Or something like that. The new year is now more than 100 hours old, and already it’s assuming its own distinctive character. You could also call it the Year of Hilariously Inappropriate Couples. Case in point: Katy Perry and Russell, who seem to be engaged. Granted, that’s not really all that inappropriate a union. In some ways these two actually seem to deserve each other, and for at least a little while they’ll be doing the Lord’s work by keeping each other from getting involved with other people who don’t deserve that kind of punishment.

A more problematic case is the Marilyn Manson/Evan Rachel Wood menage. These two are taking their dysfunctionality to the next level by also getting engaged. Manson proposed to his (*ahem*) youthful lover from the stage at a show in Paris, and Evan said yes. Either she didn’t want to publicly humiliate Manson, or she has a powerful need to humiliate herself. Either way, it will be interesting to see how durable this marriage is. My guess it will make your typical Bolivian government look like a model of stability.