I continue to write posts on Friday. When this posts I'll be somewhere over the Pacific, about four hours into my flight and already bored, with another seven hours to go. I'm hoping I'll have an electrical outlet so I can work on my laptop for some of the flight! Meanwhile, here are all the hits from Cardboard Heaven's trade bait draft! This finishes the series.
Before mighty Facebook, how would I have found Tom Hanks?
Cowboys and anthrax.
This is my juice, and I'm hungry!
Like I always said, "Can't police no underwear."
I'm gonna dance, make love, and fix snacks for the Highlander marathon! That's right!
Women have a special feeling, though. They've got an extra special lady shimmer of no maximum strength. You could be sick, pooping out blood, and you'd still want them! Happy Hoops Day.
Look at me! Anybody shoot rabbits?
Watch out for these spiders! Big potato moths! Big potato moths!
I don't know how I got so many autographs in the draft, but I'm happy to have them! I think most of them are needed for the type collection.
Speaking of hits, here's some Mike Tyson quotes.
And if you're wondering where my really random comments above came from:
Oh yeah, I've got swag. Because everybody needs toucan stubs.
Today's the day. Well, I say "Today's the day" but I'm writing this post on Friday. I'm already a mess. Who knows what I'll be like today. Writing the posts for this weekend has made me all emotional and nostalgic and all that other estrogen-filled crap I'd rather not think about. I need to watch some NASCAR and drink some beer. Or shoot a defenseless animal. Or tackle someone carrying an egg-shaped piece of pig skin. What other manly things are there? Um, I should drive my 1960s sports car really fast over the San Francisco hills. Or fish. Or not talk about my feelings.
So it's 3AM now. At about 11:45 or so, I should hear something like this:
And then I fly!
Not like that.
Whoops!
Hah. Great movie!
I love this animation. I've shown it to my students as, um, a diversion for a couple years. I have to explain it to some of them, even though they're high schoolers - partly because they don't know what "diversion" means and partly because they can't understand the emotions as conveyed through the signs' body language.
I suppose I should show some cards.
Set building!
Will I begin Lineage insert set building? This might be the start! You can consider insert cards from Lineage to be trade bait for me.
60 Years of Topps. But this is going towards my Awards collection.
I was going to use Mr. Ruth here in my awards collection as well, but I might have filled that spot already.
Another Alomar needed for his Gold Gloves!
I didn't realize this until recently - the "Pro Debut" logo is a MiLB thing, not a Topps thing. Pro Debut might be a required logo or set name/issue in the Topps/MiLB licensing agreement.
Another card I was going to use in the awards collection, though again I might not need it. I like this card, though.
Topps HD is a great looking set. This insert would have been so much better without the giant letters in the background graying out the wonderful colorful printing.
I think the woman who inspired this character no longer works at Topps.
Every time I see one of these cards I want to get it!
Last, this may be the best card I pulled in Cardboard Heaven's trade bait draft. I still have some hits to show you later, but I think I placed this card as my number one non-hit pick, and it might have been in my top five. It's from the Black Friday promotion, and the black borders are thicker than they appear (thanks, scanner). I was quite excited to see this, even if a year or two down the road I see a bunch of them in a dime box!
Type the word "Party" into a YouTube search box and this is one of the first videos that shows up.
Let's see what kind of patriotic videos I can come up with for the end of this post, shall we?
Bowman Platinum is such a waste of foilboard, though it does have a Team USA subset. I've been making pretty good progress on the team set though!
Wait, Tigers hat and USA jersey? What's going on here? And isn't that hat just a little too big for him? He looks like a 12 year old with that goofiness going on!
Ack! More Platinum! Foilboard apparently doesn't scan well.
Yep. That picture really stands out, though the Bowman Platinum logo has great placement on these two cards.
We can see that one! And I think Mr. Hood here is in the 2011 Team USA box set, too.
Cameron's draft was truly awesome! I still have a couple more posts worth of cards for you folks. Meanwhile, let the videos begin.
I love the vintage feel of this song and its video, and Christina Aguilera looks good. And it's kind of patriotic!
Is that two posts in a row with a Team America video? F yeah!
I had to put in a clip from my favorite movie. It's a great song, a great scene, and hey - she's leaving home too! Zooey Deschanel is one of my favorite actresses, and it started with this movie.
One day, you'll be cool.
Yeah, it's a party! I guess? And if you have never seen the original music video for that song, it's Michael Jackson epic (though nothing will ever be as good as a Michael Jackson video).
