So, I was browsing over at Google News, and I saw the headline, “Britney to Annul ‘Joke’ Marriage” and I had no choice but to click on it. Apparently Britney has wed a childhood friend in the wee hours of the morning today (5:30 AM) and then annulled the marriage in short order.

Let me state for the record that I think this is a great story, and am very much looking forward to days of agonized coverage in the popular media. I’m counting the days until it shows up in a presidential comment or speech, myself (I will also accept vice-presidential utterances).

For further information, please consult James Gleick’s “Faster: the acceleration of just about everything.