVIES THESE IMAGES ARE FROM AT SHORT NOTICE BUT I THINK THIS ONE IS FROM I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF. MICHAEL LANDON ROOKIE CARD?

THESE JOKES ARE MUCH BETTER IF YOU READ THEM IN JACKIE MASON'S VOICE. ALL THE IMAGES ARE FROM AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES I THINK, SO IF YOU'RE A FAN OF ROGER CORMAN OR SAMUEL Z ARKOFF THIS IS THE SET FOR YOU

NO IDEA WHAT THE HECK THIS IS OR WHERE IT IS FROM BUT I ALSO LOVE TO LAUGH. ED WYNN MAYBE?

SO CLOSE TO A HIGH NUMBER, THOSE START AT #109. PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IT FOR A BUCK THOUGH

I KNEW A MAN WITH A WOODEN LEG NAMED SMITH

DON'T KNOW WHY I'VE GOT MARY POPPINS ON THE BRAIN RIGHT NOW

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MEKKA LEKKA HAI MEKKA HINEY HO

JOYEUX NOEL FIELDING AND JULIAN BARRATT

THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY SIX - BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA

IT'S A DAMN GOOD THING THIS IS A SHORT POST OR ELSE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVER GOTTEN IT. TOMORROW IS LOOKING SKETCH HOWEVER

ONCE AGAIN A STRAY POST FROM A ROGER VINTAGE SHOW. SPOILER ALERT: MOST OF THESE POSTS WILL BE FROM CARD SHOWS

June Vintage Card Show Loot: Part 4 - Goodnight, wherever you are

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE - 6/24/13

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HIT THE BOTTOM ROW ON THE SCRAMBLED LETTERS I MUST HAVE BEEN FEELING SAUCY THAT DAY

EVERYONE READING THIS BLOG SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS BOOK. IT'S BASICALLY THE ORIGINAL CARD BLOG. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, GO GET IT. IT'S PROBABLY OUT OF PRINT AND EXPENSIVE NOW BUT TAKE THE MONEY YOU WERE GOING TO SPEND ON A SCALPED BLASTER OF BOWMAN OR PRISM AND BUY THE BOOK. OR DOWNLOAD THE DAMN THING SOMEWHERE, IT'S THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, RIGHT? IT'S GOTTA BE FLOATING AROUND ON SOME SERVER LEGAL OR OTHERWISE IN BIT FORM. THEY HAVEN'T ABOLISHED LIBRARIES YET, DO SOME SEARCHING. JUST READ THE DAMN BOOK SOMEHOW. ANOTHER SPOILER WARNING, THIS IS THE LAST PAGE OF THE BOOK:

1951 BOWMAN IS THE BEST. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE BORDERS ARE CUT OFF THIS CARD BUT IT LOOKS BETTER THAN ANY TOPPS SET IN THE PAST 6 YEARS. I'M NOT SURE WHERE SIBBI SISTI WAS THEN, PROBABLY MANAGING SOME MINOR LEAGUE TEAM. I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE COLLECTED EVERY CARD FROM THIS BOOK AND I AM JEALOUS OF THEM EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY HAVE OVER 50% OF THEM SOMEWHERE TUCKED AWAY IN BINDERS. ANOTHER TIDBIT: THE COPY OF THIS BOOK I CHECKED OUT FROM THE SCHOOL LIBRARY AND THE COPY THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY DAD DECADES LATER WAS IN A LARGER SQUARE FORMAT THAT GAVE THE CARDS AND TEXT ROOM TO BREATHE. BUT SOMEHOW THE COPY I HAD FOR YEARS WAS THIS ODDBALL PAPERBACK SIZE THAT HAD TO REFORMAT EVERYTHING AWKWARDLY. THE BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA PAGE WAS PARTICULARLY HARMED BY THE SQUASHING. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT, IT'S PROBABLY SUPER RARE AND COLLECTABLE NOW. IT'LL STILL END UP IN THE DUMPSTER WHEN I CROAK THOUGH

SORRY, THE HOLIDAY CHEER IS GETTING TO ME. HERE'S THE CARD

1949 BOWMAN IS ONE OF THOSE RARE SETS THAT LOOK BETTER THE MORE BEAT UP AND SHITTY THE CARD IS. CREASES, PIN HOLES, TAPE, WATER DAMAGE, CIGARETTE BURNS, INK SPLOTCHES, MOUSE NIBBLES, BUG CRAP, JUST PLAIN OL' DIRT. ALL CAN ONLY ADD NEEDED ATMOSPHERE AND CHARM TO THE FLAT MUTED PICTURES ON THESE CARDS. NOT TO SAY THE SET IS UGLY, IT'S VERY COLORFUL AND UNIQUE LOOKING UNLESS THE CARD SAT IN THE SUN FOR DECADES AND IS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. THEN IT LOOKS LIKE 1948 BOWMAN. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO PAINT A PITCURE IN THE STYLE OF THIS DESIGN BUT I NEVER DID AND NOW I GET ANXIETY JUST LOOKING AT A PAINTBRUSH. MY ACRYLICS ARE PROBABLY ALL DRIED OUT ANYWAY

