tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42042181618742696852024-02-18T18:49:08.589-08:00The CollectiholicA look into one man’s collections…and obsessionsTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-81812273595876136672009-10-06T19:00:00.001-07:002009-10-07T07:45:51.055-07:00Michael Sheard<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxK8fAmsUP8ACg-3iMslBpcZr6o1nPz6i-343AmFYx4SXa9nazHLwcM4RK21KBRPxn0CSDz7LR3sibYbB6bSV-aUGxb11xx9d0KUbyhLdhX5oxkI7WCTXO9U2q1UJe3j69crcukRRlZlX/s1600-h/Michael_Sheard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxK8fAmsUP8ACg-3iMslBpcZr6o1nPz6i-343AmFYx4SXa9nazHLwcM4RK21KBRPxn0CSDz7LR3sibYbB6bSV-aUGxb11xx9d0KUbyhLdhX5oxkI7WCTXO9U2q1UJe3j69crcukRRlZlX/s320/Michael_Sheard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389672278309705810" /></a><br /><br />Michael Sheard, who is probably best known in the US as Admiral Ozzel from 'The Empire Strikes Back' has appeared in many films, including 'Force Ten from Navarone' 'All Quiet on the Western Front', and a cameo as Hitler in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'.<br /><br />Initially, he began appearing in television series, beginning in 1962 with 'Suspense'. He was a regular guest character in the original 'Dr. Who' series.<br /><br />Of the roughly three dozen cast members of the Star Wars series that I have met Sheard was probably the first.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp_YZ_sqqTdXF8dH9EgV08LPvJhQKpX2UGhkR8MIS1055mOUdEVlT9tf-Fh2zzWvK76ADrq-QlKrnTDmj6JWHL3x6g2NOK6IL7t8CoNCn9q4XrlaT-MPwXMeTE7vNJKc7BIeoJjhm2_Dj/s1600-h/michael_sheard_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp_YZ_sqqTdXF8dH9EgV08LPvJhQKpX2UGhkR8MIS1055mOUdEVlT9tf-Fh2zzWvK76ADrq-QlKrnTDmj6JWHL3x6g2NOK6IL7t8CoNCn9q4XrlaT-MPwXMeTE7vNJKc7BIeoJjhm2_Dj/s320/michael_sheard_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389672285352899042" /></a><br /><br />I took this photo when I met Mr. Sheard; I've always wondered why he was wearing a bow tie (as you can see), since they are not all that common. While researching for this blog I ran across this:<br /><br /><em>Lou Tambone: One can usually find you at conventions wearing a bow tie and many pins on your jacket. Is there any significance to the tie or is it just your preference. How do you choose what pins to wear and when? <br /><br />Michael Sheard: This goes back to Grange Hill. Mr. Bronson was a dinosaur and when we were discussing what he would wear, I felt that he would always be smartly dressed and thought that a bow tie would finish off the ensemble. He wore a suit and bow tie throughout the series and it became his "uniform" at conventions. The pins I'm given all over the world and I change them as I move from convention to convention.</em><br /><br /><br /><br />"You have failed me for the last time, Admiral." <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7O1Qd_FNgfM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7O1Qd_FNgfM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />Mr. Sheard died from cancer August 31 2005.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-40732303751797275402009-09-28T08:12:00.000-07:002009-09-28T09:03:28.696-07:00Warwick Davis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cXQ3oAoA2wR9knpGcTYdhNbDBuRTrVfngj-MKGVGf9pHVT2IpXmTQz2vVaCGxZGS5TmiGEkp3S1DlgYpYi0kyzwIb4wcG-w3FbrJQ31kiDNTSMwQNAYtPys42S0yJjFLDB0OqfcSIzXJ/s1600-h/Warwick+Davis.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383892586320181938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cXQ3oAoA2wR9knpGcTYdhNbDBuRTrVfngj-MKGVGf9pHVT2IpXmTQz2vVaCGxZGS5TmiGEkp3S1DlgYpYi0kyzwIb4wcG-w3FbrJQ31kiDNTSMwQNAYtPys42S0yJjFLDB0OqfcSIzXJ/s320/Warwick+Davis.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Warwick Davis' first claim to fame came at the age of 11 when he was cast in the role of Wicket in 'Return of the Jedi'. Other notable films include 'Willow', the 'Leprechaun' series, 'The Phantom Menace', and several from the 'Harry Potter' series.<br /><br /><br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WfoSwYZBmhI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WfoSwYZBmhI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqokJN6TZjX7cLQHw6z_1swNVpvgxZ4WjJmQwSokpCyeYe3liL__2Vy0baFkQxsOwDvUYhdllPMckSVwv187aKPvdRZfW96kP-JnlNi06JS04M8o2ZqY9pOT2XM1X3b6uFaZbCGJOfbWe/s1600-h/Warwick_Davis.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383892585251836930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqokJN6TZjX7cLQHw6z_1swNVpvgxZ4WjJmQwSokpCyeYe3liL__2Vy0baFkQxsOwDvUYhdllPMckSVwv187aKPvdRZfW96kP-JnlNi06JS04M8o2ZqY9pOT2XM1X3b6uFaZbCGJOfbWe/s320/Warwick_Davis.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-21932055272011273982009-09-21T07:30:00.000-07:002009-09-21T07:30:00.464-07:00Phil Brown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftn9VbwybFWg3UUYyC_0C6UZj02iyOnpGfUrRaSwx-hIkg93CqmrMvrM0fi-BAW87Kcww7O77ADYQ8Pp-8EeJzi6HT8aIhuovnqLIv1pRWNNLSUh-abOA9XuVbpuwBB4NPiqH984YCZPm/s1600-h/Phil_Brown.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383892315207816066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftn9VbwybFWg3UUYyC_0C6UZj02iyOnpGfUrRaSwx-hIkg93CqmrMvrM0fi-BAW87Kcww7O77ADYQ8Pp-8EeJzi6HT8aIhuovnqLIv1pRWNNLSUh-abOA9XuVbpuwBB4NPiqH984YCZPm/s320/Phil_Brown.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Phil Brown was born 4/30/1916 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He first appeared in the 1941 film 'I Wanted Wings'. In 1952 he help found the Actors Laboratory, and although he was not a Communist, he was blacklisted. Former actor Ronald Reagan had a role in that, as did J. Edgar Hoover.<br /><br />As a result, he and his family moved to England in order to resume his acting career.<br /><br />In 1977 he was cast as Owen Lars for the original Star Wars movie.<br /><br />Brown died on 2/9/2006 from pneumonia.<br /><br />Below is a photo of Mr. Brown that I took in Plano, TX in 1997 (you can see his wife Ginny beside him).<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6FESPvcn4xM_nQ7dnAVyaUMffXGqgGLBthKhiYksfUJxiKGPwbv-jMqco7sRF0tuBf5WdqLnxpEUD-6N8PjAlop83t4ahyphenhyphen2JfeY_HroV8vaqtDCApEa6TXsCnC8qNfY06BmZ3epoBXaC/s1600-h/phil_brown_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383892309183904930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6FESPvcn4xM_nQ7dnAVyaUMffXGqgGLBthKhiYksfUJxiKGPwbv-jMqco7sRF0tuBf5WdqLnxpEUD-6N8PjAlop83t4ahyphenhyphen2JfeY_HroV8vaqtDCApEa6TXsCnC8qNfY06BmZ3epoBXaC/s320/phil_brown_2.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bbmqnINyLXM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bbmqnINyLXM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-89199954529491923472009-09-03T10:32:00.000-07:002009-09-03T10:43:36.288-07:00Maria De Aragon<div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0Dp8q7gewlKAXa53tK_W0Qs01yMUswbZpM5Eirrds6PqqPppc7_uFP36iSKs89Quwfd9Dzx3s877NYm2fEnAZpsPYb1ie0UeiYky21Ez3OL_HVl-WEjopAmU3rtGX9JlTyWzzMpbLWre/s1600-h/Marie_de_Aragon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376322402737818050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0Dp8q7gewlKAXa53tK_W0Qs01yMUswbZpM5Eirrds6PqqPppc7_uFP36iSKs89Quwfd9Dzx3s877NYm2fEnAZpsPYb1ie0UeiYky21Ez3OL_HVl-WEjopAmU3rtGX9JlTyWzzMpbLWre/s320/Marie_de_Aragon.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Maria De Aragon is best known for her role of Greedo in the original Star Wars movie. Greedo, as you probably know, was one of the bounty hunters hired by Jabba the Hutt to capture Han Solo. Poor Greedo was killed at the cantina in Mos Eisley. Of course, in the original movie (which I got to see first hand in a theater in Houston) Greedo never shot at Han. In the video below he shoots first (Lucas had this done for the re-release so Han would not be a "cold blooded killer").<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0qUjsCODGnE&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0qUjsCODGnE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Prior to that she appeared in several low budget movies in the early 70s.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068425/">The Cremators</a></p><p align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObgu23lbpiC3wvfmgdGeGM_QkU-aCIWxsB0pFJOWxqpJzKc_bzXu9bNNSwam9zTgBIk0UN1ItuuCBNBRYmKVft0UpehqlLXqKRJVpOxRnP2sM54B84eRoaDY8i0Dp1mtfa2a8n9CdBXHx/s1600-h/Cremators.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377293361136174738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObgu23lbpiC3wvfmgdGeGM_QkU-aCIWxsB0pFJOWxqpJzKc_bzXu9bNNSwam9zTgBIk0UN1ItuuCBNBRYmKVft0UpehqlLXqKRJVpOxRnP2sM54B84eRoaDY8i0Dp1mtfa2a8n9CdBXHx/s320/Cremators.jpg" /></a> </p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065478/fullcredits#cast">Blood Mania</a><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgb2IQUZvaxwfcdyY5tCxpZDf7o4VCXnDfIVq0lCXHlPD5RAkf5Lmz2aOPD7okOOU4u1bp8geFOU7jfUykgPcUq0yBvlSeHbkrIDYBBRKLaQhvA15XCGh_WQq-O9pEWVv24Gm8tjzzro5/s1600-h/blood+mania.