I turned 27 yesterday. I’m now 27/100ths of a century. Been driving for ten years and voting for nine. And while the big 2-7 has yet to open any new doors, my family still was kind enough to celebrate.

Take, for example, this email from my grandmother:

Happy Birthday. I am sending 2 E-mails because I have you in my address book twice–and the a.book is so narrow I can-t read the addresses(only the names)and I can not make it wider. Your Aunt Laura came over and did it once–and now it is back to very narrow again. As you know I have less than a kindergarten handle on this xzxxzx machine;

But Happy Birthday.

I have tremendous respect for any senior citizen prowling the Internet. And I wish more of them would e-mail me.

Hey, did you see the video of John Stossel getting smacked around? C'mon, of course you've seen it. The entire friggin' country's seen it? They've seen it in the space station. Osama saw it on cave-vision last week. The clip made it around the web at Numa Numa speed, which is pretty amazing considering it happened over twenty years ago.

I'm guessing someone decided to post it on their site again a) to coincide with the release of Stossel's new book, and b) because from what I can gather, a TON of people can't stand John Stossel. Not too surprising, as he's a fairly polarizing guy. There are times when I hear what he's saying and it makes perfect sense. But then I hear he thinks global warming is made up, and I'm like...hit him again.

But reporters getting on people's nerves isn't a new thing. Of course they provide an invaluable service, but like Steven Colbert points out, it's the guys that ask the tough questions like Do you really need to wait a half hour to go swimming that tick us off a bit. Probably an involuntary reflex, built into our DNA, or something. It's happened a few times, actually. So lets take a look at the...

Top Ten Reporter Attacks by a Celebrity

The last story was about a 12 year old child with the mental age of a 2 year old. This one's about a slightly older kid, but obviously with similar maturity problems. (Both these videos care of UneasySilence.com)

I'm at home looking after the kids today, and after my second dirty diaper, I'm feeling especially sorry for this couple, who's child has not aged in 12 years. Yes, you read that right. While it's obvious the little girl has some unknown illness, the video is pretty freaky, as she looks like any normal 2 year old.

- This is probably the best Colbert Better Know A District clip I've seen. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton really holds her own.
- Via BoingBoing...Wondering what to serve the pet lion now that global warming is in full swing? Try a meat popsicle.
- An old Monty Python clip, the Pope and Michelangelo discussing a few small revisions for the Last Supper...classic bit.
- I can understand the Stones and even Floyd. But is there a need for a Journey tribute band? Check out a list of twenty.
- And know who's in The Departed? Just Alec Baldwin, Mark Walhberg, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCarprio and Jack Nicholson.