Agus anois as rud éigin go hiomlán difriúil...

An Irish blessing for you today:

May you always have
Walls for the winds,
A roof for the rain,
Tea beside the fire,
Laughter to cheer you,
Those you love near you,
And all your heart might desire!

May the best day of your past
Be the worst day of your future.

and May you be in
Heaven a half hour before the
Devil knows you're dead!

...if you're lucky enough to be Irish

then you're lucky enough!!

Have a GReat St. Paddy's day!!

Dawgbones

Contest standings, It's all about the 7s, or is it the 17s??

The shprinkling continues… a few more bonus' have popped up around the postings… Anywhoo, a few of you are only a comment or 3 away from an extra entry (or two).

I have the standings as follows:

The Lost Collector                             (x6)
No One's Going to Read This Blog   (x1) (Still unaware!)
My Cardboard Mistress                     (x3)
            (Spankee is holding in at 3 entries)
Play at the Plate                                 (x5)
Smed's Baseball Card Blog               (x1)
Justin's World                                    (x5)
Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle       (x10)
           (I’ll trade you an extra entry for your F5 key…)
Ba Benny's Baseball Card Buffet      (x6)
Sports Syzygy                                    (x1)
This Card Is Cool                              (x1)
Domestic Diva                                   (x1)
The Daily Dimwit                              (x4)



The Other World                                (x1)
Spastikmoos                                       (x7)

If I've missed someone's entry, and email or something, please comment and let me know. So far, it's been fun, and there may be a few more surprise entries available before the 16th. If you have not entered yet, what are you waiting for??? Start here.

I am going to close out all bonus entries at 3pm here on the east coast. Then finalize & randomize tomorrow morning. Justin and Benny are missing 1 time entry. PATP, Plaschke, The Lost Collector, and Spastikmoos submitted all 7, good job. Everybody else should look back at the birthday bonus entry and give it a try.


There you go GReg, you are definitely on the right track now.

Wow, so far, Spastikmoose is in the ballpark on time, most of the rest of you guys are still sleeping in way late!!

Thanks for peeking in,
Have a GReat day!!
Dawgbones

The other pack, and the question mark answered...

The second of the two packs of 2009 Upper Deck Major League Baseball Goodwin Champions nets me 1 Red Sox mini, a Cub, a football player, and a Basketball player.

The Football and Basketball cards are the reason for the question mark. Come on, the freaking package is marked Major League Baseball for crying out loud. My regular readers know me. Know I don't collect football. Know I don't collect basketball. Hell, I normally don't enter contests that feature these two sports as prizes. I'll leave these two categories for those that would better appreciate them. If I wanted football or basketball cards, I would buy packs of them. Leave this SHIT out of my baseball cards please, or at least mark the package so I know there's at least a chance of the package not having baseball cards in it!!

Anywhoo, obviously, if anyone needs them, the Manning and Garnett cards are available. At least they are players I actually seen in the paper, and NOT because they've broken the law!!

Thanks for reading,
Thanks for hearing me rant,
Have a Great day!
Dawgbones

Some Hints for Bonus Question #4

So, A.J. guessed a time of 7:17 for my birth time. To which I replied "Nice Try A.J. but that's not where those two numbers came from." And then came up with:

Bonus question #4: Where did those two numbers come from?

I failed to realize how difficult one part of this equation could be, so I'm going to attempt to give a few hints. There have been two of this number so far this year, only one of them is important to you as it is the one that is important to me. And Spankee's only had one of these, so far...

Once again, email me... dawgbones (at) cox (dot) net

and for a double stack bonus, Piper wants to know what the first relic I pulled from a pack of cards was??

Have a GReat night,
Thanks for participating, I really hope you are having as much fun as I am.
Dawgbones

Correction from yesterday's post...

Looks like I'm working through lunch today. So the Birthday bonus round is still going, and a few of you have not submitted more than 1 or 2 clock times. Nice Try A.J. but that's not where those two numbers came from (Bonus question #4: Where did those two numbers come from? email me...). Some of you regular readers found those answers pretty quickly, if some of you new readers want to change your answers, shoot me another email...

A few others of you still have an entry or two you could pick up as well, jump in your time machine and go back to where this all started, or at least is UNFINISHED.

Benny, I see by quick glance that you are now 2 ahead of Spankee, but still 3 shy...

Wow, Greg has leaped out of sight with 22 comments...

Smed is now aware, but what will he do...

Be back later with updated standings...

Have a GReat afternoon,
Dawgbones

Up for Today...

  I picked up some packs of 2009 Upper Deck Major League Baseball Goodwin Champions?
As a first pack introduction, this was a nice selection, giving me a Red Sox Pitcher and 2 Phillies for my P.C.
And the Robinson Gold Glove card is pretty cool as well.
Enjoy:










Thanks for reading,
Have a Great day!
Dawgbones

Unfinished Business Current Standings... updated 3/14/11 - seperate posting

Let's see if anyone's paying attention...

I've decided to shprinkle a few more bonus' among my regular commenters (or is that commenti, or commenties). Anywhoo, a few of you are only 1 or 2 comments away from an extra entry (or two). I currently have the standings as follows:

The Lost Collector                             (x2) (being the first entry nets you two!)
No One's Going to Read This Blog   (x1) (7th comment on my blog)
My Cardboard Mistress                     (x3)
            (Spankee was my 7th different commenter)
Play at the Plate                                 (x3)
            (17th comment on my blog)(just passed his 7th comment)
Smed's Baseball Card Blog               (x1)
            (17th different commenter)
Justin's World                                    (x3)
            (the biggest commenter @ 15 comments)

Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle       (x3)
            (a closer second @ 14 comments)
            (somebody sneak into his house and steal his F5 key please!)

Ba Benny's Baseball Card Buffet      (x3)
            (he's still tied with Spankee @ 12 comments, 5 to go)

Sports Syzygy                                    (x1)

This Card Is Cool                              (x1)
Domestic Diva                                   (x1) (and Willow really fits my pretty girl)
The Daily Dimwit                              (x2)

...and with 1 entry each, both Smed & Jeremy (No One's Going...) still aren't even aware they have entered my contest!!

If I've missed someone's email or something, please comment and let me know. So far, it's been fun, and there may be a few more surprise entries available before the 16th. If you have not entered yet, what are you waiting for??? Start here.




Ok, for today's bonus, let's borrow and modify the Collective Troll's grandbaby Troll idea.

 
#1 & 2 - Shoot me an email with your answers, (accepted until I have lunch tomorrow) [dawgbones (at) cox (dot)net]

Bonus entry #1: What day is my birthday?
Bonus entry #2:What day of the week was it? (hint: I just passed my 43rd)

Bonus entry #3: Leave a comment: What time of the morning was I born? (closest gets double for this one, triple if you nail it, and you have 7 times you can try)

There you go GReg, 5 more comments... er... I mean guesses. keepem coming. And I really must ask, Why are you guys sleeping in so late?? Hint Hint...

Wow, so far, Spastikmoose is in the ballpark, most of the rest of you guys are still sleeping in way late!!

Thanks for peeking in,
Have a GReat Monday!!
Dawgbones