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377293354409262658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgb2IQUZvaxwfcdyY5tCxpZDf7o4VCXnDfIVq0lCXHlPD5RAkf5Lmz2aOPD7okOOU4u1bp8geFOU7jfUykgPcUq0yBvlSeHbkrIDYBBRKLaQhvA15XCGh_WQq-O9pEWVv24Gm8tjzzro5/s320/blood+mania.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br />Maria and I in Plano, TX<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08w8Bpk24GQQ0WyAlhCqxzmw4FhlS_NsOusMrrW98BXn-M53STzYLzlUhfTbuep7XqEkIPyv-92vFLnnzrsKaYfHhIQPQMa0noqHSqesXw838wPQ7z7fqUcDMKAUdHF7MYGjSjKgDN866/s1600-h/marie_de_aragon2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376322512426569186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08w8Bpk24GQQ0WyAlhCqxzmw4FhlS_NsOusMrrW98BXn-M53STzYLzlUhfTbuep7XqEkIPyv-92vFLnnzrsKaYfHhIQPQMa0noqHSqesXw838wPQ7z7fqUcDMKAUdHF7MYGjSjKgDN866/s320/marie_de_aragon2.jpg" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-23658590679688442352009-09-01T08:37:00.000-07:002009-09-01T08:37:00.402-07:00Michael Carter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKaiD5ejmmtzR_V-_3b8XL8lNbvkHo6iLRV4STKnS8i_6hm1d2qQiwKyx_MzuNmySATBiiEe3aEP5ipPmyXRDdKrJxQL1CWn2AQ-fP83Bl1Jc33P8tn4SqFLaDTNFfbvSEy5Ll6pzIRMJ/s1600-h/Michael_Carter.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376322811013903458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKaiD5ejmmtzR_V-_3b8XL8lNbvkHo6iLRV4STKnS8i_6hm1d2qQiwKyx_MzuNmySATBiiEe3aEP5ipPmyXRDdKrJxQL1CWn2AQ-fP83Bl1Jc33P8tn4SqFLaDTNFfbvSEy5Ll6pzIRMJ/s320/Michael_Carter.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Michael Carter is perhaps best known for his role as Bib Fortuna in 'Return of the Jedi'.<br /><br />In an interview conducted by the guys at <a href="http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/interview/mcarter.asp">TheForce.net</a> during one of the Dallas Sci-Fi Toy Show conventions Carter had this to say about his dialogue:<br /><br />"Well somebody said--I don't know if it's true--that it was a Mongolian dialect run backwards. What they were doing in those days was coming across dialects from these obscure parts of the world and sort of running them backwards and writing it out phonetically. So, initially the lines had meant something, but all we got was Huttese. My first line was "Te wanna wanga." I can hardly remember any of them. I tried to create a meaning for them. I had a long scene with Mark Hamill when we walked down the corridor that was cut from the original which was all in Huttese. We each had our lines down, but it was very difficult to tell when the other had stopped speaking, so I'd be craning my neck around to watch his mouth. When he'd stop moving, I'd say my line. He was doing exactly the same thing. I had to shout at him, I remember, and when I shouted all my teeth came out in his face. But the scene we eventually shot was with both of us speaking English on the stairway. I don't think it was my voice but that it was someone impersonating my voice. You don't know what you're going to do in the part until you see yourself made-up."<br /><br />I'm not sure when I took this photo, but I believe it was sometime around 1997. Big Bib is spanking Little Bib.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tYgptnCufCeSSQcQyvo9bGRuHzXutvtHNK8Fz10oZDe7O5zoJUnTn5cC4md8GVNh8UrfSRKzKA8UNKH7iIAt3Ua6YTBbfqpotQIG0oVJUvh9wczwF7TduTfmTblFR_u7M2SzN1PHpsXI/s1600-h/michael_carter_2_1_.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376322902452938594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tYgptnCufCeSSQcQyvo9bGRuHzXutvtHNK8Fz10oZDe7O5zoJUnTn5cC4md8GVNh8UrfSRKzKA8UNKH7iIAt3Ua6YTBbfqpotQIG0oVJUvh9wczwF7TduTfmTblFR_u7M2SzN1PHpsXI/s320/michael_carter_2_1_.jpg" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-19173861618579225472009-08-25T10:30:00.000-07:002009-08-25T10:43:33.110-07:00Joe Carter<div><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGRzJa1BdccTo_5cDlEgVWmRME5qCved3qp_R2jU7NKe78vmWMpXJn6hhTRjFOYAXk9iL2_daiaYiiO7WgNwQ0ENFyHPcgKkJNDGrhg6o48tdsSSsQ76f05FodgASs3jQ6wGKbnYsMCd3/s1600-h/Joe+Carter1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373299933624421346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGRzJa1BdccTo_5cDlEgVWmRME5qCved3qp_R2jU7NKe78vmWMpXJn6hhTRjFOYAXk9iL2_daiaYiiO7WgNwQ0ENFyHPcgKkJNDGrhg6o48tdsSSsQ76f05FodgASs3jQ6wGKbnYsMCd3/s320/Joe+Carter1.jpg" /></a> </p><br /><p>Joe Carter began his career in 1983 with the Cubs. The next season he played with the Indians, remaining there until 1989. He continued his career with the Padres, Blue Jays, Orioles, and Giants.</p><br /><p>Achievements:<br />5x All-Star selection (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)<br />2x World Series champion (1992, 1993)<br />2x Silver Slugger award winner (1991, 1992)<br /></p><br /><p>I sent the above card (1990 Topps) to Joe sometime around 1992 or '93. He signed it and sent along the card below, as well.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJK4cld8sIYXnArJnGJgRu8Rky-VVsS93s1qTo3nD7wS3cFUJh4F6V-Yo3nFhYyU6frzCOkUQIFsSLQOzU628DkNvzC1rQjPiT7kMcbpTkEgK5xCRGcBCOgwjS9i5zH_-TouUrPcwzcxbo/s1600-h/Joe+Carter2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 227px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373300045269663058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJK4cld8sIYXnArJnGJgRu8Rky-VVsS93s1qTo3nD7wS3cFUJh4F6V-Yo3nFhYyU6frzCOkUQIFsSLQOzU628DkNvzC1rQjPiT7kMcbpTkEgK5xCRGcBCOgwjS9i5zH_-TouUrPcwzcxbo/s320/Joe+Carter2.jpg" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-82330037224010768652009-08-24T10:00:00.000-07:002009-08-24T10:42:29.577-07:00Traci Lords<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV6gHqvs5Y6nIVY439LGmiAvMIf1yojmCCVD4jt1aRl11ZvBhBrxqT4STiYa6PsUZr9dyrdClgXioluD81mqut97PfS6JO2OxaSpt7XQ0yGRUUOk8k_LUxTwUDTmswDaHjpTg2fW4YOae/s1600-h/Traci+Lords+8x10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 252px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373001581244043090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV6gHqvs5Y6nIVY439LGmiAvMIf1yojmCCVD4jt1aRl11ZvBhBrxqT4STiYa6PsUZr9dyrdClgXioluD81mqut97PfS6JO2OxaSpt7XQ0yGRUUOk8k_LUxTwUDTmswDaHjpTg2fW4YOae/s320/Traci+Lords+8x10.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I met Traci at a Sci-fi convention several years ago when she played Jordan Radcliffe on the television series 'First Wave'.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEL-Gb0fcaVHR3vCEiVe5GaOVc1aTnAN8gVsR2NfvNM9pObpXkSe6m1UtRcWznB19u2mkwV7nDB5dvMLrg1638bPj8sBeerfwLkQ6YMtxv_X_TK6uZVoyav62yaz50uDeMJMXtE_t9moS/s1600-h/TraciJordan.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373544096567920882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEL-Gb0fcaVHR3vCEiVe5GaOVc1aTnAN8gVsR2NfvNM9pObpXkSe6m1UtRcWznB19u2mkwV7nDB5dvMLrg1638bPj8sBeerfwLkQ6YMtxv_X_TK6uZVoyav62yaz50uDeMJMXtE_t9moS/s320/TraciJordan.jpg" /></a><br />The first movie that I remember seeing where she was a cast member was 'Cry-Baby', which starred Johnny Depp. A few years later she appeared in the ABC miniseries 'Tommyknockers', based on the book by Stephen King. </div><br /><div>She's appeared in a number of other television shows (including 'Melrose Place' and 'Roseanne') and movies...and quite a few others that we won't mention on this PG rated site. </div><div><br />Here's the opening scene from Blade, where Traci plays a vampire:<br /><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M6K-U6EFP6A&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M6K-U6EFP6A&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGslq6PzftYhPoY1VKRIr2srLLMPesOlE1UdVWsszqb39qHvx_PvJsXi4-rqqag8ehJzS6AtrWtz9y3HlRfYZ9TzohJYbAcQdWek46gSywAI1UlWV_S_IqDmvwztMgRXe3yhNErY7Qzzq/s1600-h/TraciLords.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373001461315637138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGslq6PzftYhPoY1VKRIr2srLLMPesOlE1UdVWsszqb39qHvx_PvJsXi4-rqqag8ehJzS6AtrWtz9y3HlRfYZ9TzohJYbAcQdWek46gSywAI1UlWV_S_IqDmvwztMgRXe3yhNErY7Qzzq/s320/TraciLords.jpg" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-48996883903735286682009-08-19T09:00:00.000-07:002009-08-19T08:30:39.944-07:00Amanda Connor and Jimmy Palmiotti<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQQHILbSKRHq0QGZdL-1tT_PUoT4jeRqp0Q6Cz7hBvT6f1hio48ErbOpl6FwZamAOM_zwPSMNBZ_Eldre7QViP70mAryBM5PuNsuEtUfeJ71g4zmK7RXRla5TiKFP01LOUOrFCU7-DvIs/s1600-h/Amanda+Connor+and+Jimmy+Palmiotti.