THIS CARD WAS GOT AT THE SHOW TO FILL A HOLE IN MY BRAVES TEAM SET. THERE ARE STILL SEVEN CARDS MISSING FROM THE SET AND THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SEVEN CARDS MISSING FROM THE SET BUT I APPRECIATE THE ONES I HAVE AND PRINTED OUT COPIES OF THE REST SO THE BINDER LOOKS NICE. SIBBY IS EASILY MY FAVORITE '49 CARD

I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET MY HANDS ON ONE OF THOSE GAME AND BANKS. I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE PLASTIC PLAYERS LOOK LIKE. I WANNA READ THE GAME DIRECTIONS. I WANNA KNOW HOW BAD THE GAME IS THAT THEY ENGINEERED IT TO BE REPURPOSED INTO A MAKESHIFT PIGGY BANK TO ENSURE YOU GOT SOME VALUE FOR YOUR QUARTER. 

ALSO: SIBBY SISTI WALLY PIPPED ED STANKY IS A GREAT SENTENCE

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GOOBA GABBA WE ACCEPT YOU ONE OF US

BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA 

THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY FIVE - WHY THESE THREE

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED WITH THESE. A TOP TWENTY CARDS WHAT I GOT FROM TEH VINTAGE SHOW SERIES BUT I INEXPLICABLY LEFT OUT NUMBERS 16, 11 AND 3. I GUESS I POSTED ALL THE OTHERS MAYBE? WHO KNOWS. THESE THREE DIDN'T MAKE IT

January Vintage Show Top 20 - #16 Cocktail Hour

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE - 1/16/12

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GOOD LORD MY CARD BUYING HABITS ARE UTTERLY BIZARRE. I GOT THIS AT ONE OF ROGER NEUFELDT'S VINTAGE SHOWS. LITERALLY EVERY DANG VINTAGE CARD YOU COULD THINK OF AT THESE SHOWS AND I CAME HOME WITH THIS. DEAR READER, I DO NOT COLLECT WAR CARDS. I DO NOT LIKE WAR CARDS. I DON'T LIKE WAR MOVIES OR WAR BOOKS OR WAR VIDEO GAMES OR WAR ANYTHING. BUT I BOUGHT A CARD OF A GUY BURNING UP A TANK WITH A MOUSE NIBBLE IN THE TOP CORNER. PROBABLY BECAUSE I AM AN ARMCHAIR ANARCHIST AND THOUGHT THE IDEA OF A TRADING CARD FOR A GODDAMN MOLOTOV COCKTAIL WAS HILARIOUS AND I THOUGHT I COULD USE IT FOR A POST. THEN GOT COLD FEET WHEN I REALIZED I WOULD BE WRITING A BLOG POST ABOUT A GODDAMN MOLOTOV COCKTAIL. IT PROBABLY ONLY COST A BUCK SO WHATEVER

ALSO I'M WRITING THESE POSTS SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THEY ARE SET TO PUBLISH SO IF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY THROWING THEM AROUND ON THE SEVENTEENTH BECAUSE OF REASONS IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE

THE GUY REMINISCING ON THE BACK ON HIS FLAMING MURDER IS JUST SO HAPPY ABOUT IT IT'S ALMOST WHOLESOME. IT KINDA READS LIKE DIALOGUE FROM AN OLD EC WAR COMIC LIKE TWO FISTED TALES. COME TO THINK OF IT, THIS CARD WAS PROBABLY FROM THE FIFTIES AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CROSS POLLINATION BETWEEN THE EC COMICS OFFICES AND THE TOPPS ART DEPARTMENT, HELL MAYBE KURTZMAN DID THE BACKS

I OFTEN PARKED RAW LINKS I WANTED TO USE IN DRAFTS BEFIRE I WROTE THEM SO I WOULD REMEMBER TO ADD THEM AFTER I WROTE THE THING. THESE ARE TWO COMICS WITH REFERENCES TO MOLOTOV COCKTAILS BUT THE LINKS DON'T WORK ANYMORE BECAUSE THE URL CHANGED 

http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/malicious-melodies/

http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/a-cocktail-for-disaster/
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LUCKILY THE COMIC BUG MARTINI IS STILL ALIVE SO I FOUND THE COMICS IN THE ARCHIVES. MALICIOUS MELODIES AND A COCKTAIL FOR DISASTER. BOTH ARE VERY RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC OF THIS CARD AND ONE HAS A SANDY KOUFAX NAME DROP. I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS COMIC AND I'M GLAD I FOUND IT AGAIN. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE GOOGLE FOR KILLING MY HOME PAGE WITH ALL MY WEBCOMIC LINKS BACK WHEN THEY AXED IGOOGLE

Here's the complete list of Top 20 posts. See if you can guess what cards are coming up!

#20 - Wantlist Fail Part 1
#19 - Dollar Box Gem
#18 - At Least He's a Hall of Famer Now
#17 - Thurman Inaction
#16 - Cocktail Hour
#15 - Kid Stuff
#14 - Clubbed Cub
#13 - Cheapest High Number I Could Find
#12 - '59, Dude!
#11 - Look at the Whistler
#10 - Heartbreaking Taunt
#9 - '54 Ford With a Beat Up Chassis
#8 - King of the Bums
#7 - Joy of a Completed Page
#6 - HOW THE HELL IS THIS NOT IN THE TOP FIVE?!?!
#5 - Oh, because this one is...
#4 - Awwww, come ON.
#3 - Admit It, You Knew This Was Coming
#2 - Wantlist Fail Part 2
#1 - Feat of Clay

I BOUGHT THE DAMN CARDS AND HELL IF I CAN REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE. I'LL MAKE A GUESS THOUGH BECAUSE I AM WRITING THIS LATE AT NIGHT AND DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED

#20-18 NO CLUE

#17 I THINK IT'S THE 1972 TOPPS THURMAN MUNSON IN ACTION CARD AND I MADE THE PUN BECAUSE HE'S NOT DOING MUCH ON THE CARD

#16 NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS IF IT WASN'T LITERALLY IN THE POST

#15-14 NO CLUE. THE CUB MIGHT BE A BEAT UP 50'S COMMON

#13 ANOTHER 1972 TOPPS CARD PROBABLY, IF IT WAS A 53 TOPPS IT WOULD BE HIGHER ON THE LIST

#12 PRETTY SURE IT'S A CARD FROM 1959

#11 LOOK AND SEE

#10 NO CLUE

#9 THINKING THIS IS A WORLD ON WHEELS CARD BECAUSE I WOULDN'T PUT A 1954 WHITEY FRICKIN FORD CARD AT 9

#8 1955 JOHNNY PODRES? 

#7-4 NO EARTHLY IDEA

#3 IF YOU WERE READING IN 2012 YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING

#2 ?????

#1 CLAY? DID I FIND A MUHAMMED ALI CARD SOMEHOW? ONLY OTHER CLAY I CAN THINK OF IS CLAY CARROLL

*NOTE - THIS LAST ONE BUGGED ME SO BAD I HAD TO LOOK IT UP IN THE ARCHIVES AND IT WAS INDEED A 1965 CLAY CARROLL CARD. 

ONCE AGAIN THERE WERE MULTIPLE DRAFTS ON THE SAME DAY FOR THE SAME SUBJECT SO I JUST PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER FOR CLOSURE. I WILL COME TO REGRET THIS DECISION AS YOU WILL FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF ON DAY NINE

January Vintage Show Top 20 - #11 Look at the Whistler

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I ALWAYS GET THE 1952 TOPPS LOOK N SEE SET CONFUSED WITH THE 1967 TOPPS WHO AM I? SET WHICH IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THEY ARE 15 YEARS APART, DIFFERENT SIZES, DIFFERENT CARD STOCKS AND HAVE DIFFERENT GIMMICKS. BUT BECAUSE BABE RUTH IS IN BOTH OF EM, MY ROTTEN BRAIN LUMPS THEM TOGETHER. I RECENTLY PICKED UP MY FIRST WHO AM I? CARD SO MAYBE THE DIFFERENCES WILL FINALLY STICK.

THERE ARE ALWAYS A BUNCH OF THESE CHEAP AT ROGER'S SHOW AND I PICKED THIS ONE UP BECAUSE I WAS REALLY INTO PAINTING AT THE TIME AND THIS WAS THE CHEAPEST ARTIST IN THE SET. I'M STILL INTO PAINTING, I JUST DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. I'M NOT SUPER INTO WHISTLER'S ART OR ANYTHING BUT THE PAINTING OF HIS MOTHER WAS A MEME BEFORE MEMES EXISTED. THAT GAL ENDED UP IN SO MANY CARTOONS IT'S RIDICULOUS

