The more observant of my readers will have surely noticed that I've had nothing to say about the imminent incarceration of Paris Hilton. I haven't done a search of the blog, but I don't think I've ever written anything about her.
Part of it is that I can't work up the required schadenfreude. (The other part is that all the hot-chicks-behind-bars jokes are already taken.)
But give her credit where it's due. She's parlayed her modest talents into a modest career in acting and singing and into accessories like clothes and perfume. She's a shrewd-enough businesswoman that she realizes that celebrity for its own sake has a short shelf-life.
Also, she's refrained from inflicting her (no doubt moronic) political opinions on the rest of us. For that, she gets bonus points.
Entirely by accident, I recently came across a page that compared another beautiful, famous woman to Paris Hilton. (Alas, the page is down now, so I had to find other sources.)
She stands to inherit more money than Miss Hilton could ever dream of; but instead of hitting the Eurotrash party circuit she went to school, majoring in drama and eventually becoming well-known in improv comedy circles. She's never been a major target of the tabloids, probably because she's been happily (as far as I know) married since 1987, with two kids.
She went on to become one of the stars of an iconic TV show, the residuals from which alone should ensure that she'll never need a penny of Daddy's money.
And she's refrained from inflicting her (probably moronic -- hey, she's in showbiz after all, and her husband definitely qualifies as a moonbat) political opinions on the rest of us.
Who is she, you ask? You ask, I deliver.
(More information on her at Wikipedia.)