NotaryNow — Online Notary

Be still my heart.

The final real world drag appears to have been disappeared into virtual space.

First it was entering a bank to make a deposit or withdrawal, put paid to by drive-through teller windows.

Next it was grocery shopping, ended when Relay Foods appeared — right here, smack in my Podunk town of all places — with an alternative that's so much better in every way (time/effort/cost/selection) it's not even close.

But having to drive down to my bank and sit for a half hour waiting for a notary to notarize some legal document, on average once a month but sometimes several times during a week, has gotten very old over the years.

Especially since the Bank of America Barracks Road branch has decided to keep the volume fairly high on the flat screen TV in the waiting area — which not surprisingly has a distorted picture as a result of an incorrectly set aspect ratio, as do most such public flat screens.

The third time sink — waiting in the endless line at the local branch of the post office — finally became a thing of the past only last month when I discovered that FedEx Home Delivery will pick up a package left on my front doorstep, deliver it in the evening or on Saturday within two days, and charge me half or less the post office price.

Now comes NotaryNow, which you can bet I will be trying the next time I have to have a document notarized.

In the meantime you go ahead, and let me know what you think of it.

Full disclosure: I've never used an ATM, had a debit card, banked online, or paid monthly bills via automatic credit card billing — and I never will.