Thorns of All Kinds

Thursday, May. 13, 2004 - 8:14 a.m.

The Carol Burnett Show special was wonderful last night.

It was so nice to just be able to sit down and enjoy an hour of television as if a bunch of old friends were in the room with me.

When I was a child, the Carol Burnett Show was an island of sanity for me in my weird household, and sometimes I don't know what I would do if I hadn't been able to set my preadolescent woes aside and just simply get lost in an hour of quality television every week.

One of my goals that I'd like to achieve by the time I'm 40, or at least during my 40th year, is to appear on stage as a standup comedienne.

Carol's fault. Neener neener.

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My favorite new group, Keane, has a website, so please go poke around there. And if you don't already have the enhanced single of their song 'Somewhere Only We Know', go get it, please.

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I had fun in Google yesterday.

Among the items I found was a Cherokee Traveler's Blessing on the Cherokees of California website:

I will draw thorns from your feet.
We will walk the White Path of Life together.
Like a brother of my own blood, I will love you.
I will wipe tears from your eyes.
When you are sad, I will put your aching heart to rest.

Pretty, huh?...

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And finally, ...

Miramax Films chiefs Bob and Harvey Weinstein plan to buy back Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9-11" - which Walt Disney Co. blocked Miramax from releasing - and distribute it themselves.

Under the deal, the brothers, who have a thorny relationship with parent company Disney, would not be able to distribute the movie through Miramax. They would have to find a third-party company.

Moore's film criticizes President Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and connects the Bush family with Osama bin Laden's.

No surprise here.

This happened once before, in 1999, with a cerebral and critically-acclaimed movie called DOGMA. Disney declined distribution through Miramax, so Kevin Smith took it to Lion's Gate instead.

Disney would rather deal with movies having to do with cows and fishes.

What a bunch of wussies. Yes, Michael Moore is out there in Left Wing Land. But Disney can't possibly not have known this. Michael Moore has been a thorn in people's sides for how many years now? Since "Roger & Me"?

Dear Disney: Why on earth did you contract with Michael Moore / The Weinsteins when you KNEW what sort of product you were likely to get?

Now the Weinsteins have the option to buy the movie back from Disney and find some other way to distribute it.

If I knew how to set up a tip jar for em, I'd do it, not because I care particularly for Michael Moore's point of view, but because I think it would be a wise investment.

Oh, and one more thing....

I received at least one petition in my email decrying the evil 'censorship' and 'suppression' of this film.

I just have one question: Where were you when Mel Gibson was unable to find a distributor for 'The Passion Of The Christ'?

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