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SO THE GIMMICK HERE IS YOU PUT A PIECE OF RED CELLOPHANE OVER THE BACK OF THE CARD AND YOU SEE A SEECRIT PICTURE. LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LINE DRAWING OF THE PAINTING OF WHISTLER'S MOTHER BUT RED CELLOPHANE IS NOT AS COMMON AS IT USED TO BE AND MY EYES GO BLURRY WHEN I STARE AT IT TOO LONG. THERE'S PROBABLY AN APP YOU CAN USE NOW TO FILTER OUT THE RED. ONCE AGAIN! THE COPY WRITER ON THE BACK! REALLY LIKED! USING EXCLAMATION! POINTS! THIS SHIT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME IN STUFF TARGETED TOWARD KIDS BACK IN THE DAY, I WONDER IF IT'S FINALLY GONE OUT OF FAVOR

January Vintage Show Top 20 - #3 Admit It, You Knew This Was Coming

HERE WE GO

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FOR SOME REASON I GOT SUPER INTO HORSES AROUND THIS TIME. IT'S A MYSTERY. I STARTED PICKING UP RANDOM CARDS FEATURING PONIES, HORSES AND VARIOUS EQUINES AND STILL DO TO THIS DAY. JUST LIKE THE WAR CARD ABOVE, I NORMALLY CARE NOTHING FOR WESTERNS, BUT WESTERNS SURE DO HAVE A LOTTA HORSIES IN THEM. AND THERE'S A LOT OF WESTERN-THEMED VINTAGE TRADING CARD SETS

AN OLD POST CEREAL CARD YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT OFF A BOX, NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY. I HAVE NEVER ONCE SEEN ANYTHING WITH HOPALONG CASSIDY. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS IN MOVIES OR TV OR RADIO OR WHAT. I'VE KNOWN THE NAME FOREVER FOR SOME REASON THOUGH AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. WHAT KINDA NAME IS HOPALONG, WHO NAMES THEIR KID THAT. BUT IT'S NOT A NAME YOU FORGET. WHOEVER WROTE THE TEXT FOR THIS CARD WAS MUCH MORE SUBDUED. NOT SURE WHY IF SOMEONE WANTED A HORSE THEY WOULD DRIVE THE BRONCOS INTO A CORRAL AND THEN CHOOSE A PONY. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WESTERN WAYS

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ABRA KADABRA ALAZAZAM

HEPPY NOO YEER OR WHATEVER

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS - DAY FOUR - NINE YEARS LATE

FOR ALL YOU KNOW I PLANNED THIS ALL ALONG

October Card Show - Game Cards

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE FOR BOTH POSTS - 12/16/2011

HERE'S A FEW ODDBALL CARDS I GOT FROM A CARD SHOW WAAAAY BACK IN THE DAY. I MAY BE INCORRECT BUT THIS MIGHT BE FROM THAT BIG CARD SHOW THAT UTTERLY BOMBED AND PRETTY MUCH ENDED BIG CARD SHOWS IN ATLANTA. THERE'S PROBABLY POSTS OF THE OTHER STUFF I GOT AT THE SHOW IF YOU WANT TO DIG IN THE ARCHIVES AND FIND OUT, I'M TOO BUSY TRYING TO GET ALL THESE DAMN POSTS TYPED UP

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THIS IS THE FIRST DRAFT POST I FOUND THAT USES THE sdfasdfasdfasdfasdf MESS THAT I MASH INTO DRAFTS TO SEPARATE THE IMAGES BEFORE I ACTUALLY WRITE ANYTHING. I AM KEEPING ALL OF IT IN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FUNNY

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OH HEY, HERE'S FELIPE ALOU, THE BRAVES PLAYER NOT NAMED AARON IN EVERY SINGLE ODDBALL AND INSERT SET FROM THE LATE 60S

THESE ARE GAME CARDS FROM THE 60S. IT'S A PRETTY COMMON GAME AS THINGS GO BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL THAT EASY TO FIND EITHER. I WANT TO SAY THESE ARE FROM MILTON BRADLEY, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER THING AND IT'S STARTING TO DRIVE ME A LITTLE CRAZY SO FUCKIT I'LL PULL OUT THE CARD CATALOG

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YEP MILTON BRADLEY, 1969-1972. I NEED TO LEARN TO TRUST MY INCREASINGLY GARBAGE MEMORY WHEN IT COMES TO USELESS BASEBALL-CARD RELATED FACTS

