A 7 Layer Cake of Disappointment
January 5th, 2012 by slangon

Those of you who have been reading this blog regularly for a while are probably aware that there has been an on-going saga with me and the Dale Davis autograph redemption that I pulled from a box of 2010 Allen & Ginter about a year and a half ago. Well, a month ago to the […]

Another Manilla One Bites the Dust
October 6th, 2011 by slangon

Once upon a time, long ago, The Night Owl held a fun little contest where he cobbled together a ransom note-style message made up of different letters from various card fronts and your job was to match the letters with the card it was pulled from. Being a graphic designer who deals with fonts all […]

4 Out of a Million Ain’t Bad
February 27th, 2011 by slangon

Man, even though the Mets didn’t win yesterday, it felt damn good to sit down and drink a beer and watch baseball on TV. Of course it felt a little bit better since they didn’t technically lose, either. I know it’s an early spring training game and it doesn’t mean anything, but it was pretty […]

Breaking News from The Better Late Than Never Department…
February 21st, 2011 by slangon

A long, long time ago, the fellers over at Community Gum (who by the way have one of my favorite blog headers ever) had held a Pack Lottery Contest that I had joined in on. Now, I must admit that I was a little confused as to how exactly the contest worked. Or I guess […]

Back to Back.
November 19th, 2010 by slangon

I don’t know if you’ve seen, but Thorzul over at Thorzul Will Rule held his annual Nightmares on Cardboard contest, and lo and behold I won for the second year in a row. I was a little skeptical as to my chances this year. I thought the whole idea of the Werewolf Sportflics card was […]

A Truly Iconic Card from Cardboard Icons
April 13th, 2010 by slangon

As some you might or might not have known, a few weeks back, Ben over at Cardboard Icons was having a little contest in anticipation of his 100,000 hit. As some of you may or may not know, I was extremely lucky enough to be picked as the winner of said contest. What was the […]

This Was A Surprise
March 30th, 2010 by slangon

Seems to me that Beckett is not too popular amongst the collecting community, or at least not the part of the collecting community that I’ve been exposed to in the last few years of my re-involvement in the hobby. I’m not saying thats a bad thing and I’m not saying thats a good thing. I’m […]

Tribe Card Generosity
March 24th, 2010 by slangon

Like a bunch of other folks in this little card collecting community of ours, I recently was the recipient of some major league generosity bestowed upon me by Dave from Tribe Cards as part of his Last Great Tribecards Giveaway. Of course when I say recently I mean about a month ago. What can I […]

Thanks Cards on Cards, Thanks A Lot
January 27th, 2010 by slangon

A while ago, Cards on Cards held a little College Bowl Pick ‘Em contest. I had the dubious distinction of being the worst out of everyone when it came to picking the winners of College Bowl games. Madding was good enough to send some prizes my way as a way of enabling my poor football […]

Sometimes Trades Come from the Weirdest Places
November 20th, 2009 by slangon

Well, I guess this really isn’t a trade since I didn’t give anything up for them, but they’re a bunch of cards that found their way into my hands. And they came from my Dad of all people. My parents came to visit the other day and my Dad just hands me this stack of […]