A Viking, A Viking (SKOL!) and a Window to the Stars.

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2020 Panini Select #37 featuring C.J. Ham of the Minnesota Vikings.

Ham actually made his NFL debut in 2016, but got 'rookie' cards in 2020. Who says fullbacks get no love ? Apparently he's a 2 time pro-bowler. I had no clue fullbacks still got selected to the Pro Bowl. Maybe I need to watch it closer. On second thought, maybe not.

He's a career Viking too. Went to Augustana College in South Dakota who play at the Division 2 level. And their teams are named the Vikings, then signed as a free agent with the NFL Vikings.

I have catalogued in  my collection 2 Ham cards and 176 Minnesota Vikings cards

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2021 O-Pee-Chee Platinum - Sunset parallel #186 featuring Nikolaj Ehlers of the Winnipeg Jets.

Having previously lived in Denmark, I collect cards of Danish players as a mini-PC project, so this was a nice addition.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were:

• Atlanta Braves player #149 - Andruw Jones
• Florida Marlins player #36 - A.J. Burnett
• Kansas City Royals player #128 - David Lough
• Los Angeles Dodgers player #166 - Manny Mota
• Montreal Expos player #69 - Stan Bahnsen
• San Diego Padres player #154 - Paul Dade
• Canada (hockey) player #155 - Manon Rheaume
• Detroit Red Wings player #175 - Terry Sawchuk
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #17 - Steven Alzate
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #23 - Carlos Baleba
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #15 - Yves Bissouma
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #24 - Facundo Buonanotte
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #22 - Moises Caicedo
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #11 - Aaron Connolly
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #16 - Marc Cucurella
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #4 - Lewis Dunk
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #19 - Julio Enciso
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #9 - Pascal Gross
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #6 - Adam Lallana
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #7 - Tariq Lamptey
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #10 - Alexis Mac Allister
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #21 - Kaoru Mitoma
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #13 - Jakub Moder
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #25 - Enock Mwepu
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #8 - Davy Propper
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #3 - Mathew Ryan
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #14 - Robert Sanchez
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #20 - Jeremy Sarmiento
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #12 - Leandro Trossard
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #5 - Adam Webster
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #18 - Danny Welbeck

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,114 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Los Angeles, California, USA showing the Griffith, but  Park Observatory.

The idea of putting a telescope and observatory where you want to get away from light pollution seems absurd in Los Angeles, but not so strange back in the 1930's. Apparently it is the most viewed telescope (ie number of people who have looked through it) in history. It's more tourist attraction and educational facility than working observatory these days, but still does science.

This card is written and was received through an exchange on an online postcard forum. I currently have 353 cards from the USA catalogued in my collection.