Blonde Ambition

The tragic life of Anna Nicole Smith came to an end this afternoon after her private nurse found her unresponsive at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. I was in the midst of my lunch break when one of my co-worker's popped into the break room to say that his brother had just called with the news.

At first it seemed unreal. Not to be insensitive, but does anyone go to the Hard Rock Hotel these days? I went to the nearest computer terminal to verify this information as I happen to work in an establishment where the breakroom is littered withh the latest copy of US Weekly, People and Star magazine. Sure enough the front page headline of CNN.com confirmed this.

Odd as it may be, I couldn't help but thinking she was our generation's incarnation of Marilyn Monroe. Smith leaves behind a five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern and an empty bottle of Trim-Spa.