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQQHILbSKRHq0QGZdL-1tT_PUoT4jeRqp0Q6Cz7hBvT6f1hio48ErbOpl6FwZamAOM_zwPSMNBZ_Eldre7QViP70mAryBM5PuNsuEtUfeJ71g4zmK7RXRla5TiKFP01LOUOrFCU7-DvIs/s320/Amanda+Connor+and+Jimmy+Palmiotti.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371501537989042162" /></a><br /><br />I met Amanda Connor and Jimmy Palmiotti at the Dallas Comicon October 12, 2002. Amanda is best known for her work on the Vampirella comic books produded by Harris (not the original Vampirella from the '70s).<br /><br />Jimmy has worked on quite a few different comics, too, including one of my favorites, Ghost Rider.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqQ6Nj0Q9ANNV5zLKU0G3MIKQVirZ-yUxLbtZ0SLfXJ3KooFd9WZijpXBAjkJE2-vAvuDcIfqURE6rXR92nX8EPzYHt8feCVjjiZBDUTMw8pTNYb1ZCOqmOn3FHyTsZGPvMWhIQrInDEp/s1600-h/Vampirella2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqQ6Nj0Q9ANNV5zLKU0G3MIKQVirZ-yUxLbtZ0SLfXJ3KooFd9WZijpXBAjkJE2-vAvuDcIfqURE6rXR92nX8EPzYHt8feCVjjiZBDUTMw8pTNYb1ZCOqmOn3FHyTsZGPvMWhIQrInDEp/s320/Vampirella2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371501453539582770" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_nO4qjrl3K52ELGnaLY3ctGMaN9o-_UICfSnnizmPZoeaAWtAhdd5UAcZfJndQHuVl86V1l9G50LK-AcTjWvPKb-sL4fnSmY4ElVIID13zDR6nkkk-RGRrZw7q62YNSh9L7A4-4qA9bX/s1600-h/Vampirella1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_nO4qjrl3K52ELGnaLY3ctGMaN9o-_UICfSnnizmPZoeaAWtAhdd5UAcZfJndQHuVl86V1l9G50LK-AcTjWvPKb-sL4fnSmY4ElVIID13zDR6nkkk-RGRrZw7q62YNSh9L7A4-4qA9bX/s320/Vampirella1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371501322022161522" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-68632458658575078512009-08-17T07:00:00.000-07:002009-08-17T07:08:13.133-07:00Rhett BomarI recently bought several Rhett Bomar cards from various eBay vendors. Bomar played three seasons at my alma mater, Sam Houston State University.<br /><br />This is the first card I bought, the <strong>2009 Press Pass</strong>.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ambSa64o5RmVvMeXm_mtU_-2IH1O3xmFqD-6lN3xau_EbPM1H23G1jY6ub21bgceo_EIIFL5PfEcW38i-pFTDWkBNxpufEO3QGWEb8kqNliHGwDpT9BTH2oBkLdySIPNJdSubRZDS2OY/s1600-h/Bomar+PressPass2009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 227px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367432243665672050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ambSa64o5RmVvMeXm_mtU_-2IH1O3xmFqD-6lN3xau_EbPM1H23G1jY6ub21bgceo_EIIFL5PfEcW38i-pFTDWkBNxpufEO3QGWEb8kqNliHGwDpT9BTH2oBkLdySIPNJdSubRZDS2OY/s320/Bomar+PressPass2009.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46PRz06bFiFhZyndGEnx4SzCJVHh0wqwQipqJHylCTNyMpYX80sbB18qtUz0dEnoEh_679WONfLXgpEYT_B4CvsDklBunE46RQwW5jqKeVrbPaVPNxEhvKhCmOFYYdwA9sAZIyaUcNyMl/s1600-h/2009+press+pass++1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370743118185158050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46PRz06bFiFhZyndGEnx4SzCJVHh0wqwQipqJHylCTNyMpYX80sbB18qtUz0dEnoEh_679WONfLXgpEYT_B4CvsDklBunE46RQwW5jqKeVrbPaVPNxEhvKhCmOFYYdwA9sAZIyaUcNyMl/s320/2009+press+pass++1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />I liked it so much I bought four more (one to send off for a signature and others to give out to friends). I've got a lot of cards; if I had to guess I would say I own somewhere around 100,000 cards. But this one is right up there in the top ten favorites...or maybe the top five.<br /><br />This was the first card in my collection with the Bearkat logo proudly displayed. This was also the first card I owned that showed a field I've spent some time on. I've run several miles on that orange track and have walked up and down those bleachers many times since 1989.<br /><br />I'm also pretty sure I was at this game, which was against our biggest rival, the Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjacks.<br /><br />Here are the other cards:<br /><br /><strong>2009 Upper Deck #143</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirU3IHW8FpLi6dXkKE97sSLgt4gcD-59-bFGvyZZY92pbBJASZE5AnW19lYMDRDlJhZ_37m225pTQLb6VxUvJM1C5K9k8yY5-aTjEy_nWvnmzYN5dkebaLqPz6zFLsJ8BXpeat25zTOfl1/s1600-h/2009+Upper+Deck.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370743846649717618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirU3IHW8FpLi6dXkKE97sSLgt4gcD-59-bFGvyZZY92pbBJASZE5AnW19lYMDRDlJhZ_37m225pTQLb6VxUvJM1C5K9k8yY5-aTjEy_nWvnmzYN5dkebaLqPz6zFLsJ8BXpeat25zTOfl1/s320/2009+Upper+Deck.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjztIuMGXdDZxKyseIZixiktBnu4mUEWY9OTyhvQMr0Qte6tUQCLE0q5ddjmATTAigewmBzdY1UvWhyphenhyphenk-djqRa9dDO6-JCxz9_hlOz2g23HXrQkbFVMj4uJsVzDp1M7WNOfysN-JbgSlc/s1600-h/2009+upper+deck+143.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370744133052273154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjztIuMGXdDZxKyseIZixiktBnu4mUEWY9OTyhvQMr0Qte6tUQCLE0q5ddjmATTAigewmBzdY1UvWhyphenhyphenk-djqRa9dDO6-JCxz9_hlOz2g23HXrQkbFVMj4uJsVzDp1M7WNOfysN-JbgSlc/s320/2009+upper+deck+143.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>2009 Bowman #150</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSlrFOGKCEpWYCVc8EWM97qdUkEWL4ESRgnGI374Ee5qZ3YgOq5j2nM-QwThz2YrLHiGWb2tO4HPwhdZKe4n_VPoGomwMOGp8XTQ1pzQvr3f7s2-q7_fDFynXC5loX0vFngldCNF8ZTv1/s1600-h/2009+Bowman.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370744630327158930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSlrFOGKCEpWYCVc8EWM97qdUkEWL4ESRgnGI374Ee5qZ3YgOq5j2nM-QwThz2YrLHiGWb2tO4HPwhdZKe4n_VPoGomwMOGp8XTQ1pzQvr3f7s2-q7_fDFynXC5loX0vFngldCNF8ZTv1/s320/2009+Bowman.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEjjNLkAYjJ6KPb62v358RE0sh4enWax51UcccRX06zrh-poo5LAH_sXjYH4bnH_HFVvIX7GySGiW82vA05dmOcU-hKxkA6qdQK4v6vOoPfgFkM0TuvyYKkq5FO8GADRH8tXrFJeq9N7m/s1600-h/2009+Bowman+150.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370744553747068082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEjjNLkAYjJ6KPb62v358RE0sh4enWax51UcccRX06zrh-poo5LAH_sXjYH4bnH_HFVvIX7GySGiW82vA05dmOcU-hKxkA6qdQK4v6vOoPfgFkM0TuvyYKkq5FO8GADRH8tXrFJeq9N7m/s320/2009+Bowman+150.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>2009 Playoff Prestige #195</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eFF_JpsSCV0j9-ZQX302k3YaYnlOPgLHa-LOQl9RfoaeqzxjzGgV7BPPvv3w09zOuFZrxPbxEqISTWm7n5rMaTKjH5wBxeaKOAt4ggif2pwBQ-0AZivG9VRiIH8BpnJF1P5tOVqgGl8K/s1600-h/2009+playoff+prestige.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370745127171038946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eFF_JpsSCV0j9-ZQX302k3YaYnlOPgLHa-LOQl9RfoaeqzxjzGgV7BPPvv3w09zOuFZrxPbxEqISTWm7n5rMaTKjH5wBxeaKOAt4ggif2pwBQ-0AZivG9VRiIH8BpnJF1P5tOVqgGl8K/s320/2009+playoff+prestige.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLRvwkreJUeRv_uAADHRA2jAG_BiNN4AZ6sZEXoZGgANqkrz4OkzDWmu_lDmPAnnjPH_uSqsBwkhgCNfqfnJhF323QIsGMze7mbVeheQLfCg9igMBu9dnvk2KCusDbiJEfXo3Bx2Ujury/s1600-h/2009+playoff+prestige+195.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 227px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370745044070478194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLRvwkreJUeRv_uAADHRA2jAG_BiNN4AZ6sZEXoZGgANqkrz4OkzDWmu_lDmPAnnjPH_uSqsBwkhgCNfqfnJhF323QIsGMze7mbVeheQLfCg9igMBu9dnvk2KCusDbiJEfXo3Bx2Ujury/s320/2009+playoff+prestige+195.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>2009 Topps Magic #245</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iEFhTQTQNYjZLzKCp_CERkn1YIa91hyMHiQKqWR3sYUGuAzGLPEaxghSBHtTqQGACQ1cJGq_Cyq5PQKmVwC74p_GIX_VPbB8kMBJgCzwn-qK7cK7cZKPOzcr1qA-sgpJBTFXU76Cg5Qi/s1600-h/2009+Topps+Magic.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 232px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370745759287311938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iEFhTQTQNYjZLzKCp_CERkn1YIa91hyMHiQKqWR3sYUGuAzGLPEaxghSBHtTqQGACQ1cJGq_Cyq5PQKmVwC74p_GIX_VPbB8kMBJgCzwn-qK7cK7cZKPOzcr1qA-sgpJBTFXU76Cg5Qi/s320/2009+Topps+Magic.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIEj6302tmRpM-p_KKC7jXOrw8twJ1vyHav50TFyG9_ZuscJIMz0n52hKFQFldLRq8XNop8R4Oveai9pESmo9SyEeSN_EKSi9SR6-sJDVRYsH9prJxl2gg_TvUQ3B_hJMIeKQyAsW0MwC/s1600-h/2009+topps+magic+245.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370745677144432210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIEj6302tmRpM-p_KKC7jXOrw8twJ1vyHav50TFyG9_ZuscJIMz0n52hKFQFldLRq8XNop8R4Oveai9pESmo9SyEeSN_EKSi9SR6-sJDVRYsH9prJxl2gg_TvUQ3B_hJMIeKQyAsW0MwC/s320/2009+topps+magic+245.jpg" /></a> </p><p>The Magic cards featur veterans and rookies in the college uniforms and is based on the 1951 Magic set.<br /><br /><strong>2009 Score 390</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDI7XHrzqtmi9n1rttVmTOGKDsdzrDUgVN1kFh9850SOvCRLlDCAN4PhhKM-tRXv6dEveOKYgId4MWhsEHSgolZR6m59PWYd7zaiaL4uUdpmt7bt8ALRE-vnY-UXOIcljeB4eMzBvTwCk8/s1600-h/2009+Score.