Hello, my name is….

Posted by DonnaK on 06/20/07 at 09:55 PM

Before I begin my tenure here, I believe some kind of introduction might be in order. My name is Donna Kenefick and I am the proud wife of Jim Kenefick, the maintainer and one of the founders of Moorewatch. At the moment, most of you only know me as “Jim’s sick wife” or as one of the beneficiaries of the now infamous “$12,000-Gate”, but over the coming weeks I hope to change all of that. Until about six weeks ago, about the only two things on my mind were giving love to my family and doing everything in my power to recover from some extremely devastating and serious medical problems - problems that have been plaguing me for over seven years now. Under circumstances such as these, becoming a writer or contributor to Moorewatch had never even entered my mind. However, now that my life and my health situation have been thrust so abruptly into a rather glaring spotlight thanks to Michael Moore’s new movie Sicko, I now feel as if I should use this opportunity to the best of my ability. As of now, I will be adding my voice to the talented writing pool here at Moorewatch, and I hope that you all will enjoy my contributions to the site.

But before I write word one on any subject, I have something extremely important to say. To Michael Moore… thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the generous gift you gave to my husband and me anonymously last year. The $12,000 you anonymously sent us paid for our health insurance premiums and gave us the financial breathing room to both deal with our debts and also relieve the ever mounting stress with which we struggled daily. Since we received that check I have silently thanked my anonymous “guardian angel” countless numbers of times, and it is good to now finally be able to have a real name to go with that title. Though you and I may not agree on many intellectual or political issues, I have always been and will always be thankful for your gracious gift. I hope that you will see any debates I may have with you or your work on this site to be mere intellectual criticisms that have no reflection whatsoever on my gratitude to you as an individual.

Finally, to those of you on this site who have send or posted well-wishes for me – thank you so very much for your infinite kindnesses and good will. I cannot express to you how much damage stress can do to someone dealing with severe health issues as I do, and knowing that so many of you have me in your thoughts and prayers helps alleviate much of the stress this all-to-strange situation has brought into my life. You have all been wonderful, and I thank you for all your support – past, present and future.

Thank you all for reading, and I hope to begin my contributions soon. :)

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Posted by artmonkey  on  06/20/2007  at  11:48 PM (Link to this comment | )

Wow… Donna… I am so glad you’re here, now.

Not only will you bring yet another informed, intelligent voice to the site, but I’m guessing that you’ll also likely act as a sort of repellent to the more rabidly, “I hope your wife dies”, douchebaggish elements that we’ve seen, lately.

After all, most of these little crotch-sniffers are cowards, at heart. I highly doubt they’d dare say such things to your (proverbial) face.

Welcome back, big D!

And again, I hope you’re feeling much better!

Posted by artmonkey  on  06/20/2007  at  11:50 PM (Link to this comment | )

Oh, hey… do me a favor, would you?

Shoot me an email with a good photo of you and Jim?

I’d love to use the two of you as a subject for one of
my illustrations!

Posted by Lee  on  06/21/2007  at  12:00 AM (Link to this comment | )

Artmonkey, imagine a shorter, fatter Kevin Smith standing next to Jessica Rabbit.  Meet the Keneficks.

Posted by Truth_Takes_Time  on  06/21/2007  at  12:01 AM (Link to this comment | )

God bless you and yours. You’ve been in my prayers as of recent. I’ve always heard that the most important thing is to have a positive mental attitude, and it sounds like you’ve got that in spades.

Posted by JimK  on  06/21/2007  at  12:12 AM (Link to this comment | )

Artmonkey, imagine a shorter, fatter Kevin Smith standing next to Jessica Rabbit.  Meet the Keneficks.

Oh you motherfucker.

I mean, he’s right, everyone.  He’s absolutely 100% accurate and could not have been more accurate if his words were crafted by a combined team of German and Swiss engineers laboring under the whip of some crazy world-dominating madman hell-bent on finding hyper-accurate words with which to kill the leaders of the free world from a distance.

Still...motherfucker.

*updated*

Artmonkey, here’s Donna’s favorite pic of us on my flickr stream.

Posted by Rann Aridorn  on  06/21/2007  at  12:21 AM (Link to this comment | )

Jim, obviously those April Fools jokes about the size of your penis weren’t jokes. I can’t think of any other way that you got someone who’s both so eloquent and so hot, your personality’s not that great. n.-

Posted by DonnaK  on  06/21/2007  at  12:34 AM (Link to this comment | )

But… artmonkey… Jim’s not bald....

*runs away quickly* ;)

Posted by DonnaK  on  06/21/2007  at  12:39 AM (Link to this comment | )

Oh, and artmonkey, I almost forgot… I have more pictures of Jim and I on my Flickr account. I have no idea yet how to make a word a link yet in the comments, so here’s the URL for the photo set where you can find pictures of us:

(ed. by jimk) - I fix for her! Donna’s flicker stream

Enjoy! :)

Posted by JimK  on  06/21/2007  at  01:43 AM (Link to this comment | )

But… artmonkey… Jim’s not bald....

See, now I gotta beat you.

Posted by EMalachi  on  06/21/2007  at  02:02 AM (Link to this comment | )

.....I’d just like to say:

A holy crap.

Game over, man.

Jim, you’ve won.  Thats it.  No matter what happens from this point forward, Michael Moore will always be Michael Moore, and you will always go home to a freakin’ fox!  (Thats right, not just a fox, but a freakin’fox). 

