Paper

Paper! Weren't computers going to make us a paperless society.  We would trade electrons and bits and bytes rather than scraps of trees. We stopped at the mailbox today and picked up all our "junk mail" and marveled at the shit we got. Open a magazine and the subscription renewal cards just start to rain out. Seems like you can't go more than four or five pages before you are dealing with another card asking you to subscribe or renew your subscription. Ok TV has given us short attention spans but damn 10 of those cards in a 60 page magazine. Sure hope they were paid by the piece for inserting them in the pages. The magazine is done and now it is time for  the daily credit card offers. Today was apparently super jackpot day as PNC, Citibank and Bank of America blessed us with offers.  The best offers are the ones that say "you are preapproved to apply".  What the fuck does that mean? Are some people sent offers and they are predenied?  Preapproved to apply means absolutely nothing. I do appreciate the postage paid envelopes they include in their offers as today they provide an outlet for my frustration. All the subscription cards from the magazines are going to be placed in the credit card company postage paid envelopes and sent to those fine folks. Someone there must quilt and may want to get a subscription to Quilt magazine or Quilters Newsletter.  Citibank, PNC and Bank of America- thank you for the postage and you are welcome to my excess paper.