While there are other developments with Ansel that I could post first, I simply couldn't wait to share the fact that as of today, Ansel is now official in the state of Michigan with the arrival of his license plate & registration.
I have never gotten a "vanity" or personalized license plate. It's just not my thing. But, it just made sense in the case of Ansel.
When I ordered the plate, the lady at the Secretary of State's office asked me "What does it stand for?". I explained that it didn't stand for anything and that Ansel was the name of a famous photographer, Ansel Adams. She just gave me this blank look like she had no idea who that was...I suppose not everyone knows who Ansel Adams is, and I'm sure she needed to ask that question to verify it wasn't the name of some extremist organization, a derogatory term or an acronym for some offensive phrase (use your imagination here).
I had to add a number to the end because just plain Ansel was already taken (Who might that be? Might need to meet up!). I could've added an "A' for Adams, but ANSELA didn't look quite right. Zero would have been nice, but in Michigan they convert zero to the letter "O" on personalized plates, and ANSELO would have been even worse. Thus, it had to be a number between 1 and 9. My favorite number is "5", but "1" sorta made sense too. Anyway, I decided it would be whatever I wrote down when I got in there, and "1" it was!
By the way, the blue license plate is new this year and quickly becoming commonplace. It is a reproduction of the Michigan license plate issued in 1965. I was nine at the time but very clearly remember this plate, which was in use for many years. This too just seemed to be appropriate for Ansel!
Stay tuned!
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