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For Sale, New York Office Building

Built in 1949, the Baxter Building is a well maintained 35-story office building located in the heart of New York, on 42nd Street and Madison Avenue, only a few blocks from the United Nations building.

Incorporating the style of the day, this building was originally designed for the Leland Baxter Paper Company to be use as a hi-rise industrial site to accommodate pulp recycling machinery.

The building's lobby features a snack shop, eye clinic, and NYC Visitor's Center. Four building elevators land in the lobby and there is a security desk and security system on line.

The building's 30th floor houses the building's mechanicals including plumbing, ventilation and elevator mechanisms. This floor has been well insulated to keep the sounds of the machinery from disrupting the floors above and below.

Floor to ceiling measures 24 feet on each floor. There is a freight elevator available for moving in large items.

The former tenants of the top five floors have recently been evicted, leaving a beautiful and exclusive area inaccessible to general tenants in the building and including living quarters, a large laboratory, a sizable equipment room and an entire floor of workspace that any company would be proud to call it's headquarters. These floors have their own elevator accessible only with access cards. Also available to the tenants of these exclusive to floors is a roof-top helipad. Floor plans for this area can be provided upon request.

Here is a map of the area.

For a tour and pricing call 212-213-0391 and ask for Joe Quesada.









This post is in honor of the final Lying in the Gutters column, where Rich Johnston said no one has yet sold the Baxter Building.

Fun With Licenses

When a pop-culture license makes it's big return the license owners often go a little "overboard" in putting out products with that license's materials/logos/colors/characters, etc on them. Sometimes the items really leave me scratching my head!

Star Trek is one of those pop culture licenses gaining mass popularity again thanks to the new film that opened this week. What crazy items have they put out? Here are a couple that might surprise you as they did me:

Cologne. Yep. Now you can smell like an Enterprise deck-hand. Or a sweaty Captain Kirk. Or a Klingon. What does a Klingon smell like, anyway? The future? Seriously, when you think of Star Trek do you think of a great scent? I sure don't! But Genki Wear, a company known for making pop-culture replica items, is putting out a couple colognes for both men and woman that will have you smelling Trekies. And for only $30 each.


And how about these super cute teddy bears, brought to you courtesy of Vermont Teddy Bears. Nothing like blazing a trail through uncharted space with a cuddly companion. For only $99.95 you can take your very own Kirk or Spock bear to the film with you. All of your friends and those in the theater seats next to you will ALL be jealous!


And speaking of furry fun, I couldn't leave the Diamond Select Toy's Tribble out of the mix. After all, why wouldn't you spend $28 to purchase something that resembles the fur ball your cat just hacked up? And of course it makes noses too! Now if it could learn and evolve, well the world would be a better place now, wouldn't it.

Superhero Cakes

My birthday was the 22nd, that was New Comic Book day too, if you didn't know. Today (Sunday) me and the family are celebrating, so for fun I'm posting pics of superhero cakes.

Enjoy!

Which Starship Captain Are You

I was happy with the results, since Janeway IS my favorite Starship captain.



Your result for the Which Starship Captain Are You? test...

Don't you "Aunt Kathy" me!

31% Benjamin_Sisko, 36% Kathryn_Janeway, 12% Jean-Luc_Picard, 2% Johnathan_Archer, 12% William_Adama and 22% James_T_Kirk!

Kathryn Janeway was a fantastic captain. Despite the incompetent writers and producers that plagued much of Voyager's run with "the moral of the story is.." and other Disneylike family-friendly garbage, Janeway excelled in making command decisions and did extremely well with balancing herself on the thin line between aggression and tolerance. She was unique in that she was the only captain that provided a sort of mothership (bad pun) as well as a paternal role as well to her crew. Harry Kim practically called her mom on various occasions, though he was no match for Seven of Nine when it came to begging for attention.

Take the Which Starship Captain Are You? test at HelloQuizzy

Would you live in a shipping container?

I'd say "no" myself until I saw the Quick House. Now I want one. It's snazzy, spacious, relatively affordable, and virtually indestructible.

Adam Kalkin Quik House

Want your own container house? There's a six-month waiting list for the Quik House by architect Adam Kalkin, who is based in New Jersey. The distinctive Quik House comes in a prefabricated kit, based on recycled shipping containers (in fact a completed house is about 75% recycled materials by weight).

