It's Official!

Virginia received her first letter today: her social security card! There it is, written in ink. So the man officially knows about her.

It kind of boggles my mind that, just like her parents' old social security cards, this one is printed on just a flimsy little piece of paper. Perhaps it is just wishful thinking, but I had hoped that, when producing an ID card that forms the basis for every American's electronic identity, the federal government would have taken advantage of some of the world's technological advancements of the past 30 years. (Note that I've carefully blurred out her number so our loyal readership doesn't get any funny ideas.)  I'm sure our crack team in Congress is already all over the necessary upgrades.