Comments on: Fame!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:16:44 +0000

Yes, we are addicted to fame, but how else would we find out what to wear if we didn’t seek Ashley Olsen’s strong influence; she knows what she’s doing, especially when it comes to shoes!

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:40:32 +0000

I knew who Dean Kamen was. Really. (thank god for the Internet!)

By: maribeth

maribeth — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:37:23 +0000

This was a good post. However, Jonas Salk is dead. So is polio, for the most part. Not exactly newsworthy today. There must be a better example of a living scientist/technologist to compare to Ms. Hilton.

Steve Wozniak gets 915 pages.

Dean Kamen gets 415 pages, while Jane Goodall gets 180 pages. Perhaps their numbers are lower than Paris’s because they do fewer stupid things.

By: Citizen of the Month » I Love John Updike (Not Really About John Updike)

Citizen of the Month » I Love John Updike (Not Really About John Updike) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:07:21 +0000

[...] This week was a milestone for me. I submitted my Fame post as an op-ed at the Los Angeles Times. [...]

By: mckay

mckay — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:29:43 +0000

danny, i was wondering if all the ‘fire-cr****’ comments directed towards a person are grounds for sexual harassment. sure sounds like harassment to me.

By: Dating Dummy

Dating Dummy — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:05:46 +0000

Salk should have had a faux hawk.

A very well-thought out post Neil. Indeed it does make you wonder…

By: Think Frustrated

Think Frustrated — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:16:55 +0000

Isn’t that why we all started blogs in the first place? To be famous? No. Me neither.

Also, at first glance, that lolipop in Paris’ hand looks more like a dildo. There, I said it. Dildo.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:07:11 +0000

I saw John Stossel speak once at a social studies conference and he gave me the willies. Did you know he thinks global warming is a sham instigated by liberal fearmongers? And that organic food is no better for you (sometimes worse!) than food that is grown using pesticides? And that the public schools should be replaced with a voucher system?

Were there any Paris Hiltons in our youth, famous without the slightest bit of talent? I’m sure there were and I guess I should be relieved that they’re now completely forgotten. As a human being, I wish Paris Hilton a happy, fulfilled life. As a “role model” for young girls, I wish her immediate extradition to Neptune. I’m sorry to admit that I watched that YouTube video last May of rich boy Brandon Davis trashing Lindsay Lohan in the most disgusting, imbecilic ways (”she smells like diarrhea, she has a fire crotch, she’s only worth about seven million which means she’s really poor”) with his then-girlfriend Paris Hilton laughing uproariously at every dig. In another time and place these people would be publicly stoned in a coliseum.

By: Leezer

Leezer — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:09:34 +0000

Neil:
THANK.YOU. STEPPING. Oh, and BTW, did you see Anthony Sabato Jr. naked, by chance?

By: mckay

mckay — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:53:17 +0000

caron, that’s one of my favorite quotes.

i’ve been around lots of famous people and i would never want to be famous. rich, talented and unknown - that sounds great to me.

neil, this is another reason why i don’t watch tv news or news shows.

fab post!