The standard Quik House offers 2,000 square feet, three bedrooms and two and one-half baths, though larger options are also available. The shell assembles within just one day, and all the interior details can be finished within about three months.

The Quik House comes in two colors (orange or natural rust bloom), and the estimated total cost, including shipping and assembly, is $184,000. You can add even greener options such as solar panels, wind turbines, a green roof, and additional insulation (to R-50).

courtesy of Yahoo Green news.!

Back To Normal?

Well last month is nearly a blur. Between becoming an aunt, moving the store, and studying for the US Bank Quiz Bowl competition I had virtually no time to blog. But now hopefully things will start to get back to normal.

My nephew Jack is doing great! And so far being an aunt is fun. I can spoil him a little, hang out with him, and so far still have not had to change his diaper.


The store move went well, as I said in my last post. And so far we've gotten rave reviews from everyone. For many existing customers we have actually moved closer to either their home or work, so getting to the store is even more convenient. Now that we're just off of the freeway we've started to see more people from outside Waukesha make their way to Neptune as well. And having so many other great retailers in our strip mall brings in much more foot traffic than we ever saw on Sunset Dr. There are still plenty of little things to finish up, but we're on our way.

People keep asking us why we moved the store. The answer is simple: It's a better location. We are closer to the freeway, which makes us more easily accessible. We have more retail in the area. The strip mall gets a much higher volume of traffic than we had in our Sunset location. And our cost per square foot is lower, so we have much more space than what we'd had before. Now we just have to fill that extra space - which we will. The side of town we are now on is closer to Brookfield, and is closer to businesses that we'd like to work with more, like the Majestic Theater, Blockbuster, the skate place across the way, and the dojo right in our mall. We even have a signing set up for the day after Christmas, when Sean McKeever stops by.

Quiz Bowl was quite the experience! We qualified to go to Las Vegas by scoring high on the two computer administered tests, competing first against over 2400 other teams, then against 500 teams. 33 US Bank teams traveled to Las Vegas to compete for $10,000 and bragging rights.

My team was called "Chairman Bob's Center, Winner Winner Chicken Dinner" because our branch manager is Bob and we always call him Chairman Bob like the guy from the Roundy's grocery stores; Center because that's our branche's name, and Winner Winner Chicken Dinner from the movie "21". The team of 5 consisted of myself and another banker and a financial specialist (banker with licenses to sell insurance and mutual funds) our customer service manager and branch manager. Our district and regional manager were there as well. We were one of only two teams from the entire state of Wisconsin to advance to the Las Vegas round. We had matching shirts - as you can see. With our team name abbreviated on the front and our bank ID's and a number of our choosing on the back.

The first night, Monday, teams arrived and then attended a welcome event that included "heavy hors d'oeuvres " an 2 drinks each. The 32nd and 33rd team competed to see which would make it into Tuesday's competition. Then we drew numbers to indicate our spots for the first round of quizing. Afterwards my bank team hung out a bit in the MGM Casino (we were staying in the MGM hotel) and went to bed.

Tuesday morning was the big day! We had the 9:30 am spot in the first round. The team met at 7:30 for our free continental breakfast and some pre-competition studying. (The guys in the photo are from my team, the two on the ends and I were the ones who went on stage for the competition and the guy in the middle was our alternate.) We dominated the first round, not even answering the lat 3 of 15 questions because as long as we didn't give a wrong answer we couldn't loose. The second round had 16 teams. We competed at 12:30 and this round was much closer. We won in the end when our competition gave a wrong answer and when our team had the chance to answer it correctly I nailed it. We took a lunch break and studied some more, preparing for the final 8 round, held in the "big room" where it was open to anyone to watch. We were nervous and stressed! We had some high ranking managers from the bank watching us, cheering us on, and now money was on the line. Making it to the final 8 guaranteed us at least $1,000 for the team, but of course we wanted more. When it came to knowing facts and numbers, my team had it down, but when it came to long-winded multple choice answers, the stress of the thing made those questions much harder to answer correctly and quickly. Of course our third round was nearly all those types of questions and somehow our opponent rang in before us 90% of the time, even though we were pounding on the buzzer. (note - EVERY team that sat at that table for the competition lost! slow buzzer maybe???) We tried to convince the opponent on the final question to do an all or nothing, but they had a comfortable lead and did not. We were out. Making it to the final 8 is nothing to be ashamed of, but we were a little disapointed that we didn't make it to the end. Our regional and district managers were quite proud of us, and took us to one of the MGM bars for a few rounds of drinks on them. Then we took a brief t.o. for personal time and then met up again for the final rounds of the competition. Again the teams that were at the table on the right side lost every time! After the final round where the winner was given their big check and trophy, they gave us a very nice reception with unlimited drinks and a cold seafood buffet and nice desert table. LOTS of calories on this trip! When that ended my team headed out to Fremont Street where we gambled and drowned our defeat in Miller Lite after Miller Lite. Finally at 3:30 am we made it back to MGM and collapsed.

