I like both types of music: country and western.

It may shock you to learn that we still use that antiquated payment device known as a check. But we do.

Since we have about three checks left in the checkbook and none in reserve, it's long past time to order a new box, so today I placed an online order for the same style of checks that we've had for the last five years. After my order was confirmed and I logged out, I checked out one of the ads on Deluxe's main page. "View NASCAR checks," it said.

Hey, since Ricky Rudd drives for Yates again, maybe they'll have some checks with his likeness on it or something, I thought. (During his days with the Wood Brothers, you pretty much had to order Rudd paraphernelia directly from rickyrudd.com or NASCAR.com, as Wal-Mart tends to not stock merchandise for any driver who doesn't drive for Hendrick, Roush, Yates, Gibbs or DEI. Morgan Shepherd fans, if any still exist, have been SOL in that regard for years.)

So I clicked on the ad.

"Select your favorite NASCAR driver from the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series," the page read.

And below that, the offerings were:

Dale Earnhardt. (Who's been dead for 6 years.)

And Dale Earnhardt Jr.

And that's it.

This sucks.