Green Card (no, not the stupid movie of the same name)
 

What a drag for you. Yes, I have experienced a few big bumps on my road so far too. I make about 5 copies of everything I send to them and keep a file at my home, my lawyer's etc., as well as keeping a constant paper trail to remind them that I exist. To tell you the truth, I am amazed that mine was actually approved with all the horror stories that you hear.

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

Whipped.

TM

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

Right? I'm still reeling from the fact he has a cat -- what have you done with Sebby?

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

A. I like dogs, but you think I want to care for one?

B. If cleaning the cat litter is the price I have to pay for being allowed to do mostly whatever I want, I'll take that bargain.

C. I've had cats since I was a little kid - I'm so used to them I couldn't imagine being without one.

D. When I get more space, I'll probably get a dog. Gotta have wide open acreage for the sucker to run... probably a Golden. Can't beat a Golden - killer pet.

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

Is he talking about cats as in felines, or cats as in men he encounters?

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

You're not Mr. Lex are you?

-T(you're kinda freaking me out)L

p.s. If you are Mr. Lex, get home early today so you can finish the taxes.

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

What's to care for? Of course, there's the daily walks (but that's not so hard for me -- my husband does it...), but the feeding is easy, she just kind of lies around the house.

Even when she can run around outside and chase this chipmunk (her arch-enemy), she mostly just sits on the porch or in the yard.

What could be easier?

(And she's a BIG dog.)

No offense intended, by the way, about the cat -- you just struck me as someone who wouldn't want a cat as a pet.

Woof Woof
 

Speaking as someone who is gone from home for significant portions of the day (and night), I suspect I would arrive each night to a floor that needed mopping.

-TL

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

I'm neither a cat nor a dog person. I like both for different reasons.

At this point in my life, I don't think I could give a dog enough attention. Dogs need more companionship than cats (Yes, the notion of children scares the shit out of me).

My concern with getting a dog is making sure we get a smart one. We have one very smart cat and one idiot. Its comical to watch them interact. I'm afraid, however, that a dumb dog lumbering about knocking shit over would be intolerable.

If the wife makes me go to the burbs, however, I may get a dog asap. My uncle's got a wonderful lab which he uses as an excuse to leave the house for long walks... to the pub. I hear dogs are a great cure for screamin children in this regard...

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

Just like you wouldn't expect P.J. O'Rourke to have a cat.

I too was surprised by the cat ownership but the litter box thing just dumbstruck me. Seb's posts do make it clear that he's crazy about his wife, so maybe it's not so surprising, after all.

r(You call it love, TM calls it whipped)p

P.S. I cannot IMAGINE life without dogs. It does make the weekend trip to a sunny clime a bit more complicated, but is so worth it.

And, by the way, what the hell is the point of living in the burbs anyway if you don't have a dog?

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

Aside from the bi-monthly bath, there's really not much to taking care of the Displaced Dog. We go on a walk in the morning, go on a walk at night, and otherwise play. Sure, there was training when he was a puppy, but these days, he's probably better socalized than I am.

Cats & Dogs
 

I don't understand the shock, surprise, or dumstruckedness over Sebby's cat ownership.

We have a cat. She is beloved by the man of the house -- except when she does her nightly laps at 11 pm or is frightened by packs of animals in the nature preserve behind us (as she was this morning around 5 am).

I clean the automatic box. He is the "Bringer of Food."

Bright Young Things, or Life on the FB
 

That's quite a low bar, isn't it? ;)

Eau de Canada
 

Congrats! Just curious, though: Are they still using the old stationery that says INS, or the new stuff that says Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS). The answer to this cxould tell you how long your approval was sitting on the final person's desk waiting to be mailed.

Mostly whatever he wants
 

I want to know what Sebby means by "mostly whatever I want".

If we draw a Venn diagram that shows, in one circle, what Sebby wants to do and, in the other circle, what Mrs. Sebby lets him do, what sort of things lie outside the diagram?

AM(Paigow, stop using my name in vain!)M