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370746249167105234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDI7XHrzqtmi9n1rttVmTOGKDsdzrDUgVN1kFh9850SOvCRLlDCAN4PhhKM-tRXv6dEveOKYgId4MWhsEHSgolZR6m59PWYd7zaiaL4uUdpmt7bt8ALRE-vnY-UXOIcljeB4eMzBvTwCk8/s320/2009+Score.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE9JAZL4W9gl2QO2PBHsNIEesblbGJigMSWz_0s6VyO4HlyQgHMRmB-XvwDVpaqWGFibWjXR2I-vbgmopsRJCnSJDM47HnVn_zCQcCnazvfzXpDkvMlCWt7gd5cysX375s_JBKHgQowBt/s1600-h/2009+Score+390.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370746167932415746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE9JAZL4W9gl2QO2PBHsNIEesblbGJigMSWz_0s6VyO4HlyQgHMRmB-XvwDVpaqWGFibWjXR2I-vbgmopsRJCnSJDM47HnVn_zCQcCnazvfzXpDkvMlCWt7gd5cysX375s_JBKHgQowBt/s320/2009+Score+390.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>2009 Topps #423</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn746todsA-zxGlEkKRVAik2dvDf33qmjj-nlQE8WgUvPtnxLhJo1bqzsDljBujFnEEifSnyZjtUoKjUHZoU2neYiOl2SRgI4GArksii9u7wL_8PiXv_jjAmZ2FcfHGv6j2q6PuPYAF9d/s1600-h/2009+Topps.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370746730608750690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn746todsA-zxGlEkKRVAik2dvDf33qmjj-nlQE8WgUvPtnxLhJo1bqzsDljBujFnEEifSnyZjtUoKjUHZoU2neYiOl2SRgI4GArksii9u7wL_8PiXv_jjAmZ2FcfHGv6j2q6PuPYAF9d/s320/2009+Topps.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b612hltPT2jfXmNrwbx2OztHpCPpPrPdK79sYmeUwVv0RPVR4jLI_BAJWZMGL3dJoWQV2WPFGaR7SlL3GnAr-eyy_0bimyoezjZIJX0uHdx8udvRObmfcnS56VvUo0sKk7TiR-9SLha3/s1600-h/2009+topps+423.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370746635465561346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b612hltPT2jfXmNrwbx2OztHpCPpPrPdK79sYmeUwVv0RPVR4jLI_BAJWZMGL3dJoWQV2WPFGaR7SlL3GnAr-eyy_0bimyoezjZIJX0uHdx8udvRObmfcnS56VvUo0sKk7TiR-9SLha3/s320/2009+topps+423.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here's an interview where Bomar is presented with his first Topps card:<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4DeWN45m8W0&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4DeWN45m8W0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Here are two pictures I took at a game against SFA (pictures were taken from the home side). These were taken at the Lumberjack's Homecoming. We dominated those poor 'Jacks 45-17.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjI-pCy5MoAIqqwr7J6c1zXo1hMXqpbnjPo0C8c1YC4IgTsPcMo481_gzabRPkR_F7hquqHLKUzaYPVeO0X5RO6RpIjQCBrbff6Gup6gOoGLcaRk8SBm3Vr8B3qjkEhMt_E_MzsJDAW8x/s1600-h/001+035.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370748902884892434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjI-pCy5MoAIqqwr7J6c1zXo1hMXqpbnjPo0C8c1YC4IgTsPcMo481_gzabRPkR_F7hquqHLKUzaYPVeO0X5RO6RpIjQCBrbff6Gup6gOoGLcaRk8SBm3Vr8B3qjkEhMt_E_MzsJDAW8x/s320/001+035.jpg" /></a><br />If you click on this next picture look in the stands above the 'Kats' #33 and you'll see a guy painted white from head to toe. This guy should have his own card. Weird...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw56tLjbR3aKdTNb0TwpF3rzcUiwXA4MDR5fX_sd0I5ORyPxsJK3Z8IoTUeIRk8NmrBFzpzefegVxtQLVrF3au4-6s5fLWIFRUQhRZwwVwYq-r7UuHp-8rqEMwRmU2isUhJbfsxNCh0elf/s1600-h/001+025.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370748491204547394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw56tLjbR3aKdTNb0TwpF3rzcUiwXA4MDR5fX_sd0I5ORyPxsJK3Z8IoTUeIRk8NmrBFzpzefegVxtQLVrF3au4-6s5fLWIFRUQhRZwwVwYq-r7UuHp-8rqEMwRmU2isUhJbfsxNCh0elf/s320/001+025.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Here's one I found on the internet (taken from the visitor's side). It's pretty cool for the simple fact that I'm right there on the third row, behind the guy with the towel on his head (above the large E); I'm also the only guy with orange on, surrounded by a sea of purple. I doubt I was very popular that day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DgJHJrlKB1x-2-2ySPjmxvOM-IhHtNN6l5EXRfIblHEd8n94JFjxyBHvFOxYeXjHFTuwV3UdKD1UYztBTRiIMDAceskxK-1Rje8qTV_BaIgi0RvNthtYbjyJAcUPhX6WphZ9vbkVycsK/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370750550309771026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DgJHJrlKB1x-2-2ySPjmxvOM-IhHtNN6l5EXRfIblHEd8n94JFjxyBHvFOxYeXjHFTuwV3UdKD1UYztBTRiIMDAceskxK-1Rje8qTV_BaIgi0RvNthtYbjyJAcUPhX6WphZ9vbkVycsK/s320/5.jpg" /></a></p>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-72843457552308974812009-08-13T19:26:00.000-07:002009-08-13T20:04:39.107-07:00Brad Dourif<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIbCclhroE4e3x9lMd_PVjmN3iyYOJgBuSfNiBojeCCcbia00bndb_4_283XJnR8UgLmoX8_8apLdCikxYOdIe9n9h62iTMsPpHklKOyrQTim2ZifR5Z804iXTugQ66qMAPTsgpWhTFmG/s1600-h/Chucky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIbCclhroE4e3x9lMd_PVjmN3iyYOJgBuSfNiBojeCCcbia00bndb_4_283XJnR8UgLmoX8_8apLdCikxYOdIe9n9h62iTMsPpHklKOyrQTim2ZifR5Z804iXTugQ66qMAPTsgpWhTFmG/s320/Chucky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369647488007365762" /></a><br /><br /><br />Since the last post tied in with The Exorcist I decided to go with something somewhat related. Brad Dourif, known by many as the voice of Chucky from the Child's Play series and who has appeared in many movies over the years, including Lord of the Rings, also appeared in Exorcist III. So there ya go!<br /><br />Who could forget his role in Dune?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihou9zgLsQ3FXllxWtSiAAOWxHGEk1Edax-TIbKElQZrP-tAL08M1YenceBQ_HQokM4z6xDARr2mFW317NiJRhI5esXp7-Mg1czqmsb-u9jgSOPEYjVdXuwTl3IKG3IZBSjkKWNrVC3cBP/s1600-h/dune.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihou9zgLsQ3FXllxWtSiAAOWxHGEk1Edax-TIbKElQZrP-tAL08M1YenceBQ_HQokM4z6xDARr2mFW317NiJRhI5esXp7-Mg1czqmsb-u9jgSOPEYjVdXuwTl3IKG3IZBSjkKWNrVC3cBP/s320/dune.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369642493315286818" /></a><br /><br />Or the other movie he did with a couple of his Dune buddies, where he got to play with a knife, just like sweet little Chucky did a few years later. Yeah, I'm talking about Blue Velvet...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunvRlUNgot1pDZhGaF4WSzDYp-3du4DZoL8nrMRM4OJ0DMlp3xlV7H93gCDCLin55rXP6wPMwu05F_YMRyZg-g3TqZRXkV2e7vt8wEMmDQxMK7dlYnJXdZ86JPmZhnvFkPyZwNmWn7XbU/s1600-h/blue+velvet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunvRlUNgot1pDZhGaF4WSzDYp-3du4DZoL8nrMRM4OJ0DMlp3xlV7H93gCDCLin55rXP6wPMwu05F_YMRyZg-g3TqZRXkV2e7vt8wEMmDQxMK7dlYnJXdZ86JPmZhnvFkPyZwNmWn7XbU/s320/blue+velvet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369644603276753826" /></a> <br /><br />My favorite Brad Dourif movie, though, has to be One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhCRQRRru8QEIEFkBGMEju3sKmHCg-MUL0I5WDdUCLcPIv2p2zs8x15OQ8js-Y19f5e1syBO24zhpzBcjnYPGsPNT6ai6gynx_GaauVIPZ9AGcLvm_tB7ZQ6uHZzDjl4C0dWWbXvWJd-r/s1600-h/dourif2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhCRQRRru8QEIEFkBGMEju3sKmHCg-MUL0I5WDdUCLcPIv2p2zs8x15OQ8js-Y19f5e1syBO24zhpzBcjnYPGsPNT6ai6gynx_GaauVIPZ9AGcLvm_tB7ZQ6uHZzDjl4C0dWWbXvWJd-r/s320/dourif2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369646591945217090" /></a><br /><br />However, playing with sharp objects in that one had a nasty result for him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWjqRp6JvCD4SsT0xDuShYQzo-kvsKyHhYRY2pEH87K0Ew4uKIse0LiG8TgnqVzLX8ePkBP4x3M3-EufkAoKYvL8tC0SQ5eOCxvtumEoyZzlZgHMhfbbdzdEkRcILLysLWEpZmmUnNVPa/s1600-h/glass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWjqRp6JvCD4SsT0xDuShYQzo-kvsKyHhYRY2pEH87K0Ew4uKIse0LiG8TgnqVzLX8ePkBP4x3M3-EufkAoKYvL8tC0SQ5eOCxvtumEoyZzlZgHMhfbbdzdEkRcILLysLWEpZmmUnNVPa/s320/glass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369645749594465602" /></a><br /><br />In person Brad was a pretty nice guy, unlike some of the villains and sociopaths he played on the big screen. Here we are in Plano, Texas nearly ten years ago:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYPmi53vHju97B6aAGcZYXbDYbEnBp4fEoGIwOtzoGzAbJ69etm8qpgM-S-ZeBi3DsOFiJog_3ATNlmAggrOVbDJU1abCkf3PkwaZ5MGxmntJwoWsP-8wDK8s9EqEWq36uesEytTthm0M/s1600-h/Brad+Dourif.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYPmi53vHju97B6aAGcZYXbDYbEnBp4fEoGIwOtzoGzAbJ69etm8qpgM-S-ZeBi3DsOFiJog_3ATNlmAggrOVbDJU1abCkf3PkwaZ5MGxmntJwoWsP-8wDK8s9EqEWq36uesEytTthm0M/s320/Brad+Dourif.