A little more on Rosie ...

So here's the news item about the Emmy nominations received by "All Aboard," the movie about the R Family cruise that took place a year before ours:

Rosie O'Donnell was vacationing on a cruise ship with us! near Alaska when she got word that her HBO special "All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise" had been nominated for three Emmys, including outstanding nonfiction special. Partner and fellow executive producer Kelli O'Donnell woke her up "at the crack of dawn" I think it was more like the crack of 9 or 10 to tell her about the noms. "I said, 'That's amazing; I have to get some more sleep now,'" she joked. O'Donnell said the news was especially gratifying considering what was going on during shooting. "Last year during the cruise, the federal marriage amendment (regarding gay marriages) was beaten for the first time. This year, when we said we had gotten nominated, everybody was cheering. There are 3,000 people on this cruise, and it's touching to get nominated while on board." She added that she's happy to see that that special has touched people's lives. "It's reached people in a way I never thought it would. ... It's really changed a lot of people's perspectives. It's easy to vilify a group of people until you see their lives and see the humanity. ... But what unites us is much bigger than what makes us different." O'Donnell starts her role as co-host on ABC's daytime talker "The View" in September, saying she's both excited and nervous about the job. "I've never been on a daytime show where I wasn't the boss," she said. "All of a sudden, I have a lot of bosses." And lord I hope she doesn't alienate them. Rosie is funny, smart, passionate ... but sometimes her emotions can get the best of her. You know, she's human .... but we don't really want that from our celebrities.