A couple of appreciated deliveries

 After a month or so with no cards in my mailbox, I received unexpected incoming cards on back to back days!  Made my day(s)!

The first cards were from the Nocturnal and Silent Carnivorous Bird, AKA Night Owl.  If I remember correctly, I had commented that I liked both of these cards he sent when he posted them on his blog.  Someone reads my comments?  And then is so generous to send me the cards I comment on?  Wow!  Anyway, here is what he sent...

2021 Topps Stadium Club - Oversized Master Photo Variation Topper - Fernando Tatis Jr.

2021 Topps Stadium Club - Virtual Reality - Mike Trout

Both very cool cards that Night Owl evidently didn't need, neither of them being Dodgers.  I remember commenting about the Tatis, something about comparing the 'Master Photo's from 2021 to the old ones from the early 90s.  Having only seen them in scans on a blog, I assumed that they were similar in size to those older versions.  It appears that I was wrong, as you can see from the side by side scan above, they are wider than a standard card, but also shorter.  Still very cool, but not what I was expecting!

Here is a scan of the Tatis along side one of the original Master Photo's from back in the day.  Mucho smaller!

Then the next day, I got an envelope from Brendan, AKA Elliptical Man.  Another unexpected windfall!  And again, as is common with bloggers, The Semi-Circular One didn't just throw random cards at me, but had paid attention to things I had written in the past and tailored his gift accordingly.

Two very nice DK Metcalf RCs!  I gotta say, I think my daughter likes these more than I do, she is a pretty big DK fan.  She especially liked the one with the Seahawks uniform.

Extremely generous guys, thank you so much!

On a completely unrelated note, this name, Elliptical Man.  Elliptical can refer to the ellipse, a special kind of oval, or a way of writing/communicating that is short and may leave out parts.  I have been using the oval definition in my head, but maybe that was a mistake.  Elliptical Man is pretty terse in his writing style.

Which is it Brendan?????  What's the significance of the name?