I really, really, really cannot look away from the Britney Spears train wreck, despite my most heartfelt desires. We’ve now reached the “it’s not funny any more” part of the predictable celebrity arc, with Spears going into a rehab facility for an unspecified problem or problems.

There’s no need to go into the details; you know them and we’re all sick of them. However, washingtonpost.com’s Celebritology blog does a nice job of echoing how I feel about this whole mess.