Katie Schwartz

Bush backs federal marriage amendment "Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society," Bush said in his Saturday radio address. "Marriage cannot be cut off from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening this good influence on society." our bush... he's so brilliant, isn't he? who isn't proud of bush's politics and presidential prowess?! I mean, wow. of course it's an absolute fact that the welfare of children rests in the hands of a man and woman being married. duh! these male-female marriages are a terrific influence on society and provide children with epic stability. it's not like a hefty percentage of kids who come from heterosexual marriages have and continue to be victimized by verbal / physical abuse, alcoholism, and sexual abuse. only 40% of marriages end in divorce. plus, men and women can g...

at least I logged a few hours of sleep. I can claim that, which is a good thing. insomnia sucks so hard. I was talking to my dad the other day about louie jew and he asked me how much his surgery was. I told him that with everything, including the vet visit to find out he needed the tplo surgery was, $4,500. here is the conversation: dad: (in a snarky wise ass tone) why didn't you just put him down? katie: when you needed open heart surgery, did I say, let's just put him down? no! gaaahhhd. dad/katie: eruption of laughter ensues. I sleep with the kitchen light on every single night for two of the most neurotic reasons known to man. #1) I am terrified I will walk into the kitchen and see creepy crawly cock-sucking-roaches, which I don't even have in the first place. but, for some queer ass reason, I am convinced the light keeps them away. #2) I fear that louie needs a path to see where his water bowl is. because it's not like he's operating on thousands of years of s...