...to feel a bit of schadenfreude over this?
I know, I know, I usually don't stoop to celebrity stuff unless it relates to my interests (science and science fiction, Holocaust denial and Mel Gibson, etc.), but the expression in the picture in the link above was just too priceless for me to resist.
I feel so dirty now. Forgive me.
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I won't say too much, because I can very, very easily get mean over somebody like Paris Hilton. So I'll keep it down to just this: Wheeeeee!
Sucks to be her.
I just read your story about NIH funding about what people like me - eg, Paris Hilton-age people - have to look forward to in our careers. It's good to know that some people out there have it tougher than we do.