11.30.11

Weather: 52, colder today, felt like 40's
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold and windy
Overall Walk Performance: average
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 87

11.29.11

Weather: low 60s, overcast, breezy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: overcast, windy
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 92 (!!!)

11.28.11

Weather: 64, pcl, nice
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: nice
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 88 (did NOT sleep much last night)

11.27.11

Weather: 57, sunny, nice
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: good
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?: winning. my right hand is shot
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

11.26.11

Weather: 61, sunny/pcl
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: sunny and kinda warm actually
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

11.25.11

Weather: high 50s, really nice out today
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: pleasant
Overall Walk Performance: ok+
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?: ok. ive missed a few posts, but have been able to walk even though ive not posted
Fasting BG this morning?: 83

11.23.11

Weather: mid 40s, cold, windy, overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, overcast, nasty
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired. Total house cleaning the last two days
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 83

11.21.11

Weather: low 50s, cold
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + T-Day Shopping + 90 min of housework
Weather During Walk: ok
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

11.20.11

Weather: 61, sunny, pretty nice out, spring-like
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: sunny and nice
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 81

11.19.11

Weather: 50, light clouding, chilly
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold and not much breeze, light jacket required
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: headache today
How is your diabetes today?: shitty
Fasting BG this morning?: 80

11.18.11

Weather: mid 40s, cold, light winds, felt like high 30s
Did you walk today?: yes + extensive shopping
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold and some wind
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: tired
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

11.16.17.11

Weather: 61 rain / 46, overcast wind made it feel like 39
Did you walk today?: yesterday 2.0 miles (due to rain) + Shopping / Today Yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: raining and shitty yesterday / cold, windy and shitty today
Overall Walk Performance: slow / sluggish
Current Mood: fed up / cold
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 82/83

1993 Fleer Series One Wax Box: "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

Welcome to my latest installment of "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

1993 Fleer Series 1, 36 packs, $8 from www.bbcexchange.com


Here are some of the better inserts that i pulled


i did hit one Brett Base, but it is badly OC and also suffers from the dreaded Diamond Cut :(






i had an OK time ripping this box. The packs themselves were wrapped VERY tightly, but the cards
in the packs were not stuck together except for very few. there was not a lot of HOF power to be had,
and the pictures throughout the set were not very good.

on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being Best) i give this rip: 6

Until Next Time,
Eric
ThoseBackPages

11.15.11

Weather: 69, overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: overcast, fairly warm
Overall Walk Performance: avg
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

11.14.11

Weather: 61, sunny,pcl, nice today actually
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: good
Overall Walk Performance: sluggish, still tired from yesterday
Current Mood: eh
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

11.13.11

Weather: 61, sunny with clouds and some strong winds
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + 90 min yard work and ran errands
Weather During Walk: sunny and quite a bit of head wind
Overall Walk Performance: good
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 88

11.12.11

Weather: 52, cool, sunny, windy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + 90 minutes of yard work
Weather During Walk: Sunny, just one cloud in the sky, breezy not cold, but not warm
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 86

So, you "Talk the Talk", do you really "Walk the Walk?"

im talking about sports cards here, not beating the crap outta someone/something.

ive spoken many times about the importance of Collecting FOCUS.
Focus is so damn difficult, but so important as well.

There have been times that ive said that other collectors should collect
this and/or that. there have been times that ive gone a head and taken
my own advice on that subject. Other times, not so much.

i said a couple of years back that it was a great time to buy mid to high
grade HOF Rookies. i've been fortunate enough to accumulate most of them
in the post-war era. i am still looking for the others that i am missing
and that is something that i enjoy "hunting" for.

im also getting a great deal of pleasure out of my George Brett PSA Collection
although it's starting to come to a slow down as the cards that i do not
yet own are not appearing on eBay lately. Then again, this is kind of
expected when you get more and more scratched off your "want list"

ive also been a huge fan of O-Pee-Chee Baseball. i really feel that it is
underloved/appreciated in this hobby of ours. They are really produced in
numbers that are so much lower then their Topps counterpart. of course
there is no proof of what ive said, but i really feel that that is the truth.
with that being said, i have been going back and forth in my mind about
putting a run of the sets together in sheets/albums.