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369646875106068338" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v8D6mJNXAho&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v8D6mJNXAho&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-79551726121026764602009-08-12T21:05:00.000-07:002009-08-12T21:39:26.156-07:00Linda Blair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnINGSIsyDSz5cRcmM07WW1i654prcriuWNn9pvkOlkcZ2WSjM6CkzqTaQn2WoIPGpCfj092_XH0H0_Q4ZudszN06K3wkpQL5mMoE_x_eYjfc3gSwKx2cnm5YS_6ELfEgdwmCvaODB9z2F/s1600-h/Linda+Blair2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnINGSIsyDSz5cRcmM07WW1i654prcriuWNn9pvkOlkcZ2WSjM6CkzqTaQn2WoIPGpCfj092_XH0H0_Q4ZudszN06K3wkpQL5mMoE_x_eYjfc3gSwKx2cnm5YS_6ELfEgdwmCvaODB9z2F/s320/Linda+Blair2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369303137816958274" /></a><br /><br />Linda Blair started out doing commercials on television as a young child. But, by 1973 she starred in one of the greatest horror films ever released:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJvDK3wV64QTLNmL07eKClknQd3vfgG5BBlQdtcB0oFlcerhehBTHQcvecDWkplOmVS1p8cklKnz3V1ozuOkOLuHzgOfKH6Oe0QxntxqFgpU92afr7ljHgegs-cmhVPqb_4Y5RdE_RR4g/s1600-h/exorcist_ver2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJvDK3wV64QTLNmL07eKClknQd3vfgG5BBlQdtcB0oFlcerhehBTHQcvecDWkplOmVS1p8cklKnz3V1ozuOkOLuHzgOfKH6Oe0QxntxqFgpU92afr7ljHgegs-cmhVPqb_4Y5RdE_RR4g/s320/exorcist_ver2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369297149229469634" /></a><br /><br />Who can forget Blair in the role of Regan, a young girl possessed by the devil, with green projectile vomiting and a head that turns around?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ewu1laA2nmI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ewu1laA2nmI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />These days Linda is active in various projects concerning animals; she's well known for her efforts in rescuing pit bulls. The Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation (http://www.lindablairworldheart.com/)was started several years ago to help abused, neglected, and abandoned pits. When I met Linda she was promoting a book she recently had written about this project of hers. I believe all proceeds obtained by selling signed pictures and books went to this project. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tKo9Jxb5InzRl42F8HMXp9U-LTrNs_0dpk3e8iR_xDE4sxtxHPorsWJ7Pj3cw0YqXjpPuUVqEa0tYOjPBo_BJOIIzhx1SSkLuHMDLTE-rEfzkoo_scM5fxtRwCSm6PFHJO9krtPNQfdT/s1600-h/linda.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369295161770499122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tKo9Jxb5InzRl42F8HMXp9U-LTrNs_0dpk3e8iR_xDE4sxtxHPorsWJ7Pj3cw0YqXjpPuUVqEa0tYOjPBo_BJOIIzhx1SSkLuHMDLTE-rEfzkoo_scM5fxtRwCSm6PFHJO9krtPNQfdT/s320/linda.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-44024687105278899202009-08-09T17:50:00.000-07:002009-08-09T18:51:11.608-07:00R. Lee Ermey<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-REmnApOhe6Zapb7THAfphcLQ_AvVeFnVzJDScWwjPEbzqRg48Y-qoQO1f-okzWlZd6kmWLp90Z_gU2cO9AtHdwJgQeq3fud3tWPk2_Nw8ufCz1pW8P69u9TDcgoHRHW9PaTO9cmtleA/s1600-h/R.+Lee+Ermey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-REmnApOhe6Zapb7THAfphcLQ_AvVeFnVzJDScWwjPEbzqRg48Y-qoQO1f-okzWlZd6kmWLp90Z_gU2cO9AtHdwJgQeq3fud3tWPk2_Nw8ufCz1pW8P69u9TDcgoHRHW9PaTO9cmtleA/s320/R.+Lee+Ermey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368145005815943634" /></a><br /><br /><br />I figured since I've posted one celeb signing from the 2005 NRA convention I might as well post another.<br /><br />R. Lee Ermey, AKA 'The Gunny', was born 3/24/44 in Emporia, Kansas. As a teen, he had a few problems with the law; a judge gave him his two choices: jail or the military. Ermey wisely chose the military. The Marine Corps was the choice he made and a few years later he wound up in Viet Nam. Later, using the benefits of the GI Bill, he enrolled in college in the Philippines. While attending school there he had a part in The Boys of Company "C". Soon after he was in one of my favorites, Apocalypse Now (although it was a small role).<br /><br />Ermey has been in more than 60 movies, but is probably best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann in Full Metal Jacket. His History Channel show Mail Call is another show he's well known for.<br /><br />[Naughty Word Warning!]<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TFNeBRc7W7s&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TFNeBRc7W7s&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Ermey was at the NRA convention as a representative for Glock. He's also a rep for, of all things, Tupperware. Can you imagine attending a Tupperware party with this guy?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84asNx5TrUID4VKh5fqmsgOncx29IpHvDpiv9WU11_1-yiB686M95aJmW0V74tbz50BTnY1XuyNtK9OWJQ6kFT6dDJOPsZKFHa_QnACR3kV_I3M5hFUn4iMSdXKF3rUSNqrnM9YAJcSQg/s1600-h/Tupperware_Party-752145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84asNx5TrUID4VKh5fqmsgOncx29IpHvDpiv9WU11_1-yiB686M95aJmW0V74tbz50BTnY1XuyNtK9OWJQ6kFT6dDJOPsZKFHa_QnACR3kV_I3M5hFUn4iMSdXKF3rUSNqrnM9YAJcSQg/s320/Tupperware_Party-752145.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368146457139143874" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-6055156784736616982009-08-08T20:12:00.000-07:002009-08-08T21:35:02.507-07:00Ted Nugent<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLk1DezQskMDfhMLYHyPmO34yovZbJdqUPVm9nqGNpEbEDSBlLUOdq5d3x5eHhffEKJAaBW4eoOSORxVzyfGeLgpxTYXuQI2wDEhyOADSDVH3GQV30IUMcKhPLDW0ME7C6H5RPd4hNKdq/s1600-h/ted+nugent.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367796752040755602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLk1DezQskMDfhMLYHyPmO34yovZbJdqUPVm9nqGNpEbEDSBlLUOdq5d3x5eHhffEKJAaBW4eoOSORxVzyfGeLgpxTYXuQI2wDEhyOADSDVH3GQV30IUMcKhPLDW0ME7C6H5RPd4hNKdq/s320/ted+nugent.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I met Ted "The Motor City Madman" Nugent at the NRA Convention when it was held in Houston in April of 2005. Before meeting him he gave a speech and a mini-concert. Prior to this I had seen him perform twice (once opening for KISS).<br /><br />Here he is performing on stage at the convention:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaAsb5FzpKIur-JJO1SoyMbjk4TXPsX1ADNjo_6glnZrkmD-VCb1Hjdh1_3UQQz3PcTwyK41NBMzx7xqPp3X5dFQ8Mm4THSPv1kC-y-MlUO0k_j_spjTUmzge7K30_vRqB7T4qqdt0zDK/s1600-h/3-2005+020.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367804600115240882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaAsb5FzpKIur-JJO1SoyMbjk4TXPsX1ADNjo_6glnZrkmD-VCb1Hjdh1_3UQQz3PcTwyK41NBMzx7xqPp3X5dFQ8Mm4THSPv1kC-y-MlUO0k_j_spjTUmzge7K30_vRqB7T4qqdt0zDK/s320/3-2005+020.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I took a copy of his book "God, Guns, & Rock 'n' Roll" for him to sign.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iS33buHaQsTyvZ8I-W8vB8Oke1zvTgD7-bB8mIdd5Zx5GO4adqkMRSuKKKXro0-82dz9LCDw4P08rTvJmpcIq_ydkxMLf_av1FTAIxGPb9aHYRqn4QkaQQesXdbATjxuxuh8cTfcIH5O/s1600-h/ted's+book.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 208px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367805636676706466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iS33buHaQsTyvZ8I-W8vB8Oke1zvTgD7-bB8mIdd5Zx5GO4adqkMRSuKKKXro0-82dz9LCDw4P08rTvJmpcIq_ydkxMLf_av1FTAIxGPb9aHYRqn4QkaQQesXdbATjxuxuh8cTfcIH5O/s320/ted's+book.jpg" /></a><br /><br />It's a great book, one that I would recommend to anyone. Ted signed it and we had a brief conversation. Here's the Nuge handing the book back to me; his wife and daughter are also in the pic.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZc-R2xq-NRpRt1vV88-MH85khFIO7OfKw1eURaZq4xx0ZHm9dkQd8LEbGOgBPlQsv60RgA_JDW5R-0O3x5X2Py9ozHPBEKyo94hTCBq079tMMZ4CTjEpHcRdNlUQmKz7caZDh11bbHw8/s1600-h/3-2005+027.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367807967839132850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZc-R2xq-NRpRt1vV88-MH85khFIO7OfKw1eURaZq4xx0ZHm9dkQd8LEbGOgBPlQsv60RgA_JDW5R-0O3x5X2Py9ozHPBEKyo94hTCBq079tMMZ4CTjEpHcRdNlUQmKz7caZDh11bbHw8/s320/3-2005+027.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SN3xAkB8wR8psRao1LFxW7HmMPtTl9ib2jK5zh3qeK61AsWOTD9ZgLVCQp9yWPY9XisCORWkKwaZNnS88nwtfKMlZI4vQ3C3QX_4A5NtRd82qPke8uoP-4WuLIcYTQCNK5NghHeiJnLj/s1600-h/3-2005+028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367808099622616738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SN3xAkB8wR8psRao1LFxW7HmMPtTl9ib2jK5zh3qeK61AsWOTD9ZgLVCQp9yWPY9XisCORWkKwaZNnS88nwtfKMlZI4vQ3C3QX_4A5NtRd82qPke8uoP-4WuLIcYTQCNK5NghHeiJnLj/s320/3-2005+028.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I also had the chance to meet Big Jim. If you've ever watched any of Ted's VH1 specials (or any other TV shows) you know who Big Jim is.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCkbtx3puGOynd8GbZSSK0iQe4VhFTV-h8xjWUFVMQiCIVAtrBOIBDoOjCy4PgbXunEH2l3qo0KVLxZDU1uLSRdya3p4fIrqltCdu6A_NwxkmzTVnEsKzVUQbp8Ct9pTafQyJQ_dU3i7N/s1600-h/3-2005+026.