A Not Vintage Card.
May 18th, 2010 by slangon

Way back in January, I declared that 2010 would be “The Year of Vintage” and I’ve pretty much stuck to that declaration full bore. Outside of completing the first series of 2010 Topps and a random pack here and there, every new card that’s appeared in my collection so far this year has been old. […]

A Steaming Pile of Stuff To Do, Part II
November 4th, 2009 by slangon

So this is step 2 in trying to clear up the pile of things that have been sitting on my desk for the last few days. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been making a conscious effort to follow football this year, as a way to take my mind off of the debacle that was the […]

The First Card I Would Like to Own That I Actually Ended Up Owning
October 28th, 2009 by slangon

One of the reoccurring features on this blog so far is me writing about cards that I would love to someday own. Usually, however, they’re more like pipe dreams. They’re usually cards that are either so rare or so expensive that unless I end up winning the lottery or some rich uncle I didn’t know […]

Cards I Would Like to Own: The Super-Realistic Version
August 22nd, 2009 by slangon

1975 Topps Keith Hernandez Rookie I’ve wanted this card for as long as I can remember. I mean going back to when I as 10 years old. I’ve wanted this card more than twice as long as I haven’t wanted it, if that makes any sense. For as long as I’ve liked baseball, Keith Hernandez […]