Happy Fourth of July, Everyone
July 4th, 2012 by slangon
Let’s hear it for the old and Have a great day, everyone. Have fun. Be safe.
Happy Fourth of July, Everyone
The 8 Stages of My Thanksgiving
November 25th, 2011 by slangon
Stage 1: The Gromek I had just finally pushed back from the table and was pretty pleased with myself at the damage I had done. Stage 2: The Noren A while after I had parked it on the couch, probably sometime around the start of the Cowboys game, I began to drift into some sort […]
Some Cards That Recently Fell Into My Clutches
November 7th, 2011 by slangon
I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything I picked up at the old Sportlots site. Shocking, I know. Well, that’s about to change because here’s a sack of cards that I recently got from that very institution, none of which coat me more than 2 bits (with the exception of one […]
“Payment” from Project ’62: Part 5
July 10th, 2011 by slangon
As much as I would love to continue posting about how awesome the cards that Chris sent me for doing that custom card 7,000,000 years ago, I need to finish this out. So here’s the final push, and it should be no great surprise that I saved the best for last. 1957 Topps #39 Al […]
Happy Memorial Day, Everybody
May 30th, 2011 by slangon
It’s Decoration Day and I just want to take this chance to extend a heartfelt thanks to our service men and women. Now go take a hunk of the recently living, breathing animal of your choice and throw it on some fire outside of your house and enjoy the day.
Blaster Schmaster: The Old Stuff
April 2nd, 2011 by slangon
I was hoping to finish this series of posts up before I went on that mini-hiatus for the birth of my daughter, but I didn’t quite make it. Just to refresh your memory, since it’s been a spell, a while back I had spent about what I would’ve on a modern day blaster box at […]
Return of the Son of the 6 for $5 Bin
February 9th, 2010 by slangon
Here we go with yet another “pack” from the 6-for-5 bin down at the local card shop. Let’s see what goodies we’ll get today. 1957 Topps #96 Hank Aguirre This is the second ’57 Topps that I pulled out of that box. So far, those have been the oldest cards I’ve seen in there, which […]
I Told You It Was The Year of Vintage
January 23rd, 2010 by slangon
I did not decide that it was the Year of Vintage. It is apparently just fated that way. Yesterday, after I had gotten done mentioning that I was declaring this The Year of Vintage, I had to run out a do a couple of errands. I was heading over by the local Target, so I […]