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367808694991998642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCkbtx3puGOynd8GbZSSK0iQe4VhFTV-h8xjWUFVMQiCIVAtrBOIBDoOjCy4PgbXunEH2l3qo0KVLxZDU1uLSRdya3p4fIrqltCdu6A_NwxkmzTVnEsKzVUQbp8Ct9pTafQyJQ_dU3i7N/s320/3-2005+026.jpg" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-32846153654667691082009-08-06T08:45:00.000-07:002009-08-06T07:04:33.611-07:00Billy Ripken<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlCIngEnLw0Ear8X8VOYBbmQ-hM2fDjLrFVxmfhNzK6tM2IpiznZ2HBaSI22J7GhZcFzbAANWb8kZfykXpPR7tTg1glroG3SZ8C8Y9GrJc5IfIT1nf1q1QVCUzXECBueJ3etWt0sxWqJA/s1600-h/Bill+Ripken.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlCIngEnLw0Ear8X8VOYBbmQ-hM2fDjLrFVxmfhNzK6tM2IpiznZ2HBaSI22J7GhZcFzbAANWb8kZfykXpPR7tTg1glroG3SZ8C8Y9GrJc5IfIT1nf1q1QVCUzXECBueJ3etWt0sxWqJA/s320/Bill+Ripken.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366668302836475330" /></a><br /><br />Billy began his major league career in 1987 with the Orioles. Two other Ripkens were on that team (one being a manager). Maybe you've heard of 'em. Billy also played for the Rangers, Indians, and finally the Tigers, where he finished his career in '98.<br /><br />Billy is still involved in baseball. He is a part of Ripken Baseball (http://www.ripkenbaseball.com) and was also a first base coach for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. <br /><br />I sent this '91 Score off to Billy not too long after it was issued.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-70509739318189094552009-07-23T14:55:00.000-07:002009-07-29T10:36:22.719-07:00Yvonne Craig<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje495iQFuxIli-WWLjPRKFugvWiGbFLbd-MIHKJZr5TxcTJXSN4qnHUMuNSzWX3mYw9yg5t_cfefO4WgBsLW11qKUjV5ltN-5Ufe_P3ugieDq0IefGZEPVyIbf9xbjGoUUfi37MeBoUYJe/s1600-h/yvonne+craig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje495iQFuxIli-WWLjPRKFugvWiGbFLbd-MIHKJZr5TxcTJXSN4qnHUMuNSzWX3mYw9yg5t_cfefO4WgBsLW11qKUjV5ltN-5Ufe_P3ugieDq0IefGZEPVyIbf9xbjGoUUfi37MeBoUYJe/s320/yvonne+craig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362618746872729650" /></a><br /><br />Yvonne Craig, one time girlfriend of Elvis Presley, is best known as Batgirl (1967-68). She also appeared on many other TV shows, including two of my favorites as a kid growing up in the '70s: 'The Six Million Dollar Man' and 'Starsky and Hutch'.<br /><br />Here's Yvonne from around 1997 when I met her at a sci-fin convention in Plano, TX. She is retired from the convention circuit but still sells signed 8x10s on her website for $25.00 plus postage (I think I might have paid $10.00 in person). Yvonne is by far one of the nicest celebs I've ever met.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceqtpFepqFTRkOUkv_fkIh0eXv9udPkCN_CBaflHkV4R7K5eTfPpITAHF4mTXtSAyqY7nUTJRNDnjO3zjbIKUuZPaYNamnYyZQLawIo8y9J9rRrZ_KImU-akjoYWAl8dE1KNHUtXXAcyg/s1600-h/YvonneCraig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceqtpFepqFTRkOUkv_fkIh0eXv9udPkCN_CBaflHkV4R7K5eTfPpITAHF4mTXtSAyqY7nUTJRNDnjO3zjbIKUuZPaYNamnYyZQLawIo8y9J9rRrZ_KImU-akjoYWAl8dE1KNHUtXXAcyg/s320/YvonneCraig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362618275687324194" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/urYcI2PPDec&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/urYcI2PPDec&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-82255447436372581462009-07-22T21:38:00.000-07:002009-07-22T22:02:12.509-07:00Linda Harrison<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7z-x9t05TZU6xiJdVELZtiZLkKDWhkTFlWpDkpI8BkIAw49IOCDuZp9GEZQoTqpZDW8xloTq62opssgAnWoinp60AS6G00olOJpq1qedraPogB5DwgIk-uz1kZumCTRSPx_t0_C-TOYL/s1600-h/Linda+Harrison.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7z-x9t05TZU6xiJdVELZtiZLkKDWhkTFlWpDkpI8BkIAw49IOCDuZp9GEZQoTqpZDW8xloTq62opssgAnWoinp60AS6G00olOJpq1qedraPogB5DwgIk-uz1kZumCTRSPx_t0_C-TOYL/s320/Linda+Harrison.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361512887522837138" /></a><br /><br />Linda Harrison is probably known best for her role as Nova in 'Planet of the Apes' and 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes'. She was also the first person to play Wonder Woman on television (which failed to make it as a series until Linda Carter played tht role years later). She was also in a couple Batman episodes with Adam West.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZHmEqGvrX59bvVxn5Db7jdEHJU-XfbQS1RS4Y6PblxKDAp4jbLIBpiuynQ_PkgtXxMhEbgLe2NkbKzHI52T21nHveln9jGYtT-MJmuXA5jOYEHN-UxuIfrEfn7MQPvMbz_IuqX_w_sxi/s1600-h/02-21-2005120327AM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZHmEqGvrX59bvVxn5Db7jdEHJU-XfbQS1RS4Y6PblxKDAp4jbLIBpiuynQ_PkgtXxMhEbgLe2NkbKzHI52T21nHveln9jGYtT-MJmuXA5jOYEHN-UxuIfrEfn7MQPvMbz_IuqX_w_sxi/s320/02-21-2005120327AM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361510741420372530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8flBBNWEiMA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8flBBNWEiMA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-54518418788105938802009-07-16T21:28:00.000-07:002009-07-16T21:45:55.674-07:00Pee Wee Reese<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65wf_rJ5I1xdCjA7n45Q66RQ_ZnqVNSQVD33PnmJic9SIFnk6DSQKwTM7IyM4cK7HvUm8x8h5h7CH6Iu2Aq4R5uz6K0yMJGnASXkKiVHyjyF3YetN4sHundcPfoGvxLOuKvMP2kHCleQX/s1600-h/Pee+Wee+Reese.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65wf_rJ5I1xdCjA7n45Q66RQ_ZnqVNSQVD33PnmJic9SIFnk6DSQKwTM7IyM4cK7HvUm8x8h5h7CH6Iu2Aq4R5uz6K0yMJGnASXkKiVHyjyF3YetN4sHundcPfoGvxLOuKvMP2kHCleQX/s320/Pee+Wee+Reese.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359281290877839778" /></a><br /><br />I won a Pee Wee Reese card (1957 Topps #30) card on Ebay on July 3rd. Today it finally showed up in my mail box. It's miscut, as can be seen at the top margin, but I figure it's a pretty good deal for my winning bid of $10.50.<br /><br />Ive been trying to get a few vintage cards of some Hall of Famers. I've picked up a few over the years but this is my first Reese card.<br /><br />-Brooklyn Dodgers (1940-1942 and 1946-1957), Los Angeles Dodgers (1958) <br />-10× All-Star selection (1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)<br />-World Series champion (1955)<br />-1956 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award<br />-Hall of Fame (1984)<br />-WWII vetTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-22837216203571069822009-07-12T19:09:00.001-07:002009-07-12T19:27:19.766-07:00David Prowse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjKbJIu1kwuyzFZvwzHbKoYaXbxmpEUJURtfAlZN0QAojV9YuGDZ0ybLHUEl-nmSumChG8eYx5-mivjkEmvFbw06OnweNcexhyidD49_ptSOhV_zX2x2JqSuM8GCfZPV7tgEFfzRP5q8Y/s1600-h/David_Prowse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjKbJIu1kwuyzFZvwzHbKoYaXbxmpEUJURtfAlZN0QAojV9YuGDZ0ybLHUEl-nmSumChG8eYx5-mivjkEmvFbw06OnweNcexhyidD49_ptSOhV_zX2x2JqSuM8GCfZPV7tgEFfzRP5q8Y/s320/David_Prowse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357761526288031906" /></a><br /><br />I used to hit the sci-fi conventions on a regular basis when I lived north of Dallas, TX. The first show that I attended featured Prowse and a few other cast members of the first Star Wars trilogy. This was the first of many signed 8x10s that I bought back in those days.<br /><br /><br />Here's a picture I took of Dave (1997)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-U-3RJsts4uWpUwB5QlqxTPy5iyMvKvu-XwAXaSCaolM77XfLhbuL8Uri8ryZKO1gjn_1EvmwtmvhS3XNHYcCUGRWh5SRIFKN0vjGuCPql1e1HR_hPvoBbmFYRiP9YhYsnJgR-YqSOac/s1600-h/david_prowse_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-U-3RJsts4uWpUwB5QlqxTPy5iyMvKvu-XwAXaSCaolM77XfLhbuL8Uri8ryZKO1gjn_1EvmwtmvhS3XNHYcCUGRWh5SRIFKN0vjGuCPql1e1HR_hPvoBbmFYRiP9YhYsnJgR-YqSOac/s320/david_prowse_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357761390065550674" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f7KkFcyOklg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f7KkFcyOklg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-64572878125200943492009-07-10T21:06:00.000-07:002009-07-10T21:32:29.414-07:00John CottonI like to collect cards of people I know, went to school with, or who are from my area. Probably the most well known player from this area is Adrian Peterson. However, I don't have any of his cards and probably won't be posting any unless I can get one signed. Perhaps one of these days I'll pick up a few and see if he'll sign a few. Hey, I've got connections.<br /><br />The first post on this blog was from one of the local players. I thought it was about time to feature another.<br /><br />Here's a card that I pulled out of a pack back in '92. Upper Deck released their first minor league set that year and I got the one card I was interested in: #321 John Cotton. John was playing for the Indians farm system at the time. Back in '91 he had the most stolen bases (57) in their minor league system.