The TV Zone

Sorry, know I've been kinda silent on the blog front today, and it's not just because I was avoiding calls from Fox News (which for some reason wants an original print of my Newsday photo) or because I must come to grips with the fact that a "Friends" movie is probably not gonna happen now. (I still gotta believe...I still gotta believe...) It's not because I was amazed, gobsmacked, thunderstruck that the Bombers finally took one from the BoSox, or because Madonna is denying that she's got a thing going with A-Rod. It's not any of those things...

I've basically spent the day trying to get my head around HBO's "Generation Kill," out this weekend. (Reviews, etc. to follow.) And believe me, that it takes plenty of head to get around that one...

In any event, I did run across this nice interview with Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts in "Ladie's Home Journal," out this August. Got a transcript of it, and here's a couple outtakes (Robin announced that she had cancer last summer; she says here that she's doing fine):

How has cancer changed Robin? Quoth she, “It’s like a rebirth. I had a fairly good appreciation for life before this. I didn’t really need cancer to get my attention. But I am grateful for what it’s taught me and how it’s helped others. And I’m excited to feel better again. I remember someone said, ‘Soon you’ll wake up and cancer won’t be the first thing on your mind.’ It’s not the first thing on my mind anymore. Sometimes I go a long time without thinking about it… hours. But, before it used to consume my every thought. And then you realize you just want to get back to having fun, taking vacations and living your life. Because I do feel as though it’s been on hold for a little bit.”