The New Jersey lifestyle invades the card hobby! Now I'm not saying I think that these Yankee guys are really douchebags (OK mayb...

Commemorating the well-publicized gaffe of New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress.  As you'll recall, in November of 2008, Plax got b...

Package showed up last week.  They came USPS, naturally, since I ordered them via UPS, which was cheaper. Priority Mail shipping was just un...

Redeemed my first 20 codes for the new giveaway tonight.  There actually is vintage!  Got a '59 on my second code.  Still got some 2007...

  The Topps Million Card Giveaway is almost over [ Edit : tomorrow].  It is, of course, transitioning to the Diamond Giveaway after the fir...

The infamous Vikings boat scandal immortalized in an "event-used" multi-swatch card.  Allegedly, there were strippers, gambling a...

This one was just too obvious.  As part of his rehab, Tiger apparently confessed to 120 affairs during his five year marriage.  There were...

This begins a new series of relic cards featuring the seemier side of sports.  First up, a moderately scandalous relationship between A-Rod...

Prototype for a set or subset depicting perfect games.  I really need a much more robust graphics program than an old version of Paint Shop....

This is my satirical take on future Bowman.  I'm not bashing the prospectors and those who love the set every year, but I'm just...

Update : An observant commenter noted that the original picture of Justin was actually Scot Shields.  That's what I get for snagging pi...

   My favorite football design picturing my favorite player.  (July 2010) 

A classic but simple design.  Was able to patch the lettering together.  It makes things much easier if you use perfectly straight pictu...

Toughest part about this one is the lettering.  I couldn't find enough even gray backgrounded names to cut and paste the name.  So I...

'71 Topps is my all-time favorite design, so you may see more of this tribute set from me later.  Promise I'll start using other...

(c) 2009 Goose Joak  The front is from the 2009 line of Goose Joak originals, designed here .  I designed the back by culling together ...

This entry actually posted in July 2010.  Posts prior to this were miscellaneous topics not necessarily related to cards.  I stopped in 2005...

Oct. 23 Washington, DC - Attended my first game at FedEx Field (thanx MS & MH!). We arrived at the stadium minutes before the parking lo...

A continuing series of random thoughts, questions, and musings accumulated over time. Why do they put the laundry instructions for shirts on...

A continuing series of random thoughts, questions, and musings accumulated over time. Yeah, I know, I continue to slack hard on posting regu...