Lose your cell phone all the time? Find it now

My best friend, one of those beautifully organized types who has a place for everything, once told me that in order to remember important appointments, she puts a cereal box in her living room the night before-- the idea being that when she wakes up and sees something out of place, she remembers her appointment. After several hours of wondering how I could employ the same strategy, I realized I would need to be able to park my car on my bed.

I am bad with small things. As in terrible. As in, once I found my keys in the toaster, no joke. So keeping track of my cell phone has become, well, the worst kind of chore. Why is everything that is so vital in life so small? Why can't my cell phone just ring itself when I can't find it? Why can't someone invent a cell phone/ dog hybrid that would actually follow me around the house?

This morning, as I did the IM of shame--you know, that ping you send to a coworker or friend, begging them to make your phone ring--Shine editor Joanna Douglas blew my mind with her response:

JD: 10:38 AM> http://www.wheresmycellphone.com/

ME: 10:39 AM> Are you serious?

She was serious. In fact, she was so serious she called it her new best friend.

I went to the site, entered my number and waited. Within seconds, the ringing began. I found my cell phone in my bike helmet (of course!), and the angels of small, found things did a hallelujah dance in the heavens above my living room. Did it matter that when I answered, the sultry recorded voice of a woman recommended I press 9 if I wanted to know what she and her friends did with coconut oil? It did not. Apparently Joanna has gotten prayer service ads before. We suppose this is how the owner of the site--who says he is a cell phone loser like the rest of us, and gives you an option to donate to his beer fund or to recommend his site--actually gets anything from this besides the fulfillment of helping flakey people function.

So, wheresmycellphone.com, consider yourself recommended. And all you other cell phone losers out there, consider yourselves saved. Oh, and best friend? Don't worry, you are still totally my best friend.