Of course I can't sleep well in hotel beds, and so by 6:30 am I was awake. I tried and tried to fall back to sleep but gave up at 7:30 and took a shower. The team met up at 11 am and walked a bit of the strip. Then an hour or so later we had lunch at Wolfgang Puck's, paid for by our regional manager. We took our time there and then headed out to the airport. Wednesday night's arrival home was delayed, and became Thursday early AM. My head hit my own pillow at home around 1:30 am Thursday, and we were expected to be at work at our usual time Thursday. Needless to say we were all exhaused and today I'm finally feeling human again.

Craig and I will be at the store today. I'm going to take the Halloween window display down and put up a fall one (no, NOT Christmas just yet) and Craig is going to put up some shelves and try to get the back area organized. Kelly Ann will be working the floor, learning the new Comic Suite/RMS POS system. Then we'll probably go to the grocery store - another thing we've not even had time to do last month. And now that things have relaxed a bit I look forward to more blogging again !

The Big Move

It's been a little bit since my last post. But life has been very busy here.

We're moving the comic book store to a new location, and will open there tomorrow. There's so much to do and so little time to do it. If you follow me on Twitter, you've seen some of my pictures of the move. I don't have them posted to Flickr yet, but will once it's done. Progress is being made on getting Neptune up to speed at our Moorland Blvd home, but there still is a lot to do. It was a long day yesterday, and today probably won't be much different. Even if we don't get it completely done, we'll be ready for business on Wednesday. And it never would have happened if it weren't for the great customers of ours who made Sunday's big move go so quickly and smoothly. I just can't say thanks enough to that crew. Really great people who gave up their Sunday to sweat for us. I've never seen a move go so smothly.

Thanks to all of our great help that came out on Sunday!!!!!! Everyone really hauled a** and we had the entirety of the store moved in just a few hours. Putting the fixtures back together turned out t o take a little more time, but even that got done in one day, thanks to everyone's help. Now it's just getting all of the inventory counted and put away that seems to be taking forever. LOTS of potential, and LOTS of work to get there.

We're also going to be using a new POS program. The Microsoft RMS program bundled with Diamond's ComicsSuite. The program works - a HUGE step up from what we were using. Of course now we have to do a complete inventory from scratch. Doing an inventory wouldn't have to be difficult, except that about 80% of the graphic novels just show up in a long list that say the same exact thing on the title line. "JLA TP" and "Fables TP" and "Ultimate Spider-Man TP" displays, but no volume numbers, so then Craig calls out a portion of the bar code number and I have to search through the list to find the one that mataches and then fix the title. Sometimes they're in order, but other times they're not, and after a few hours of looking at bar code number strings my eyes and brain start to hurt. Diamond really needs to fix that! In the next 20 minutes before I get to the store to start it again would be great.

Of course you remember my sister had her baby a few weeks back, so I have been helping her when I can. So that has also been occupying my time.

Plus, I'm going to Las Vegas on a bank trip the 27th. It's for a Quiz contest where we could win $10,000 if we know the most bank trivia and win the playoff. There are 5 of us going from my branch. We made it through the first two qualifying rounds, one of only two branches from the entire state going. The team is our branch manager, our assistant manager, myself and two other bankers. I got the spot by placing top in the branches' qualifying quiz-off, so I'm sure to play in the first round in Vegas. There's 221 pages in the Quiz Bowl book that have to be virtually committed to memory so we can win. It's a lot to learn, especially for someone like me who is the newest person to banking on the team. So every free moment I have that isn't taken up by working at the bank or store or by helping my sister I've given to studying for the big contest. Wish me luck!!!

OK, enough of this. Craig's out of the shower and we've gotta head out to get Neptune ready to go.

Return of Mr Ecuador

First - here's my new nephew. Isn't he cute!

