Periodically we do reality checks; i.e. when the toll on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge hit $13 round trip, we asked if that was as outrageous as it seemed and were told it was.
In the same vein, we don't want to picture ourselves in the grocery store complaining about prices to anyone who will listen unless they truly are unreasonable.
So it is with some trepidation that we question the people pictured above. Who the hell are the Kardashians and why does anyone care?
One of them is getting married soon. Maybe this weekend? She's marrying a tall guy who gave her a huge engagement ring and reportedly she has three different gowns for the occasion.
All we know about these people is that their given names start with the letter "K" and the mother is married to Bruce Jenner who was in the Olympics back when they were still held in ancient Greece.
For some reason they have a reality television show which we have never watched nor do we plan to.
Perhaps that is the problem. There are too many cable television stations with too many hours of programming to fill; hence, the need to discover people like the Kardashians, or the Duggars (who have way too many children) or Billy the Exterminator and give them their own shows.
And there has to be another term besides "reality" TV show. There is nothing real about these programs. They are all heavily choreographed and scripted.
Andy Warhol almost had it right when he said that in the future everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes. Unfortunately, it appears their fame lasts longer than that.
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