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pKdxQxAf4UKbhGdt0JTIK7rbx2A6V9JTta7905ZPTesSDfq5ekfz8BsI8hUXF5RWBzEq5W6n_27hc59xQmLFi4uNy7inVPRBZDnbdqHGhlknuXrGd9GQXcB7G3sJYgncaJkE7FiJXKA5/s1600-h/UD+Minors+92.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pKdxQxAf4UKbhGdt0JTIK7rbx2A6V9JTta7905ZPTesSDfq5ekfz8BsI8hUXF5RWBzEq5W6n_27hc59xQmLFi4uNy7inVPRBZDnbdqHGhlknuXrGd9GQXcB7G3sJYgncaJkE7FiJXKA5/s320/UD+Minors+92.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357052353658586018" /></a><br /><br />I played Little League baseball against John (who was about a month younger than me) and his older brother. I haven't seen either of these guys in years. I did happen to run into his brother once back when we were both attending the same college about a year before this card was issued.<br /><br />Recently I decided to pick up a few of his other cards. I bought this 2000 Upper Deck Black Diamond card off of Ebay last week. This card features a piece of his uniform that he wore during one of his games while playing in the 2000 Olympics. The USA team won the gold that year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ANXHMg_eAqWSsYLHI2wHcIZ60F17Sc2yCl28aZWI7ycT20eNo2vZm-VlYwFF3piXFLV9MOmQKiZKb5UxVY-QiyZzlvwvErYZGd9WZGX9LLnvW_uRcF5VFzVAc_a_CAQVMVEvxmTFv7bx/s1600-h/UD+Black+Diamond1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ANXHMg_eAqWSsYLHI2wHcIZ60F17Sc2yCl28aZWI7ycT20eNo2vZm-VlYwFF3piXFLV9MOmQKiZKb5UxVY-QiyZzlvwvErYZGd9WZGX9LLnvW_uRcF5VFzVAc_a_CAQVMVEvxmTFv7bx/s320/UD+Black+Diamond1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357054129285214946" /></a><br /><br />Last week I also bought his 2000 Bowman Chrome card, #108. This one has him with his Colorado Rockies uniform. The back states that he is the second person to play the most minor league games (1,273) that has not been called up to the majors.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI05H23bqKSEpEwA-QR9oVZCb4AaLvmV8EHi63GNaFVOyeZRcAKdo7u6EO0NUtsSSS82JteDaG1wXF1OvlT2epJC6On8XtecZqD63E4z3H4RxKVVkJhYMY6X8OtQ9PyBrdsPbkEmTBmkeQ/s1600-h/Bowman+chrome1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI05H23bqKSEpEwA-QR9oVZCb4AaLvmV8EHi63GNaFVOyeZRcAKdo7u6EO0NUtsSSS82JteDaG1wXF1OvlT2epJC6On8XtecZqD63E4z3H4RxKVVkJhYMY6X8OtQ9PyBrdsPbkEmTBmkeQ/s320/Bowman+chrome1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357054978749705954" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-1822695408209142462009-07-07T09:52:00.000-07:002009-07-07T10:59:10.013-07:00Jim Hegan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmBpFolh18C7atLFW7kkd2odzcpIUL9wAp0gABbqivcyhd7o4i3gm0FaSMvA6W23jNGXLMy9HRzOsNC2qQoI3y_a_uSZmi-ph2Jec0P6eHbMuInUg_bZyOM6k0EXT4WXz9s8fK2pblexK/s1600-h/Jim+Hegan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmBpFolh18C7atLFW7kkd2odzcpIUL9wAp0gABbqivcyhd7o4i3gm0FaSMvA6W23jNGXLMy9HRzOsNC2qQoI3y_a_uSZmi-ph2Jec0P6eHbMuInUg_bZyOM6k0EXT4WXz9s8fK2pblexK/s320/Jim+Hegan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354649137855393202" /></a><br /><br /><br />1952 Bowman #187<br /><br />I've had this card for so long that I don't remember when, where, or why I bought it. In fact, I forgot I had it until I was going through my collection last week. More than likely I wanted a few vintage cards so I picked it up at a card show nearly twenty years ago.<br /><br />Hegan played with the Indians for the majority of his career. He started with them in 1941 and left in '57. After that he played with several othr teams, including the Tigers, Phillies, Giants and Cubs. His last game was July 4th, 1960. He was an All-Star in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952.<br /><br />After his stint as a catcher he served as a coach with the Yankees and the Tigers.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-40575778990544661912009-07-06T21:49:00.000-07:002009-07-06T21:57:02.845-07:00Nolan Ryan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9n1YTOqDM1o4PaXcnVkfpAcB8Osc6nQbJ_ZLu5zU6jnGrXWI0e_nepkFNm5MlyoGaYhGqzCudAVyPqIpfMVXxFqNmZ5Rq70D3VXEUG9-XtMOSEIcbGR-8-DqBmaRgyMXwvZ6W0k3giX0/s1600-h/Nolan+Ryan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9n1YTOqDM1o4PaXcnVkfpAcB8Osc6nQbJ_ZLu5zU6jnGrXWI0e_nepkFNm5MlyoGaYhGqzCudAVyPqIpfMVXxFqNmZ5Rq70D3VXEUG9-XtMOSEIcbGR-8-DqBmaRgyMXwvZ6W0k3giX0/s320/Nolan+Ryan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355577658091966994" /></a><br /><br />I bought this signed photo of Nolan Ryan somewhere around 1993. A friend of mine sold cards out of his mom's store and I would pick up a card here and there. I had my eye on this for a long time but never had the $12.00 to spend on it (broke college student that I was). He ended up selling everything at a discount, something like 50% off everything, and I ended up buying this signed picture.<br /><br />I'm not positive that Nolan signed this, since he is notorious for using the dreaded Autopen. And, from what I can tell, it just may be that.<br /><br />Oh well...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY02BrToN4zU8o1jAqHW4woBOXiB1v2fLgowE7SpaXLso47SsbEwoC_bVwa-39wD7fjABAYMiCcJiB9Mc9aYyuA8cFMxRxMAN9gO7VuP8IptYkbTzbJYo3IR3c_TqIpYQWhy-lyEFbu2mA/s1600-h/autopen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY02BrToN4zU8o1jAqHW4woBOXiB1v2fLgowE7SpaXLso47SsbEwoC_bVwa-39wD7fjABAYMiCcJiB9Mc9aYyuA8cFMxRxMAN9gO7VuP8IptYkbTzbJYo3IR3c_TqIpYQWhy-lyEFbu2mA/s320/autopen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355577510646991026" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-80488384462208141342009-07-01T21:13:00.000-07:002009-07-01T21:20:44.078-07:00Joe MontanaI was digging through about half a dozen boxes of cards tonight and I came across a Montana second year card. All the corners are razor sharp, there are no creases, no blemishes; in fact, it looks like it was just pulled out of a pack yesterday.<br /><br />I've had these cards in a storage building for years, not really knowing what I had. I had pulled these boxes out to look for some late '60s to early '70s baseball cards and instead found my nearly complete set of 1982 Topps football. <br /><br />Then...I found my box of '81 football cards. I checked the box but there was no Montana rookie to be found.<br /><br />So, for now, I'll have to be content with this one.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WnRjMtJgPT7uQQJ9l9XrupVOc46VU9gMPmOAkiQai3ra_lF12SaLu9cfqEHH5bKI2cz9fhMECttyyDAxr5yZ4pATuz1eduHIlS8nDlMeU7-Dz8_6AF3jqJRmsLz5FxluiDB678jLneCB/s1600-h/joe+montana.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WnRjMtJgPT7uQQJ9l9XrupVOc46VU9gMPmOAkiQai3ra_lF12SaLu9cfqEHH5bKI2cz9fhMECttyyDAxr5yZ4pATuz1eduHIlS8nDlMeU7-Dz8_6AF3jqJRmsLz5FxluiDB678jLneCB/s320/joe+montana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353712418806070530" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-28251847129439499452009-06-30T18:44:00.000-07:002009-06-30T19:09:27.502-07:00Jack McDowellJack McDowell played for the White Sox from 1987-1994. I enjoyed watching him during that period, which is probably about the time I sent this card to him. When he returned my card he also enclosed a flyer to promote his band, (I believe it was V.I.E.W. at that time or it might have been Stickfigure). I never sent off for one of his tapes; I looked for that flyer but seemed to have misplaced it.<br /><br />During his career with the White Sox he as voted the Sporting News Pitcher of the Year, won the Cy Young Award, and was an All-Star three times.<br /><br />After leaving Chicago he played with the Yankees, followed by the Indians, and ending up with the Angels.<br /><br />Here's Black Jack McDowell on his 1989 Donruss:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdzihiNVojYrkqlB0Xt295aK2aeCruQK-oVEMsD-jCCFkmSRsPUuR3k0ucwx99GlNt6-d5C5hpKxTSoY_0oiUeaFuiO30ZafM9rqVCnaVd2BMcQ8UnNCyVAgcl0YC2E8hbAcVXG3UP_YC/s1600-h/Jack+McDowell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdzihiNVojYrkqlB0Xt295aK2aeCruQK-oVEMsD-jCCFkmSRsPUuR3k0ucwx99GlNt6-d5C5hpKxTSoY_0oiUeaFuiO30ZafM9rqVCnaVd2BMcQ8UnNCyVAgcl0YC2E8hbAcVXG3UP_YC/s320/Jack+McDowell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353305623881097106" /></a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLVq5FzalIE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLVq5FzalIE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-33259421813893122522009-06-26T20:03:00.000-07:002009-06-26T20:43:24.813-07:00Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtIsqMilswWLwVuEvsmLex0t5vAayIGqbtdhbtP0jYCjILigXsZxUnDUQuoSnEhVw5L0trs2Ip6SD36qRlrgwgoXSyQn_Z_HoG_3Ppfid3_X8Z7fTMzg3zHaHo4xIJzozdc0VlXcxi1TS/s1600-h/Fromme.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtIsqMilswWLwVuEvsmLex0t5vAayIGqbtdhbtP0jYCjILigXsZxUnDUQuoSnEhVw5L0trs2Ip6SD36qRlrgwgoXSyQn_Z_HoG_3Ppfid3_X8Z7fTMzg3zHaHo4xIJzozdc0VlXcxi1TS/s320/Fromme.