I LOVE PLAYING TABLETOP SPORTS GAMES LIKE THIS AND LIT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR CHARTS YOU HAVE TO REFERENCE AFTER ROLLIGN THE DICE ON THIS AT-BAT. GOD DAMN I'M SAD THAT KITCHEN TABLES COVERED IN CARDS AND DICE AND CHARTS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY REPLACED WITH COMPUTERIZED GENERAL MANAGER SIMULATORS WHERE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONTRACTS, PARKING DETAILS AND THE PRICE OF HOT DOGS AT THE CONCESSION STAND AND WITH 4K GRAPHICS CONSOLE BOONDOGGLES THAT MAKE YOU SPEND HUNDREDS IN THE DLC STORE ON LOOTBOXES IF YOU WANT ANY CHANCE TO WIN. ROLL A TWO OR A FOUR ON ALOU'S CARD AND YOU GOT YOURSELF A DINGER. NO ONE NEEDS MORE THAN THAT

THIS ONE'S ODD EVEN FOR AN ODDBALL. EVEN THOUGH THE GAME WAS UNLICENSED AND HAD TO BRUSH OUT ALL THE LOGOS, THERE WERE STILL PINCH HITTER CARDS FOR EACH TEAM. THIS CARD IS BORING AN POINTLESS AND AS SOON AS I SAW IT I HAD TO HAVE IT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN A KID GETS HIS HANDS ON SOMETHING BORING AND POINTLESS. THIS IS RARER THAN THE WAGNER MOST LIKELY 

ACCORDING TO MY CATALOG, ASIDE FROM A DIFFERENT PLAYER CHECKLIST THE 1969 EDITION AND THE 1972 EDITION CARDS ARE COMPLETELY IDENTICAL OTHER THAN ONE TINY DETAIL. THE RED NUMBER ONE ON THE BACK OF THE CARD HAS NO _ ON THE BOTTOM OF THE NUMBER ON THE 69S, AND DO HAVE A _ ON THE 72S. ALOU WASN'T EVEN ON THE BRAVES IN 72 AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ONES ON THE RED RA1 FOR 9 - SINGLE AND THE BLACK RA2 FOR 10 - GROUND OUT PRETTY EASILY. THE GENERIC PINCH HITTER CARD HAS NO RED ONES ON THE BACK. IMMA JUST ASSUME IT'S THE 1969 WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPION BRAVES AND LEAVE IT AT THAT

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I SAVED TWO DRAFTS ON THE SAME DAY SO I COMBINED THEM, WHY NOT

October Card Show - Postcards

Almost done with the cards show from a couple months ago.

ALMOST, BUDDY

FOUND A COUPLE COOL OLD POSTCARDS CHEAP AT THE SHOW AND SNATCHED THEM UP. I DON'T REALLY COLLECT POSTCARDS BUT I HAVE A FEW SPORTS RELATED ONES WHICH ARE NOW JUST PILED UP WITH ALL MY GIGANTIC CARDS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. IT'S A SHAME I NEVER CONNECTED WITH POSTCARD COLLECTING SINCE THEY WEREN'T 'WORTH ANYTHING' BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY COOL POSTCARDS OUT THERE IN JUNK SHOPS AND ANTIQUE STORES

GOOD OL' ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY STADIUM. NOW A PARKING LOT FOR THE GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STADIUM. THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SUCKS, MAN. EXCEPT FOR THE INTERNET, THAT'S COOL. EXCEPT FOR ALL THE PARTS THAT AREN'T BUT THE GOOD PARTS ARE SUPER COOL. I MISS THIS STADIUM. I WISH I WAS BACK THERE AS A LITTLE KID WATCHING A TERRIBLE TEAM IN THE HOT SUN AND TRYING TO DECIDE IF I WAS SCARED OF THE BLEACHER CREATURE OR NOT

BACK OF THE CARD IS GLORIOUS. THE ATLANTA STADIUM IN ATLANTA. HOME OF THE BRAVES ON THE FRONT BUT THE FALCONS GET A MENTION ON THE BACK. THE THING COST EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS! AND HAS 10,000 PARKING SPOTS FOR 57,100 FANS! YOU CAN DRIVE FOR 200 MILES WITHOUT HITTING A TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT GET THERE EARLY OR YOU'LL BE PARKING ON SOME DUDE'S LAWN FOR 20 BUCKS

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DATE POSTCARDS. THIS WAS DISTRIBUTED BY A COMPANY FROM DECATUR WHICH IS KINDA COOL. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HECK 3-D CURTEICHCOLOR IS THO BUT IT SOUNDS NEAT. THE COLOR ON THE FRONT REMINDS ME OF THOSE OLD POVERTY ROW MOVIES FROM THE 40S THAT USED THE TWO-COLOR PROCESS TO DO COLOR CHEAP. CHECK OUT SCARED TO DEATH WITH BELA LUGOSI TO SEE WHAT I MEAN

This card is from a set of stadium postcards from GS Gallery, which appears to be a mail order card company who produced a couple of homebrew sets in the '80s. 

