survival of the fittest

mobb deep helped me be a better father. full stop. now, i wouldn’t consider myself that good of a father overall, so maybe it didn’t help me enough to matter. i’d consider my parenting to fall into similar categories as the five-percent nation: editor’s note: my apologies for the brief interlude there. we’ve just got […]

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crown (interlude)

been a hot minute. a few ideas here and there: still, nothing moved me enough to bring it here. i’ve got a few projects in motion that will land a spot on the site at some point. inspiration will strike and i’ll expend some energy here when they hit the sweet spot. in the meantime,

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living proof

i wrote this post in my head while listening to the closing song on this post on repeat as i made my way to card & coin. if you input a few simple variables, card & coin is my favorite place on earth. it’s run by a crusty dude who doesn’t give two <redacted> about

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prototype

the past few years i’ve made it a point to not get anything for mah baby on valentine’s day and that was no different again this year. i make sure to loudly and proudly pronounce this to nichol in an attempt to normalize it, because made up date things are stupid. birthdays, holidays, really any

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in da club

go, go, go, go, go, go go, shorty it’s your birthday we gon’ party like it’s your birthday we gon’ sip soda pop like it’s your birthday and you know we don’t give a <redacted> it’s not your birthday happy birthday noah! noah’s the lil homie. fiddy’s line about not caring it’s not your birthday

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champion sound

what’s that i hear? is that a champion sound coming from the milwaukee bucks locker room? i finally caved and opened the 2020-21 panini instant nba milwaukee bucks champions limited edition box I’ve been sitting on for however many months. when i received the set and realized i should have ordered 2, 1 to open,

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new day

big shake up inside of tullyelly enterprises. earlier today amber announced her retirement as a rotation player to begin a transition into a full-time front office role as director of sports medicine. giannis offered the following statement on the transition, “we’re excited to partner with amber as she grows within our organization, and she gets

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a beautiful mine

another reason i was charged up to create this website was to have a place to capture our interesting, if random and totally meaningless, card collecting milestones. one of which recently passed: 01/30/22 – the one year anniversary of me joining tcdb. (if you are new here, check out our introduction page) for about forever

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takeover

jigga what? that’s what management at tullyelly enterprises is thinking after this stunning coup earlier today. ellyot has declared herself the boss and acting social media manager. when reached for comment, outgoing boss james had the following to say: “she made a compelling, because i said so case. there was little to do other than

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