You might remember my story of the man from Ecuador who wanted to borrow money from the bank to return home with a one-way ticket. If not, the post is here.

I am no longer working at the branch on Plankinton Avenue (thankfully). Now I am back at the branch where I was hired. Somehow my buddy from Ecuador found me there and insisted on meeting me. We sat down and again he pleaded for help. He showed me that old id. He also handed me a police report dated February 2007 saying that that was the report he filed for the guy who stole his papers. Then he insisted that he built the whole building I was working in. Later he hands me a business card and I never could figure out what that was for.

He also showed me a money order he received from the bank so he could buy his ticket, and wanted me to call the airline and buy his tickets. I had to explain that he needed to find out from them if he had enough papers to leave the country and that he would have to present them with the check-I couldn't just call and order tickets without money.

And finally, the one item that cleared up all of the confusion. Copies of papers from a psychiatric hospital. He never did explain why I needed to see those either, but they sure did clarify his bizzare behavior.

But you don't have to be certifiable to come into the bank with a crazy story!

Recently someone came in claiming fraud on their account - fraud that happened in March of this year and the account has since been closed. She said she called the Fraud department and they told her to fill out a claim and affidavid. I asked her when she did that, she said, "I don't know, maybe June." And when I asked her why it took he so long she just sighed and asked me to get her the forms.

Or what about the guy who came in a couple days ago claiming that the fraudulent $2,000 ATM deposit (empty envelope) and the corresponding $2,000 withdrawl at the same ATM moments later were not him. He claimed he never received his ATM card, so he therefore could not have made these transactions. I asked him again and again he insisted that he never received the card. I printed out the claim form and a pen and asked him to complete them. His answer to "where was the last place you had your ATM card?" his written answer was, "In my pocket."

A couple weeks ago I had to call a client to find out where he got the $4950 check he deposted that was bad and returned. He explained that he "won a contest" and received it in the mail. I asked him what contest and he didn't know, saying only that he plays contests some times. Then I asked him what the two wire transfers out were for, and he explained to me that that was part of the contest - once he received and deposited the check he had to immediately wire money back to some guy who would then send him a much larger check. When do you win a contest you don't remember playing and then have to send money back in order to receive the winnings? I'll tell you when - NEVER. And then he could NOT understand why the bank was making him responsible for paying back that money.

Yep, the bank is quite an adventure.

I Need a Loan

Yesterday morning I was just getting the day started, sitting at my desk at the bank, reviewing some reports when an older man who spoke broken English with a heavy accent came walking quickly in, asking me for a loan.

He shows me an national ID that looks like it was made in the 1930's because it was so yellowed and looked very fragile. He explains to me that he is from Ecuador and that he was in America doing some contract work. Then he tells me he needs a loan to get a ticket and pulls out a sheet of paper w/airline information. "Help, please help, I very much need a loan please," he says to me as he hands the sheet of paper over to me. According to the slip of paper he needs about $1100 to return to Ecuador, one way. I had to explain that I can't give a loan to someone whom I know is not from the US and is about to leave the country again on a one-way ticket.

So then he pulls out a bunch of gold jewelry out of his pants pocket. "Here, here, this can help with my loan," he informs me, reaching across my desk with the gold bits and chains. I have to explain that we're not a pawn shop - he has to go to a place where they pay cash for jewelry. "What can I do? What can I do?" he begs. I tell him if he needs cash he will have to find someone who will buy the jewelry, but that I can't do it. Sadly he puts the gold back into his pocket and looks even more desperate.

Then he asks me if I can help him find some guy who has two ID's w/two different names - the one he remembers is Robert Harrison. He doesn't work at the bank, but Ecuador guy thinks that Mr Harrison has some sisters or female cousins who bank here - doesn't know any names. "Please help, Must find Robert Harrison, can you help?" he asks me. When I ask what he needs to contact this man for he informs me that he gave Mr Harrison his Passport, his Visa, and his book of US Contacts and now he can't find the guy. "I have a phone for him but lots people answer and no one knows where he is," he informs me. I explain to the man that his Harrison guy may have possibly defrauded him and could be using these identities for illegal activities. I ask if he needs to speak to the police and he says "no thank you" and quickly leaves.

Banks are fun!

I Just Like What I Like...