THIS LINK STILL WORKS SOMEHOW. I'M AMAZED WHEN RANDOM LINKS OLDER THAN FIVE YEARS HAVEN'T VANISHED OR WORSE GOT TAKEN OVER BY SCAMMERS. IT'S A NEAT LOOKING CARD BUT I DON'T THINK I NEED THE WHOLE DANG SET

Check out the prices of the Stadium Club sets in this ad from 1992!

THIS LINK IS DEAD HOWEVER. NEVER LINK TO GOOGLE BOOKS, ALWAYS GET A SCREENSHOT. I'M GUESSING THE PRICES WERE COMICALLY HIGH. THE WAY THE MARKET IS GOING THEY MIGHT BE BACK UP THERE AGAIN BY NOW. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A SCREENSHOT OF THIS POST TOO WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE GOOGLE DID A GOOD PURGE OF USEFUL APPS AND BLOGGER'S GETTING PRETTY LONG IN THE TOOTH

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HAPPY HFJFKAHFKASJDFHLASDJ TO YOU AND YOURS

THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY THREE - SAD TIGERS

WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I POST THIS BACK IN 2009. I WOULDA GOT SO MUCH MOLDY OLD COLLECTOR CRED BACK THEN. DSFLKJASDLFKJASD

T206 vs T205 Tiger Battle

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE - 8/10/2009

THIS ONE'S BAD BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE VOTE IN A POLL TO TELL ME WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE AND THEY TOLD ME AND I TOTALLY BLEW IT. STORY OF THE BLOG TBH

You guys voted in the poll and said you wanted really old stuff. So now you're gonna get it!

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The Battle for Tobacco Card Supremecy will be waged right here and right now between two worthy competitors, both from the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club!

LEAVING THE TYPO FOR POSTERITY

IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS GOING TO DO A HEAD TO HEAD COMPETITION BETWEEN T205 AND T206 TO DETERMINE THE BEST CARD

IT'S T205.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN T205

NOW I CAN FORGET ALL THAT MESS AND JUST COMMENT ON THE CARDS

IMAGES ARE BROKE AND STUCK ON MEDIUM AGAIN, SORRY

HERE'S A GOOD LOOKING CARD OF GERMANY SCHAEFER IN HORRIFIC CONDITION. ALMOST ALL OF THE T206S IN MY COLLECTION ARE FROM THIS ONE GROUP I GOT AS A KID THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE STAPLED TO THE SIDE OF A BARN AND THEN LEFT OUT IN THE RAIN FOR A FEW DECADES. I LOVED THESE TERRIBLE TINY CARDS AND WOULD HAVE TWICE AS MANY AS I DO NOW IF NOT FOR AN INCIDENT AT THE SHOP SELLING THEM WHICH WILL NOT BE ELABORATED UPON BECAUSE IT MAKES ME SAD.
THIS IS A VERY STRIKING CARD WHAT WITH THE BRIGHT YELLOW AND GREEN THAT SHOWS UP THROUGH THE STAINING AND THE UNIQUE POSE FROM JOKESTER GERMANY. YOU'LL RECALL HE'S THE DUDE WHO STOLE FIRST BASE IF YOU'VE READ THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES

THE T205 IS OF TOM JONES, A GREAT FIELDER WHO APPARENTLY HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST ALL TIME RANGE FACTOR FOR 1ST BASEMEN?? I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FUCK YOU CALCULATE THAT FOR SOMEONE WHO PLAYED 110 YEARS AGO BUT WHATEVER. HE WAS ALSO A ROOKIE ON THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES BEFORE THEY TURNED EVIL. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS IN THE MID 80S WHEN I FOUND THE CARD IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP MY MOM LIKED TO GO TO. I KNEW WHAT T205S WERE BACK THEN THANKS TO DOVER REPRINTS AND MY EYES BUGGED OUT WHEN I SAW THE BORDERS WERE KINDA SHINY. MY MOM GOT IT FOR ME FOR FIVE BUCKS AFTER A HARD SELL FROM THE GUY RUNNING THE SHOP. I LOVE OL TOM BUT I SORTA WISH THAT DUDE HAD A CARD FROM THE BOSTON BRAVES HE COULD HAVE SPOUTED A SALES PITCH ON. AHLTHOUGH THEY WERE RUSTLERS BACK THEN AND I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WTF A RUSTLER WAS

ALL THE WATERLOGGED CARDS I HAVE ARE PIEDMONTS AND I BELIEVE PIEDMONT 150S ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE AN ODDBALL 350 HERE AND THERE. TOO BAD THERE WASN'T A VARIETY BUT I ALREADY HAD A GOOD SELECTION FROM MY REPRINT CARDS. YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW TRASHED THIS CARD IS FROM THE BACK. IT'S AMAZING THE FRONT LOOKS AS GOOD AS IT DOES, THE FACT THE WATER LINE ONLY RISES UP TO WHERE THE HORIZON IS ON THE FRONT PROBABLY HELPS