This is where my subject title comes from. ive spouted about it, now will i
go ahead and follow up on it, that is the question

1994 Fleer Wax Box "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

Welcome to my latest installment of "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

1994 Fleer, 36 packs, $15 from www.bbcexchange.com


in 1994 Inserts were all the rage. In fact, Fleer went the extra mile with this release and included an insert in EVERY PACK!
Here are some of the better inserts that i pulled


i did hit one Brett Base, but it is badly OC and also suffers from the dreaded Diamond Cut :(



i had a pretty good time ripping this box. there was a good amount of HOF power to be had, and the pictures are not bad.
a LOT of horizontal photos if you're into those.

on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being Best) i give this rip: 8

Until Next Time,
Eric
ThoseBackPages

11.11.11

Weather: 111. haha just kidding. 46, but with the winds high 30s. pcl
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + a little yard work
Weather During Walk: WINDY!
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: cold
How is your diabetes today?: cold
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

11.10.11

it rained today, and wasnt too cold nor warm. but the rain was too steady for me to get a walk in, bummer. FBS was 88 today.

11.9.11

Weather: 61, sunny, clear
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target = 60+ min of yard cleanup
Weather During Walk: sunny, clear, not a cloud in the sky, not cold or warm
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: there
Fasting BG this morning?: 81

11.8.11

Weather: 69, sunny. not a cloud in the sky. wow
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + about 90 min of yard work (fall cleanup)
Weather During Walk: sunny and nice
Overall Walk Performance: ok, getting better
Current Mood: pain
How is your diabetes today?: sucky
Fasting BG this morning?: 86

A Hodge-Podge of Odd-Ball Wax "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

Welcome to my latest installment of "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

Today we mix it up a bit. i'll be ripping some random "odd ball" wax packs that i've picked up.

1990 Topps Leaders (mini's) x2, 1989 O-Pee-Chee Stickers x7, and 1984 Fleer Stickers x2

i have to admit that ive never seen the Topps Mini's before. By 1990 the League Leader Mini crazy (which started in 1986)
had worn off. i would like to open a box of these, if i could find them that is.


i scored a Strawberry Rookie Sticker in the 84F Packs! nice.


the 1989 O-Pee-Chee Stickers were a real blast to open, featuring players on both sides of the sticker and lots of combo's to be had.


Sure enough i was lucky enough to pull one of the many Brett's in the release! :)


i had a really good time ripping these packs and would like to try some more of each.
on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being Best) i give this rip: 9

Until Next Time,
Eric
ThoseBackPages

11.7.11

Weather: 56, crisp, pcl, light winds
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold and brisk
Overall Walk Performance: better then yesterday
Current Mood: sad
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 87

11.6.11

Weather: 54, sunny, cool, clear skies
Did you walk today?: yes!
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: sunny and cool, was able to get away with my light jacket
Overall Walk Performance: slow, had to warm up my foot, and had pain near the 3 mile mark
Current Mood: cold
How is your diabetes today?: colder
Fasting BG this morning?: 88

11.5.11

well, another day has come, and im not able to get my walk in.
the weather is fine, clear blue skies, mid 40s temperature wise.
i sit here with my right foot propped up on my computer desk in
an attempt to speed the healing process of my fucked up right
middle toe. its much better today then it was two days ago, and
i was able to walk a few blocks to the lotto store and back, but
not well enough yet to go for my daily walk. if it feels a little
better later i may go run some errands, but im thinking about
taking care of them tomorrow when its a little better (hopefully)
and sunday means new sales at some stores.

ugh.

11.4.11

my toe is feeling better then yesterday, but not well enough to put on my shoe.
So that means that i was not able to walk today.
im trying to not think about it.

11.3.11

had to babysit the twins today and was not able to get in my walk.
on top of that, i seemed to have managed to break/severely bruise my middle right toe. its pretty messed up, cant even walk really. Not sure how many days im going to be unable to walk, dont want to think about it to be honest.

man, its been a rough off-season so far, health wise

11.2.11

Weather: 51, sunny, cool
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: sunny and cool, no real breeze, not a cloud in the sky
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: fed up
How is your diabetes today?: fed up
Fasting BG this morning?: 83

1993 UD Series 1 Wax "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

Welcome to my latest installment of "Ripping for George Brett Submissions"

1993 Upper Deck Series 1, 36 packs, $10 from local show pickup (www.bbcexchange.com has them available for $15)


in 1993 Inserts were all the rage. plenty of inserts in these packs, some HOF power as well!


Unfortunately i did not pull any Bretts. There were also some of the bottom packs that had the (glossy) cards sticking together, doing some surface damage to them. so that's just a heads up for those of you looking to rip some of these.

i had a really good time ripping this box. there was a good amount of HOF power to be had, and the pictures are some of the best ever produced imo.

on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being Best) i give this rip: 9

Until Next Time,
Eric
ThoseBackPages

11.1.11

Weather: 51, sunny, pcl, not as windy today
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + a few hours of yard work
Weather During Walk: a little chilly for my light jacket
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired atm
How is your diabetes today?: sucky
Fasting BG this morning?: 86