I’ve got a bunch of plastic cards in my wallet. By far my favorite one is black. It is a photo of the inside of a cave, or building, or something. You can see these little arches on the ceiling. It looks like the photographer was standing in a cave and shined a light on the ceiling before he snapped the picture. It reminds me of being a backpacker in Europe and eating out in an ancient basement restaurant. When I look at this picture I feel as free as a bird. Also, a black card just looks elegant. You pull it out of your wallet and slap it down at check out and the clerk looks at you and says, “wow, this guy has arrived.” That’s how I feel at any rate. This card is not a credit card but a little old prepaid card.
Prepaid cards are basically debit cards where you put money on it up front. You don’t need a checking account, and your credit can be shot to pieces like mine. However, you can still get one of these cards. The companies that offer them don’t care about your credit, because you are prepaying, so there is no risk to them. For you, you get to slap down the plastic with a Visa or MasterCard logo and impress the girls. My girl actually prefers pink cards. Pink is the color of her true card. It is pink and has a picture of a cow on it. I think she even designed it herself on line.
Did you know you can design your own stamps at the post office now? It’s true. You have to pay a little and go to stamps.com but then you can have your kid’s picture on a stamp. Technology is a wonderful thing. I would like to design a Bill Clinton stamp because Monica Lewinski aside he was a great president. He’s doing good things in Haiti these days. Him and George senior.
My next favorite color for a credit card or debit cars is fire engine red. It makes a statement.