ANOTHER PIEDMONT! THIS BACK IS THE REAL DEAL HERE. THIS IS A MODERN-ASS BACK OF A BASEBALL CARD. NAME AND FULL BIO INCLUDING TRADED TO MILWAUKEE LINE, THREE! LINES! OF! STATS! 400 DESIGNS, BRAND LOGO AND EVEN A TINY LINE OF LEGALESE. THE ONLY THING MISSING IS A CARD NUMBER AND THOSE ARE GOING OUT OF FASHION ANYWAYS

SEE T205S ARE BETTER THAN T206S. BETTER BACKS, BETTER FRONTS, AND HEARTWARMING INSTEAD OF EMBARASSING AQUISITION STORIES

MURRAY CHRIS & M'ASS EVERYONE, FOR NINE MORE DAYS I GUESS 

LAST MINUTE UPDATE JUST BECAUSE

THE TITLE IN THIS POST IS A REFERENCE TO THE TWITTER ACCOUNT @SaddestTiger WHICH WAS A NOVELTY ACCOUNT BASED ON THE RIDICULOUS POORLY-DRAWN LOGO FOR THE NINETEEN-THIRTY-SOMETHING DETROIT TIGERS THAT POPPED UP AS A MEME. LIKE ALL NOVELTY ACCOUNTS IT PETERED OUT AS A WHILE BUT THE THING IS STILL POSTING follow friday dave dittell EVERY FRIDAY LIKE CLOCKWORK YEARS LATER AND EVERY TIME I SEE IT JOY SPRINGS INTO MY HEART IN REMEMBERANCE OF A TIME WHEN EVERYTHING DIDN'T SUCK COMPLETE ASS

GOD BLESS YOU SAD TIGER

 

follow friday dave dittell @davedittell

— Sad Tiger (@SaddestTiger) December 12, 2020

THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY TWO - MOONSHOT

LAST POST TOOK TOO LONG. LAZY TODAY. HERE'S THE ORIGINAL TITLE

Cards of the Week 11/17/08

 

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE 11/15/2008

LITERALLY THE ONLY TEXT FOR THIS POST IS

Rockin' Richie Ray Baseball Card Lover.

AND THERE WAS A COMPLETELY DEAD YOUTUBE LINK SO I DID A SEARCH AND FOUND THIS

NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS DUE TO WALLY MOON IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE BUT UNDERSTANDABLE. MAYBE I'LL GET MY ACCOUNT BANNED FOR ADULT CONTENT AFTER THE PAST TWO DAYS OF OBJECTIONABLE MATERIAL. AT LEAST THERE'S A NICE WALLY MOON CARD TO LOOK AT

  WHEN I STARTED EDITING THIS OLD-ASS POST I GOT AN ERROR THAT THE HTML IS INVALID AND NOW THE SIZE FOR THIS IMAGE IS PERMANENTLY STUCK AT MEDIUM AND I GIVE UP SO NO MORE EFFORT ON THIS POST. 

HIPPY HOLLY DOODLES EVER BODY FOR TEN MORE DAYS MAYBE

THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY ONE - FETTY BITE WHIT TUCK

HAI BISHES I'M BACK JUST IN TIME FOR XMAS

SPEAKING OF CRISMISS BAH HUMBUG

I'VE BEEN BUSY WITH SOME EXISTENTIAL CRISESES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HAVEN'T WRITTEN SHIT OR DONE ANYTHING CREATIVE OR PRODUCTIVE OR USEFUL FOR THAT MATTER-

OH SHIT I FORGOT I POSTED A BUNCH OF THOSE DIME CARDS I GOT ON TWITTER HERE'S THE GINORMOUS THREAD OF 'EM IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK

i have been completely unable to write any blog posts (or do much of anything else) this month but I want to show off my latest batch of baseballcardstore dot ca dime cards so i'mma do a gigantic thread of them
the cards came in this cool 87 Fleer update box pic.twitter.com/bf5opPX8Oi

— Mr. Grouchypants sez: What, me worry? (@CardJunk) September 24, 2020

BACK TO THE POST

-BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PUNT ON MY CHRISTMAS TRADITION OF KNOCKING OUT 12 STRAIGHT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT POSTS IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. I ALSO WANT TO BE LAZY AS FUCK AND PUT VERY LITTLE EFFORT INTO IT. THEN I LOOKED AT MY DRAFT FOLDER AND SAW DOZENS OF POSTS I ALREADY STARTED THEN ABANDONED AND THOUGHT, HEY, LET'S JUST FINISH THESE SHITS UP AND CALL IT A HOLIDAY SEASON. HERE'S THE FIRST DAY OF HOLIDAY CHEER

