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"We need to re-evaluate what is required in our lives, so that we have a sense of satisfaction. What really counts? One friend of mine has reduced it to this: you should get up in the morning and ask 'what do I need,' not just "what do I want?'" -- Tom Brokaw, Morning Joe 11-1-11. "Of course, one of the reasons I bought it was to be able to get away from the frantic life I lead and to have some privacy." -- Tom Brokaw, explaining his purchase of an interest in a 4,000-acre mountain retreat in Montana. Tom Brokaw:...

Over the weekend, I logged onto one of my favorite websites, Go Fug Yourself, to get their take on the most important celebutante-related gossip of the weekend: Paris Hilton being sentenced to 45 days in jail. Sure enough, their top post began with the following: "Karma is a bitch. And so is Paris Hilton." Oh, Paris. We all love to hate you. Every article about you is usually run with a caveat about how you're famous for nothing, how you're an example of everything that's wrong with America today, and how if we just stopped paying attention, you'd slink away...

Paris and Nicole’s radio chatter sets off alarmsATLANTIC CITY - The Simple Life had only just begun Friday when things suddenly got a lot more complex. The show's two co-stars, socialites Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, arrived at Atlantic City's John R. Jasper Memorial Fire Station at about 8 a.m. They met with the men, said fire chief John J. Bereheiko, and the crew let them use the fire-band radio for the 8:15 a.m. morning roll call. During the roll call at the start of each shift, city fire officials use their radios to check with the stations and see...

Give major kudos to the parents of Buena Township, New Jersey. (hat tip: Fox News) Producers of the "Simple Life" TV show had approached the school board in Buena Vista and put forward the idea of letting Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie substitute teach for a day in the junior high school as part of the upcoming "Simple Life" season. The school board was amenable to the idea and sent home notices with the kids as to what was coming. Evidently the torrid avalanche of reaction helped them to decide otherwise. This is an excerpt, to read more click...

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie worked the crowd more than they worked at Dell DiamondBy John DeFore SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Tuesday, April 6, 2004 ROUND ROCK -- It was a beautiful evening for baseball Saturday, as the Round Rock Express met the New Orleans Zephyrs at the Dell Diamond. The sky was clear; the rising moon was full; the smell of hot caramel hung in the air. And a filthy-rich party girl in pink stockings was helping with batting practice -- or would be, if she could figure out which hand to stick in the glove she was given....