All the Wallet Card

Is this getting ridiculous?

I've really bought in to the whole Wallet Card thing. Ever since Gavin of Baseball Card Breakdown invented it, I've been throwing my Griffey up in front of just about anything: rocks, trees, pop-tarts, auroras, scantily-clad ladies, wienermobiles - the list goes on.

Part of the reason is that it was created right before two major events: a trip to Canada and the two weeks of the Mardi Gras season. I expect my #WalletCard activity will quiet down significantly soon enough now that all that is through. Until then, let us rage.

I guess what I'm saying is that this is a reference post for all my Wallet Card posts in chronological order.

Wallet Card Dilemma
My First Wallet Card Submission
8,000-Mile Canadian Yukon Aurora-Hunting Adventure
Wallet Card Wars: '89 UD Griffey vs. Jose Abreu 1/1 Auto
Griffey Goes to Mardi Gras Day 1
Griffey Goes to Mardi Gras Day 2
Griffey Goes to Mardi Gras Day 3
Griffey Goes to Mardi Gras Day 4
Griffey Goes to Mardi Gras Day 5
Griffey Goes to Mardi Gras Day 6
Griffey Goes to Mardi Gras Day 7
Upper Deck Wrote an Article About My Little Wallet Card
Wallet Card Goes to St. Patrick's Day
A Kris Bryant Home Run
Wallet Card Wednesday: Celebrity Principal Edition (the one with Mr. Belding)
WCW: Cowabunga Edition (the one with Michaelangelo and April O'Neil)
WCW: Bellybutton Edition (the one with the belly dancer)
WCW: Sloppy Sammitch Edition (the one with the roast beef poboy)
WCW: Texas Contest Edition
WCW: This Was a Bad Idea Edition (the one where I take a Griffey/Mantle Dual Auto out drinking)
WCW: Animal Farm Edition (the one with a day on the farm)
WCW: Four Seasons Edition (the one with the fancy hotel)
WCW: A Day on Bourbon Street Edition
WCW: Crawfish Murder Porn Edition (the one with the crawfish boil)
WCW: Lego Edition
WCW: Metallica Cover Band
WCW: Cardboard TV Family Edition (the one where I create a sitcom family using cardboard)
WCW: My Bologna Has a First name Edition (the one with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile)
WCW: Look at Me! Edition (the one with a picture of me)
WCW: Adult Summer Camp Edition (the one from our annual family camping trip)
WCW: Wedding Fish Edition (the one with the weird title)
WCW: Birthday Edition (the one from my birthday)
WCW: Oktoberfest Edition (the one from Oktoberfest 2015 in New Orleans)
WCW: Drink Responsibly Edition (the one that's basically a Don't Drink & Drive PSA)
WCW: Fat Rabbit Edition (the one with out pet rabbit who is overweight)
WCW: Lock Up Your Daughters Edition (the one where we find out the sex of Junior Junkie, Jr.)
WCW: No. Just No. Edition (the one with the Midnight Whopper. No.)
WCW: Banksy Edition (the one with an original Banksy from here in NOLA)

I also post a lot of Wallet Card photos on Twitter as @teejnola. Many of those have not even made it to the blog yet.

Yet.

Wallet Card Wednesday: Universal Studios Edition and the Future of Wallet Card?

Here we are - the final Wallet Card Wednesday of 2015. It's been a heck of a year, and I'd like to thank everyone who bothered to indulge this series of very not-baseball-card-centric posts. And a big up to Gavin, of course, of Baseball Card Breakdown for creating the whole thing.

Here are a bunch of photos from the two Universal Studios theme parks in Orlando, Florida.

Each section of Universal's Islands of Adventure was a different world. Examples include Dr.Seuss, Marvel Superheroes, and Jurassic Park as you can see above. The detail is fantastic.

But nowhere was the attention to detail more prevalent than in the amazing Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter. This is a view of Hogwarts from Hogsmeade.

Ollivander's is on the right. That's where we got our wands. Yes, we bought wands. We weren't leaving there without wands.

Butterscotch cream soda in case you were wondering. Very tasty, and sadly, non-alcoholic.

The Griffey ended up in all kinds of strange places and got dropped more than once.

I was glad to see Woody Woodpecker is still all over the damn place at Universal. I was not surprised that most of the kids did not know who he was.

Diagon Alley is at the other park. Here you can visit Grigott's and watch the dragon blow fire. Not pictured: Knockturn Alley which was pretty much my favorite place at both parks.

That is, until we got to the Simpsons area.

This gigantic donut is the real deal and the most reasonably priced item I found at either Universal park. It was much tastier than I was expecting.

Orange soda and dry ice, in case you were wondering.

How perfect is this?

Not a Griffey to be had.

Don't get me wrong: everything is just a glorified gift shop or food court, but the detail was amazing. I was all tingly.

 
I would consider this a strong candidate for Wallet Card photo of the year.

So yeah...

As you can see Universal required far less walking than Disney, but still far more than your average Joe walks in a day.

So that's it. Now what?

Should I continue into the new year with the Wallet Card? Or should I retire the old girl before she falls apart? I've considered sending it in to BGS and getting it slabbed, maybe taking wagers on the grade. I've also considered continuing to carry the Griffey and only taking photos sparingly which means no more Wallet Card Wednesday. What do you think? Suggestions welcome below.

Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year to you and yours...

Wallet Card Wednesday: Big Ol' Photo Dump Edition

The last few weeks of Wallet Card Wednesday will be themed (kind of), so it's late enough in the year now that I can unload all those photos that haven't yet made it into a post for one reason or another. For example, this fridge full of beer.

Wallet Card Wednesday by definition does not happen on a Friday, so this photo never stood a chance.

 Yeah, that's only 50cc. Not that impressive. Hence, doesn't get its own post.

This was a trip to the safe deposit box before my security overhaul. Lots more cards in there now, far too many for a photo. Still, a few gems here.

Mega Man 2 night.

This was the first dime box I ever came across. I found a solid 2-3 bucks worth of cards, too.

Good book.

We got a new whiskey bar in the city.

 But the muffaletta place will never change. 

This should have been posted around Easter, but somehow it just didn't make it through. Still, thanks, Mom.

I drew this on the sidewalk all by myself.

Big sushi dinner.

Fun with beer.

Some of these don't really need an explanation...

One of those super fancy car washes.

I built that rubber band ball for 20 years. I took this photo right before finally throwing it out. It lives on in Wallet Card.

Watermelon Jello shots taken way too far...

And finally, the Kastleburger, king of the late night munchies. This was the night the Griffey started smelling like carmelized onion and mustard.

Wallet Card Wednesday is going to go out with a bang, I promise. Until then, thanks for looking.