i am taking off august
in blog-ville
2 c if i can
rosie unplugged
happy summer peeps
peace in
peace out

The comedian also gave People a comment on her time off of the keyboard. Saying "I'll take the month off and then see what it feels like to come back to it."

As I reported earlier this month, comedian and former, The View moderator Rosie O'Donnell is slated to be on tour with singer Cyndi Lauper as her drummer. This video's straight from last night performance in Atlanta.

The footage is courtesy of O'Donnell's blog.

Take cover everyone! Former The View co-host Rosie O’Donnell was on The Howard Stern Show and she wasn’t letting anything keep her from dishing about the fallout from her decision to skip a second year with the ladies of ABC’s hit daytime chat fest.  

According to MSNBC.com, O'Donnell told Stern-who coincidently  was one of her former foes-that she decided to bounce from The View because she didn’t like the daytime gig anymore and that she also didn't like paying folks to look after her brood of 4 kids.  O’Donnell then claims that when she told the brass at the show she was going to leave the producers decided that she’d be sued if she decided to jump ship. Ouch.

ABC’s response to Rosie’s allegations?

“That is completely inaccurate,” said an ABC insider. “It just not true that the producers wanted to sue her.”  

That’s just a snippet of what Ms. Lady had to say! For more go to MSNBC’s web site where you can read it all and check out the clip of her appearance on the show. Speaking of the show, TV Guide Canada’s reporting that Rosie will do an audition on Stern’s Howard 101. It allows people a platform, if you will, to broadcast on Sirius Radio. When she’s not doing that, you can catch Rosie on tour with Cyndi Lauper playing the drums! She recently called in to e AP radio to let everyone know she’s not only playing the drums, but doing backup vocals on some of Lauper’s songs. No word on how long she’ll be on tour with Lauper. I guess Rosie-mania is sweeping the nation…

Here is one of her quotes from the video blog. "Miley Cyrus, listen, Annie Leibovitz. I had two photo shoots with her...you kinda do what she says. It's intimidating, Annie Leibowitz. I also didn't think it was a pornographic photo in any capacity. I thought it was sort of a beautiful portrait. It's Annie Leibovitz people. Leave Miley Cyrus alone!"

As the World Turn's Van Hansis has a new blog up at CBS.com. In it he talks about how he came to New York and his experiences on As the World Turns and his run on "So Die Mommie Die". Its a great read so be sure to check it out. Here is an excerpt.

AS THE WORLD TURNS was my first professional job in the city and it was on television. The irony was never lost on me. I chose not to go to Los Angeles for theater and I end up on television instead. I'm not complaining, I have learned so much on the soap and would love to continue on television for a long long time. I would have been lying if I said I didn't miss the stage. "So Die Mommie Die!" was truly a gift. To work with Charles was a gift as well. The whole experience was something I will hold so close to my heart. One thing that I really appreciate is how many ATWT fans came to see the show. That really means alot to me. One woman drove from Texas to come see me. A couple of fans threw comic books on the stage for me. I got a kick ass Spiderman tee shirt from a fan! So I want to just say thank you to everyone who came out to support me.