This is a comedy bit from Patton Oswalt's stand-up bit about George Lucas & Star Wars. It's pretty funny. Enjoy (courtesy of Jimsmash)

My New Toy

I've been needing a new cell phone for about a year now and my contract has been done for a couple of months now. Usually I just go with whatever stinky phone they're giving away for free with the contract. So I'm way behind in the "cool phone" department. The camera can't send any pictures it takes, I have to punch number keys to text, and can't download ring tones or anything else for that matter.

But this weekend I stepped up! We switched from US Cellular to Sprint and I sprung for the Instinct phone. It resembles the iPhone in looks, but is somewhat different. I can now text with a keyboard--and it's unlimited! I can send and receive photos. I can use it as an MP3 player, and just spent 20 minutes loading up some music. I can browse the web. The GPS talks to me when I'm driving. I can ask it to find gas stations in the area by price, and it WILL! I can watch live & on-demand TV. I can listen to a variety of radio stations. While I was waiting for them to process my purchase at the store I watched a 80's music video. There are games, and not just Tetris either! Oh, and it can take live video too. If it made coffee & toast the device would do just about everything.

It's won several awards already. Sprint and Samsung Mobile's newly unveiled Instinct was awarded "Best in Show" in the third annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award competition. Instinct was named "First Place" in the Mobile CE - Phones/Smartphone category by a panel of 31 judges who evaluated each entry on innovation, functionality, wow factor, importance of technology and ease of use and implementation. Instinct was also honored as "Most Innovative Product at CTIA Wireless 2008" in the Best of CTIA Wireless 2008 competition judged by the Editors of LAPTOP, a leading mobile technology magazine. And CNET recognized Instinct as the "Best Cell Phone" in its annual Cream of the Crop CTIA 2008 awards. "

Plus I got a nice deal on it with the 2-year contract. And even the plan will be a nice deal since I get a discount for working at US Bank and my mom and Craig all went in on a family plan for even more savings. We'll spend about the same as we did for our basic plan to now have unlimited data transfer, unlimited text, unlimited web, free mobile-to-mobile with my mom & Craig, who happen to be who I talk to the most, and 200 more minutes per month.

They don't even call it a phone anymore, it's a device. I just call it AWESOME! Needless to say, I am pretty excited about my new toy.

Farwell Star Trek

September 1 marks the end of the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. After 11 years of living long & prospering they are taking the themed area out. I don't know what they're turning it into, but it will not be a journey to a galaxy far, far away (of course not, because that's Star Wars). No use in complaining about it, resistance is futile, after all.

When Craig and I ran off to Las Vegas to get married we stayed in the Hilton and even visited the Star Trek Experience. I have a glass from Warf's Bar to prove it! The simulation ride made Craig feel sick. The museum was pretty cool - lots of TV & movie props to see.

We did NOT get married in the Experience, just so you know. That's just where we stayed during our visit. But aparently it was a big deal for Trekkies to do so. Youtube has plenty of wedding videos like this one of just such folks being wed at the Experience.

While it is pretty geeky, it still was pretty cool. Someting different from the usual. Probably something we won't see again, as the series begins to fade out of popularity and head out into obscurity. I can say I was there. A pop-culture classic now becomes a memory for thousands of visitors as the exhibit is dismantled.

"Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit" -- Picard, uttering the last line of the Next Generation TV series (All Good Things...)

You Forgot Your Keys

Since I don't work much at the comic store anymore I don't have many fun store stories. Instead I have bank adventure stories. Here's one from yesterday. (Friday)

This "self important" woman comes into the branch, talking on her cell phone the whole time. In her other hand, you know, the one not holding the phone up to her ear, she has a lanyard. The lanyard is full of those key tags you get at stores when you become a "member" of their various shopping clubs, and has what looks like a couple of car keys, a car remote control for locking and unlocking the doors, and some other generic metal keys. She also has in that hand her wallet.

Walking up to the teller window she does her banking, clearly on such an important call that she can barely tear herself away from the conversation enough to do the banking she came in to do. She sets the handful of keys down so that she can quickly get the check & deposit slip out and toss it to the bank teller and then put the phone back on her ear. The teller completes the transaction, unable to really communicate with this woman because she's on that all-important phone call. The teller hands the woman her cash back and receipt and the woman quickly nods and exits. The teller takes the next couple people, and after a few transactions someone points out that on the customer side of the teller window is this wad of keys and key tags on a lanyard. The teller grabs it from that customer and tosses it behind him.

