Mail monday, post-Super Bowl Edition

I hope everyone is recovering from their post-Super Bowl hangovers from celebrating, killing the pain or just because.

In celebration of Charles Woodson and his Michigan brethren, here's some stuff I got in the mail today:

Trade with Midwest Cardboard:
Todd, a.k.a. Darkship, of Midwest Cardboard was again part of one of my group breaks, the most recent Letterman one.  We worked out two trades, one being a three-way deal that included Sam of the Daily Dimwit, but before that we agreed on one of my Aaron Crow letters for a Yonder Alonso and Justin Smoak.  While he was going to the trouble of shipping, he threw in this card that he was holding onto for me for a bit:

A 2009 Philadelphia Fabrics jersey of Braylon Edwards.  I can always use more stuff of Braylon, so this was much appreciated.  Thanks again, Todd!

A couple more Blowout purchases:
Yes, I'm still sinking a good chunk of money into the Blowout forums, but at least not as much at once.  Two purchases yielded the following three cards:

A 2010 Elite Turn of the Century RC/auto of Brandon Graham, which I caught after a guy posted a group break.  He wasn't thrilled with his results, so I was happy to help him out and take this off his hands

along with a 2010 Rookies & Stars Longevity RC/auto of Graham, which I got him to add for just a bit more.  Boy, that picture sure looks familiar, Panini....  I now have four auto RCs of Graham, along with a printing plate, which is a pretty good start to a collection for a guy who was a 2010 rookie.  

My first Jim Harbaugh hit is a very slick autograph I caught while looking through some Photobuckets on sale last week.  This will go great with my Tim Biakabatuka '99 Inscriptions card.  Hopefully this is the first of a few cards of the former Michigan QB hero, who'll hopefully find success with David Baas and the 49ers.

Non-mail thing:
I wanted to give a quick mention to BA Benny's group break, which started today.  He's posted two videos so far, one of an Opening Day blaster and another with some random packs.  Mike does a great job of showing each card and even pronounces names correctly sometimes (but cut him some slack, he's reading them upside-down) and more importantly, I'd say the video quality is excellent.  Go watch if you've got a hand in the break or to just enjoy watching someone open packs with a thick New York accent.  And stay tuned for what I'm sure will be quite a few more clips of pack breaks considering the scope of the thing.

MAIL CALL

Mail update: 

If your blog's name is

• All About Cards
• GA Mindset
• No One is Going to Read This Blog
• Waxaholic

you might want to keep an eye on your mailbox for the next week (or two Canadian!  No seriously, I went pretty cheap on the shipping) or so.  Consider yourselves On Notice.

Meanwhile, in my mailbox...

If your blog's name is Midwest Cardboard, well all I have to say is

 and

What can I say?  I love both of these

as your trade package was the first I received.   The incomparable darkship not only cut a swath through my 2010 Topps football list, he managed to send me not one, but THREE new Wolverines cards:

That's right, I'm back, bitches

2010 Topps Braylon, a.k.a. the one I didn't get in my jumbo box

Braylon 2005 SPx jersey

Robot Henne 2008 Masterpieces jersey

Fantastic stuff, MC, and my thanks again.  As always, the UMich premium card collection can be found here.

Other trade/mail stuff

I have a couple packages left to finish, then I'll have paid off my debt of my soul my first-born incriminating photos cards to all the awesome bloggers who advertised me, just wanted to trade, or both.  For what it's worth, I've had a blast doing it, and I'm happy to look through my collection for more stuff that you people can use, so hit me up and let's do some trading.

Finally, in non-children's hobby pervasive with middle-age men news...

Happy first NFL game of the season.   The Favreasota Favres take on the Saints in...well, instead of telling it to you, I'll SING it to you!

Long before the Superdome,
Where the Saints of football play...
Lived a city that the damned call home,
Hear their hellish rondelet...
New Orleans!
Home of pirates, drunks and whores,
New Orleans!
Tacky overpriced souvenir stores.
If you want to go to hell,
you should take a trip
To the Sodom and Gomorrah
of the Mississip'
New Orleans!
Stinking, Rotten, vomiting, vile,
New Orleans!
Putrid, brackish, maggotty, foul,
New Orleans!
Crummy, lousy, rancid, and rank,
New Orleans!

Potential Michigan alumni participants include:  New Orleans:  WR Adrian Arrington and C Jonathan Goodwin.  Minnesota:  G Steve Hutchinson.  Go 'Ain'ts!