For now, I'm not sure what the future of TNB will be. It's been months since I last posted and even longer since I last collected. So, for now, I think it's fair to say that TNB is no more. I will keep this blog alive for posterity's sake and for the off chance that I decide to revisit this venture in the future. Thanks to everyone that has made TNB such an enjoyable memory for me. I've made some great friends, and a few that I'll consider lifelong. With my current focus on being a fullt... Read Full Story

Wanna get rid of some crap? Take a look to your right and you'll find my updated wantlists. I'll take some of it.(latest wanted crap is the 1998 Upper Deck...and I need quite a bit.) Read Full Story

UPDATED: THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I NEED THE FOLLOWING CARDS TO COMPLETE THIS SET:1998 UPPER DECK(X denotes pending trade)If you have any for trade, please contact meby clicking this link Read Full Story

As a side note to my previous post, I'll be spending some time getting familiar with Cardboard Connection 2.0. Some of you may remember the single article I wrote there late last year. I have intended to write more for Mike but failed miserably. If you are a currently a user at CC, please do for me whatever it is that you do to make someone your friend. I haven't gotten that far in figuring out how it works. If you're not a user there, you need to check it out ASAP. Cardb... Read Full Story

I mentioned in a post a few months back that I know how TNB will end. The first chapter was a chronicle of bringing my son into the hobby. Honestly, this hasn't been considered a success in the truest sense. I think that over the next few years this will become a much easier task. But, for now he has Ben 10 and Transformers and Nintendo Wii/Gameboy Advance that eat up his time. Pictures of grown men from a sport that he doesn't fully understand or enjoy yet find no precedence.I k... Read Full Story

I did manage to knock two things off the list.Vacation - 6/7ths of a check mark - 1 day left before I hit the trail again.DogLove - 1/2 of a check mark - I got a dog. However, Yoga, my other dog, doesn't love her yet.I introduce the newest addition to the Voyles' household. Sadie, a Dachshund/Yorkie mix, or a Dorkie, for short. She's 7 weeks old (January 10) and so far is extremely energetic. Yoga hates her. She's an annoying little punk that has him terrified.We're a... Read Full Story

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That's where I am right now, for anyone curious. That's where I am, where I want to be, where I need to be, and where I'm going to be all tied up in a neatly wrapped, bow-topped package.Let me clarify...In some semblance of order...eBayDogLoveMacJobCollegeVacationTBall2An often-loathed #d list...1. I'm currently on vacation. A much needed week of nothing but wants and as few needs as possible. I've informed my two assistants that they shouldn't get their feelings h... Read Full Story

"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."Morpheus, 1999While the red pill sounded more fun (and more like my personality) I took the blue pill. 84 of them to be exact.I'm tired of saying, "I'm officially a non-smoker." Instead, I will now say, ... Read Full Story

I don't know why I continue to constantly use the word "dupe" rather than "duplicate". I understand the texting generation and my role in it. I get the "lol"s and the "brb"s but come on......is it really that much easier to forgo "licate" in favor or "e". There is efficient and then there's just lazy. I think I've been lazy.That being said, Brad from Rickey Henderson Collectibles managed to send me a Lofton/Manny pack... Read Full Story