current events

You have been warned. 🙂 DKC and I watched the State of the Whatever They Felt Like Calling It last night, as well as the Republican rebuttal (which ended up emphasizing the “butt” more than the “re” or “al”). I’d have to say that overall, I enjoyed Obama’s speech. Yes, it tended toward the “we can do everything we set our minds to” side of the spectrum, just falling short at times of coming out and saying “If you all clap your hands reeeeeeally hard right now . . .” but the message seemed optimistic and generally took an approach […]

So for today’s still-sick-but-I-have-to-post-something-better-or-I’ll-feel-like-a-total-slacker post, I’m going to give all ya’ll some linkage over to a fascinating flowchart. I know: generally the words “fascinating” and “flowchart” aren’t supposed to go together in the same sentence, but this is the exception to the rule, I swear. It’s all about how the legal immigration process works in the US, and how hard it can be to do it. Go check it out. When DKC and I were going through this, it was a big ol’ pain. Lots of money, lots of “deadlines,” and lots of interviews. What really got frustrating was that