How technology saved me (once again) and a real mystery solved
Up until now I have never had a passport. But we’re starting to travel more and with the new laws in effect it’s about time I got one.
The requirements to get a passport are: a valid US birth certificate and photo ID. No problem, just get my “official documentation” folder and I’m good to go. I get out the folder and there’s no birth certificate. Uh oh. When was the last time I saw it? On our cruise back in February. I used it as a bookmark so that I could keep track of it. But for which book?
Then my wife remembered taking a photo of that book while on our cruise. I quickly opened up iPhoto and scanned through the photos from the cruise:
Jackpot! I couldn’t read the spine but remembered the color: In Defense of Food (which I have yet to finish). I went to the bookshelf…search…no book. I went up to the loft and went through the additional boxes of books we don’t have shelf space for. Flip, flip ,flip…green cover, black spline, got it! And look what’s sticking out of the top:
