wasted on the way

crosby, stills & nash's "daylight again" is a fantastic album - one i didn't hear until 1989 when uncle joe benson played it, in its entirety, on klos 95.5 fm in los angeles on one of his "seventh day" segments. it includes the singles "southern cross" and the title of this post, "wasted on the way". 

i was thinking about the album when i saw this card posted for sale:

that's a 2023 topps chrome black autograph card of canaan smith-njigba, who takes an initial forward approach to his signature. it would be sort of fun to see a version with the ampersand, though.

i wound up buying the card for a couple of bucks - i was already buying other cards from the seller, whose shipping costs for individual cards probably kept buyers away. this seller is based overseas, so it's understandable.

i wound up ordering a few cards, including michael busch's autograph card from the same set

busch also went for a three letter approach to his signature, but with much less clarity. 

anyway, the cards arrived intact. nothing got wasted on the way. and, by the way, i have seen the southern cross, and...i wasn't too impressed if i'm being honest.