Glad to see you post, Mrs. K.  If you were anyone else I’d say that I hope the crazies don’t chase you away, but, well, you kinda married Jim.  ^.^` I keeed I keeed, but seriously, “velkommen, bienvenudo, haaallo!”

Posted by michael jackson  on  06/21/2007  at  10:11 AM (Link to this comment | )

nice post Donna.

btw: is that a moore ad that I see for sicko ? is he advertising here now ?

Posted by JimK  on  06/21/2007  at  12:28 PM (Link to this comment | )

btw: is that a moore ad that I see for sicko ? is he advertising here now ?

I don’t know who paid for it, but hey...we get a lot of eyeballs these days, so more power to ‘em.

Posted by Denver_Guy  on  06/21/2007  at  12:56 PM (Link to this comment | )

Let’s start a money drive to raise $12,000 and then donate it to a needy organization in MM’s name.

Any thoughts anyone?

Posted by Sethery  on  06/21/2007  at  01:08 PM (Link to this comment | )

DonnaK,

I’m glad you’ll be posting.  I look forward to reading your stuff!

PS Thanks for posting the Flickr pics.  Dang.  And I mean...DA-ANG.

Posted by Denver_Guy on 06/21/2007 at 10:56 AM

Let’s start a money drive to raise $12,000 and then donate it to a needy organization in MM’s name.

Any thoughts anyone?

The NRA is my first choice.  Not so much because of the “needy” part as for the “in MM’s name” part.

Posted by Denver_Guy  on  06/21/2007  at  01:13 PM (Link to this comment | )

Sethery,

I like the idea of the NRA.  Or possible “Cubans without Medication and Healthcare.”

I have a few Cuban friends that live in the states.  One of them has to send his daughter money and medication every month because Cuba does not provide it.

If you talk to anyone who lived in Cuba, they will tell you that medication is NOT provided by the government.

Posted by bismarck  on  06/21/2007  at  01:30 PM (Link to this comment | )

“Cubans without Medication and Healthcare”—BRILLIANT!
How’s this as a possibility? As I recall, homosexuals are looked-down upon in Cuba...?

Posted by Janna  on  06/21/2007  at  03:16 PM (Link to this comment | )

DONNA!!!!

Oh how I miss my Donna! I had not seen that picture of the two of you all cuddled up. But can I just say...AWWWWW :-)

I’m glad to see you here. I can only imagine how this whole thing has been on you. You know you are in my thoughts and prayers.

Love and kisses and hugs to you.

Posted by DonnaK  on  06/21/2007  at  07:50 PM (Link to this comment | )

JANNA! *hugs*

It’s good to hear from you too! I want to thank you for your support on this and just for being such a wonderful friend. You have always been such a rock for me and I simply cannot thank you enough for all you’ve said and done in support of both Jim and I. I miss you lots and please give the boys big hugs from me. :)

I’d also like to take this moment to thank everyone for their kind welcomes and their compliments. I appreciate it all more than I can say. You guys rock. :)

Posted by EMalachi  on  06/21/2007  at  09:54 PM (Link to this comment | )

I rock, and roll, all night long, Suzie.  </Kungpao: EtF>

Posted by ZK273  on  06/22/2007  at  09:29 PM (Link to this comment | )

Glad to finally see you post, Donna! And Jim… way to go, man! :)

Posted by JimK  on  06/23/2007  at  03:05 AM (Link to this comment | )

Oh look.  A Moore-on pulling a bait & switch.  Moving the goalposts, as it were.  I’m so surprised.

God love the woman, she has more patience than I do.

Posted by Lowbacca  on  06/23/2007  at  03:45 AM (Link to this comment | )

albemo, you miss the point.
If I give money to this site because of server trouble, if Moore gives money to JimK, if my parents help pay for the medical costs of a friend of mine that had some health issues traveling in the US back in january… in all those cases, the money got straight to where it was needed and could be used accordingly. One of the greatest troubles with socialised healthcare is that the government is not efficient at it.
Look at, say, FEMA. Now, if I know a charity is not goint to use the money effectively, I can choose not to support it. Such as the criticism the red cross has received since 9/11. However, the government TAKES my money to support FEMA and then its run badly. Thats money I could’ve given to a more efficient agency to help people in the wake of Katrina, for example.

Posted by Nancy000  on  07/01/2007  at  09:05 PM (Link to this comment | )

Donna,
I am writing because I discovered this site by watching Sicko.  I was curious to see if the owner of the website had changed some of their opinions by living the insurance nightmare.  I guess I was concerned after reading some of the other authors comments that you would personally attack Mr. Moore rather than his stance.  I am very impressed at your tact as well as your graciousness.
I believe intelligent people should be able to debate and issue and disagree on certain positions without attacking the person.  I know others are interested in having an open debate about the issues Mr. Moore addressed.  I will look forward to your comments since you have proven to be able to intelligently express yourself without the hatred I have seen from other authors.  Maybe if they took your tact, the viewpoint Moorewatch takes would be better received.
I do wish you continued good health.

Posted by Rapid R  on  07/01/2007  at  11:25 PM (Link to this comment | )

I can’t believe I missed this post. Donna, I really enjoy your contributions and look forward to your continued good health. Attitude is important in dealing with an illness, and yours is great. JimK, you (insert appropriate word here, I used lucky) bastard.

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