The Allen Ginter Project: Card #1 and 1a - N30 The World's Decorations

HERE'S THE ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE POST. I WILL CONTINUE TO LIST THESE IN BOLD SO YOU CAN SEE MY THOUGHT PROCESS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. HERE IS THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL DRAFT:

12/07/2007

I'VE BEEN LAZY FOR A LONG TIME FOLKS. THIS IS NOT THE VERY FIRST DRAFT WITH PICS I ABANDONED BUT IT'S THE FIRST ONE I KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH

I've posted this card before as a teaser, but here it is again, the very first Allen & Ginter card I ever got.

TEXT I WROTE BACK THEN WILL BE NORMALLY CAPITALIZED TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE CAPSLOCK LUNACY I EMBRACED ONCE MY BRAIN BROKE. I DIDN'T WRITE MUCH FOR THIS ONE
 

THIS IS APPARENTLY THE FIRST VINTAGE GINTER CARD I PURCHASED WAY BACK WHEN ONCE I REALIZED THAT 1800'S CARDS OF RANDOM NONSENSE ARE WAY WAY WAAAAAAY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN 1800'S CARDS OF BAESBAWL PLAYERS. IT IS A VERY PRETTY CARD WITH FLOWERS AND RIBBONS AND FLOURISHY GILDED CROWNS AND STARS AND SUCH

I JUST SPENT FIVE MINUTES TRYING TO GET THIS PARAGRAPH LEFT ALIGNED AND I'M RECONCIDERING THE WHOLE PROJECT SO FUCK IT CENTER ALIGNED IT IS

THE BACKS ARE GORGEOUS AS WELL AND HAVE A TINY IMAGE OF THE OLD PLANTER ON THEM AND I NOW REGRET SPENDING EVEN A DIME ON ALL THAT BULLSHIT THAT CAME OUT IN 2007-2009. NEVER BUY NEW CARDS, KIDDOS. ONLY BUY THE OLD CRAP NO ONE ELSE WANTS. I DID SOMEHOW ACQUIRE A SECOND CARD FROM THIS SET ALTHOUGH I'M NOT 100% SURE HOW

BY NOW YOU SHOULD SEE WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS WHAT WITH ONE CARD BEING THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE ROSE AND THE OTHER BEING THE ORDER OF ST. OLAF NORWAY. THIS WAS GINNING UP TO BE A BETTY WHITE POST. I FOUND A BUNCH OF VIDEOS AND PICS TO GO WITH IT AND HERE THEY ARE ASSUMING THEY STILL EXIST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBpB2VoNdWU

FUCK

HOLY SHIT THIS ONE SILL EXISTS AND EVEN MENTIONS THE FESTIVAL OF THE DANCING VIRGINS IN ST. OLAF

OH GOD THIS ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELETED BY THE CONTENT MATCH BOTS. IF YOU DON'T GET THE PUNCHLINE JUST THANK THE LORD AND DON'T GOOGLE IT. THE LOOKS ON BLANCHE AND DOROTHY'S FACES ARE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS I NEVER POSTED THIS IS IN MY RESEACH I DUG TOO DEEPLY AND FOUND AN ALLEGED TOPLESS PHOTO OF PRE-TELEVISION BETTY AND THOUGHT ABOUT POSTING IT FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT A TERRIBLE IDEA THAT WOULD BE AND JUST BACKED AWAY SLOWLY. 

IN LIEU OF WORLD WAR TWO ERA PINUPS HERE IS THE GAME GRUMPS DOING A BIT IN THEIR BLOODBORNE PLAYTHROUGH WHERE THEY LIST OFF A BUNCH OF BAND NAMES FROM THE NEW ORLEANS CREEPYFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL

I HAVE NO IDEA IF BLOGGER EMBEDDED THE VIDEO AT THE RIGHT TIME AND I TRIED TWICE SO JUST GO TO 11:50 IF IT DID NOT

AND IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE BAND THEMSELVES AND DON'T MIND SEEING A COMEDY DILDO WELL HERE YOU GO

DOUBLE FUCK. JUST GOOGLE THE BAND

EVEN THOUGH YOU ALREADY SAW IT AT THE TOP OF THE POST I ACTUALLY COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE TREE TO HANG ORNAMENTS ON WHEN I GOT ALL THE POSTS TOGETHER BUT I FOUND AN APPROPRIATE ONE AND GOT IT MSPAINTED AT 12:59 AM LAST NIGHT

HOLLY JOLLIES MICKEYFICKEYS

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