We closed the branch a couple of hours later and I see this lanyard full of junk, asking whose it is. The teller who tossed it back there said, "it belongs to that woman who wouldn't get off of the phone ." I asked who she was, and he replied that he didn't know her, and that he didn't think he'd be able to pick her transaction out of the stack of work so we could figure out who she was. I looked more closely at the contents of the lanyard and could not find anything with a name on it. But I was figuring that once this woman figured out she'd lost these keys somewhere she'd be pretty mad. On top of that, that branch closes at 2 pm - which is still pretty early.

One of the key tags on the lanyard was for Borders Books, which is right next door to the branch. I send a teller over to see if Borders can give us any information on who belongs to the keys so we can try to contact her. They have a name and email. We look up the name and find her in our customer database. We call the work number listed, only to find that she no longer works there. So the teller calls the woman's home number and leaves a message to let her know that we have the keys and we're taking them up to the other branch 6 blocks away, since it's open until 5 pm.

I have no idea if this woman ever came by to claim the keys from the other branch. But I bet if she didn't she'll come in all angry on Monday to claim them at the branch where she forgot them. Probably blaming us.


Oh, and here's a good one! This happened earlier this week, Tuesday or Wednesday, I don't remember which anymore. A woman comes into the bank and walks up to one of the banker cubicles, asking the banker if she can ask him a question. He says, "sure, have a seat," and down she sits. She digs into her pocket and pulls out a wrinkled piece of paper that resembles a dollar bill, and shows the amount as $1,000,000. Yes, that's right, a Million Dollars. She asks the banker if it's any good. He makes a face, saying something like, "where did you find this?" The woman replies that she saw it blowing around outside and grabbed it. I am sure she was hoping that she hit the jackpot. After all, why wouldn't a $1,000,000 bill blowing in the summer breeze outside a bank be real? Banks are filled with these, right???

Needless to say, the paper wasn't real currency. The banker flips it over and on the other side it lists reasons why people should vote for a local politician running for office. He hands it back and informs the woman that she may as well take it back outside and toss it into the trash. She looked disapointed and quickly left.

Movie Quotes

Just a little bit of political fun, courtesy of the late, great Bob Hope. Enjoy!

When the Democratic Party Meets Star Wars

Here's what happens...

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Blue Ray VS. HDDVD

I think this pretty much sums it up:


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LOL! Gamer Fun

I found this and had to share the fun!

Click this link for more of 'em.

Lyrics Remix - Cake Rock'n Roll Lifestyle

These lyrics are to be sung to the music for Rock'N Roll Lifestyle by Cake from their Motorcade of Generosity album.

It's my ode to the problems of collecting versus just buying comics to read them. It's done in fun, and not with anyone in mind, so no one should take this personally. With all the talk lately about stores not carrying back issue comics anymore and the reports of decreasing prices for variant covers I thought it was time to have some fun with the topic.

Well, your comic book collection is quite the investment.
How much did you pay for that rare Avengers variant?
How much did you spend on your Journey Into Mystery?
Do you have a great job or are you living rent-free?

Now tickets to conventions and shopping on-line
Sometimes for comics that are only graded “fine.”
And how much did you pay for that comic book showcase
That protects and displays them,
even though it takes up more space?

Now, How do you afford your comic book lifestyle?
How do you afford your comic book lifestyle?
How do you afford your comic book lifestyle?
Ah, tell me.

How much did you pay for the Captain 25,
The one where he’s ruthlessly killed at the end of the issue?
And how much will you pay for Batman 427,
Where Joker ruthlessly kills Robin at the end of the issue?
And how much will you pay for rare variant covers?
As much as it takes - you just hand the cash over.
And how much will you pay for rare variant covers?
As much as it takes - you just hand the cash over.
Ah yeah.

Aging long boxes and comics with creases,
Should you just toss them out or still CGC ‘em?
Your wallet pays dearly for those issues that you missed,
But if you don’t have a full run it makes you really pissed.

How do you afford your comic book lifestyle?
How do you afford your comic book lifestyle?
How do you afford your comic book lifestyle?

Reading ain’t collecting.
You’re buying what They’re selling.
The issue values aren’t increasing.
You can’t find variants you’re missing.
They’re so happy to reprint it.
You’ll never even read it.
Yeah, reading ain’t collecting.
You’re buying what They’re selling.
Reading ain’t collecting.
You’re buying
You’re buying
You’re buying what they’re selling.

Here's the music video, in case you need some reference: