One day recently, I got an e-mail from Jon, the shop owner, telling me that all my "colored-alumnium dreams" had come true on the shop! I had previously asked Jon if he had plans to expand the selection of coloured medical ID bracelet tags and dog tags beyond the blue, green and red that he has had available for several years.

Specifically, I’d asked him to add purple to his color offerings—my favorite color. Well, not only is a lovely purple dog tag now available, a pink one is too!