If you don’t have one, get a fucking passport. And don’t come back to this site until you do.
Seriously.
Derek, this one’s for you.
This is not about reversing Americans’ shameful lack of interest in anything outside our borders. No one can put a dent in that mass inanity.
This is for your own sake. For you to GET OUT THERE and see what the world is all about. Take the leap.
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/new.html