I have no interest in adding any comment on the Paris Hilton fiasco.  I feel bad for anyone that is that scared and upset.

So instead of talking about a celebrity that wants to avoid her sentence, I want to introduce you to an imate that wants to use his sentence to become a celebrity.

Meet Patrick Knight, a death row inmate in Texas who is quickly giving those who favor capital punishment a poster child to point to.  Knight is taking his punishment with such contempt, that his friend has set up a web site asking people to email him jokes.  The friend will bring him all the jokes, and then Knight will use his last breath to "leave them laughing" as KLTV puts it.

None of this is illegal.  But what a statement about how easy it is to become a celebrity these days, if only for a minute.  Had Knight put togther a tearful, remorseful apology to the family, no one would know.  But instead he decides that his last act will be one which gets him a little national attention.  It’s a final selfish act for someone who has already taken a loved one away from someone else.  Some things just amaze me.