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351847103622735394" /></a><br /><br /><br />Back when I was just getting into TTM autograph collecting I picked up an issue of an autograph collecting magazine. Back then the internet was a rare thing; in fact, I don't believe I had ever had the experience of surfing the 'net, nor did I even own a computer.<br /><br />Anyway, there was an article that included an envelope with Squeaky's address on it. I had to use a magnifying glass just to be able to make out the address. I knew as long as I had her prison ID number I would be ok; I was working for the Texas prison system at that time and had a clear understanding how a number followed a person around the system and that's all you really needed. So, if the address in Florida was old the letter would eventually catch up with her.<br /><br />I mailed my letter to Squeaky back in 1997. I was surprised to get a reply. For a long time I didn't understand what she was talking about when she meantioned that all she was concerned with was "air, trees, water, animals". A few years later I read something about ATWA and learned what it meant. Fromme and Sandra Good use this term often to talk about the life force of nature.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LUtDR1tn1-old9bXOdVUtR4A-K33wS1gF2z24yFXRT9xWhGMse_1dUbOmq0Dpknhx7DY0JrGsEuj8wNflyn6C3EtHlnRi7yX2AdoiPimJLvAuC9VHUDbMfrQI9gHKEzyVMMMS750Qgjh/s1600-h/squeakyfromme.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LUtDR1tn1-old9bXOdVUtR4A-K33wS1gF2z24yFXRT9xWhGMse_1dUbOmq0Dpknhx7DY0JrGsEuj8wNflyn6C3EtHlnRi7yX2AdoiPimJLvAuC9VHUDbMfrQI9gHKEzyVMMMS750Qgjh/s320/squeakyfromme.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351846791713611202" /></a><br /><br /> Lynette Fromme was somewhat of an icon back in the day. If some of you youngsters are still scratching your head wondering who this chick is I have two words for you: Manson Family. But that's not why she is in federal prison; attempting to kill President Ford landed her that gig.<br /><br />Squeaky was one of Charlie's girls. She lived out at the Spahn ranch with him and the rest of his group. When he and the others went on trial for the Tate/Labianca killings she shaved her head and gouged out an X on her forehead to protest the criminal proceedings.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CMySttsB_bv7TTTL4XRPYyiN2_B2EHtXVgdxwom1771sOQdVosFN8rto_B-EIAMMcrMEGjSrhgwbhqIZw3lvGKIssJ9It6o0qSHRSLF1o-M23OyVXE3xmbLv7ZsiL2U1zVANg6UM0xWV/s1600-h/shaved+head.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CMySttsB_bv7TTTL4XRPYyiN2_B2EHtXVgdxwom1771sOQdVosFN8rto_B-EIAMMcrMEGjSrhgwbhqIZw3lvGKIssJ9It6o0qSHRSLF1o-M23OyVXE3xmbLv7ZsiL2U1zVANg6UM0xWV/s320/shaved+head.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351842639299784482" /></a><br /><br />Here's a pic of her and Sandra Good:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gy8ZFZSPdrp8b6UT6exhipUFODjxnlcoeesRixgN4uP1p9dMJVJeoBXhLZrSTdec3fC73D4zHztkgActXeznYUDitQJqJFvZCSLXU-SDTTZ3V5exaVNQk0bnZweym0Kp8yaX-nK0mCjP/s1600-h/7.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 183px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gy8ZFZSPdrp8b6UT6exhipUFODjxnlcoeesRixgN4uP1p9dMJVJeoBXhLZrSTdec3fC73D4zHztkgActXeznYUDitQJqJFvZCSLXU-SDTTZ3V5exaVNQk0bnZweym0Kp8yaX-nK0mCjP/s320/7.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351842985425283170" /></a><br /><br />As I mentioned, she tried to assassinate Gerald Ford. On the morning of September 5, 1975 (a couple of weeks before I turned the tender age of 5, as a matter of fact) she strolled into a park in Sacramento with a loaded .45 and pointed it at the President.<br /><br />She was quickly apprehended...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCZRPVZh7VAf_Bb1w65J49jEMk5mPoECYdXCui_yiOe4msh8wfyuZOPb87LaNC5IYYNll1uKvF8e4Sp_2RZ0EwFsYUs7GrqbboM3XBKLedaOpBMRL5nTsdnFPL3NiAPFPNfTSBRXysAJF/s1600-h/4.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCZRPVZh7VAf_Bb1w65J49jEMk5mPoECYdXCui_yiOe4msh8wfyuZOPb87LaNC5IYYNll1uKvF8e4Sp_2RZ0EwFsYUs7GrqbboM3XBKLedaOpBMRL5nTsdnFPL3NiAPFPNfTSBRXysAJF/s320/4.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351843887345320194" /></a><br /><br />...and taken to jail and then to court...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXj9EC-e7fTom6ITn43SX70pZYDOXMd8-fW2nTJT6AHX-TUrD7uxAwIhIf1HlW4-6dE8MVnn_GvrFMBiuDYB9T39KUhUSW_G8_XYzOMHpKtbjCXO68PpUO4nG_z8kl7NrbR9W8npBkIG5q/s1600-h/610x.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXj9EC-e7fTom6ITn43SX70pZYDOXMd8-fW2nTJT6AHX-TUrD7uxAwIhIf1HlW4-6dE8MVnn_GvrFMBiuDYB9T39KUhUSW_G8_XYzOMHpKtbjCXO68PpUO4nG_z8kl7NrbR9W8npBkIG5q/s320/610x.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351844481898728066" /></a><br /><br />...and while in court she refused to cooperate with her own lawyer; it appears she's taking some serious notes here during her trial.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkj4Gg6eY2mY1XSAoPcNt4zI8x9IuPb_qTJRLa-_EIUgRnuj6Sl64hibcCVmawO6wnT77txI91m617LufMbDAC6q7jUzlN9F8b-iWfG4F_8adHWOJxK8O2Ts8XDJnuccl11sd7TcUz-Sf/s1600-h/943-Lynette_5_standalone_prod_affiliate_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkj4Gg6eY2mY1XSAoPcNt4zI8x9IuPb_qTJRLa-_EIUgRnuj6Sl64hibcCVmawO6wnT77txI91m617LufMbDAC6q7jUzlN9F8b-iWfG4F_8adHWOJxK8O2Ts8XDJnuccl11sd7TcUz-Sf/s320/943-Lynette_5_standalone_prod_affiliate_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351845126466471154" /></a><br /><br />These days she's cooling her hills a few hours north of me in Fort Worth. She's eligible for parole in less than two months; however, she never attends her parole hearings, therefore it is denied.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVuvYReuSHyDnFUmOv86A6AP8cuvewsAL7n5FcCGv4dZCg09J5Yb6uoju_Caq0B5PQzKSWaBTLrRjtc6T7JLz61HMUX8iCi642Li2tEgeESW1SBFoEcVKlhjY9hAsPQjilNSQnbiKp9fP/s1600-h/141-Lynette_6_standalone_prod_affiliate_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVuvYReuSHyDnFUmOv86A6AP8cuvewsAL7n5FcCGv4dZCg09J5Yb6uoju_Caq0B5PQzKSWaBTLrRjtc6T7JLz61HMUX8iCi642Li2tEgeESW1SBFoEcVKlhjY9hAsPQjilNSQnbiKp9fP/s320/141-Lynette_6_standalone_prod_affiliate_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351846424531943778" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204218161874269685.post-36570182493831154332009-06-20T19:00:00.000-07:002009-06-20T19:10:23.530-07:00Chewbacca<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEh9nL_In5GmEy1mkDGjTW9hngPMN-xbVnBRiqOQ4J43SqrWjFY52VAoB_pqFUiA1rKbQLPDWhEI3YNOzIPgwiHISM98gsdsi01HzaQrU5BFQE9-kzQc_0iANx6n5TZdpoVNzRXl-8WW8/s1600-h/Peter_Mayhew.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEh9nL_In5GmEy1mkDGjTW9hngPMN-xbVnBRiqOQ4J43SqrWjFY52VAoB_pqFUiA1rKbQLPDWhEI3YNOzIPgwiHISM98gsdsi01HzaQrU5BFQE9-kzQc_0iANx6n5TZdpoVNzRXl-8WW8/s320/Peter_Mayhew.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349596394298767106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I've met Peter Mayhew on at least two different occassions. The first time was around 1996 or '97; both times were in Plano, TX at a sci-fi convention. I remember the first time I saw him. I was standing in line outside in the parking lot, waiting for the building to open, and this tall, skinny guy walked past me. I had no idea who he was, since I had never seen him without a costume on. <br /><br />That was my first sci-fi convention experience. I'll be posting more pics from all those that I attended in Plano in future posts.<br /><br />I had someone in line behind me take this picture:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IOjHxB6LREn9whUXrm-lw0tOAiPmEJSKlkc6pjsYcD3iBkmsQXknW_ypx5Ar8Gdy0nPCkMm8aQigQiM0lKqoI5-Ksx59LTh7g7qsraLQWa4XXjQB2XPJJbkTMWS6NCLROveBu1iuUZ_6/s1600-h/peter_mayhew_2_1_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IOjHxB6LREn9whUXrm-lw0tOAiPmEJSKlkc6pjsYcD3iBkmsQXknW_ypx5Ar8Gdy0nPCkMm8aQigQiM0lKqoI5-Ksx59LTh7g7qsraLQWa4XXjQB2XPJJbkTMWS6NCLROveBu1iuUZ_6/s320/peter_mayhew_2_1_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349595773648744354" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here's one I took of Mayhew and my wife, probably in 1999:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86e9UItwR-gbzuubt5KKfEpdotaggB44pOlOfMs-dBsBM0ejPcoGy0qiUDGjMkXlOTa4Rhcg6UeiixLWHIk_Z-Sm9Ul5ZY7KoLIq4-1mdbsvUjH9g8nNWExk9CaEHuSTqafQA-HTIJ2yD/s1600-h/Peter+Mayhew-Misty.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86e9UItwR-gbzuubt5KKfEpdotaggB44pOlOfMs-dBsBM0ejPcoGy0qiUDGjMkXlOTa4Rhcg6UeiixLWHIk_Z-Sm9Ul5ZY7KoLIq4-1mdbsvUjH9g8nNWExk9CaEHuSTqafQA-HTIJ2yD/s320/Peter+Mayhew-Misty.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349596249152283410" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433794715369859715noreply@blogger.com1