On behalf of the GrodsTeam and the GrodsCommunity I’d like to wish Ant Rogenous a big ol’ happy 32nd birthday. It must be tough to feel one’s years flying by and know that one’s life is rapidly nearing its conclusion, but I’m sure that Our Ant will cope with the feeling of dread brought on by a whole day of reminders about his old age like the big girl’s blouse that he is.

Congratulations, Mr Rogenous!

Ant Rogenous opening the GrodsTeam’s birthday present (Original photo credit: E Rogenous)

Can you believe that this shit’s been going for four years now? Neither can I. Here’s the GrodsTeam celebrating at a bar last night.

L to R: Bron, The Editor, Ant Rogenous, Bridgit Gread, John Surname. The joker boneheading in the background is Jeremy Sear who just showed up uninvited.

Anyway, I suppose since we’ve made it this far we might as well battle on and see if we can get to ten or something. Happy birthday to us!

ps/- I’m celebrating this milestone by going down to the beach for the weekend. See youse on Monday.

Mrs The Editor turns 30 today and a bunch of us are headed up to some rural retreat for the weekend. When I say rural retreat, what I mean is luxury cottage conveniently located next to a day spa. So the girls will spend their time being exfoliated and massaged while the boys spend their time drinking beer and playing cards. Apparently there’s a trout farm on the premises from which you can catch your own trout and have the staff prepare and cook it. Lucky I’m a vegetarian. Not to mention the fact that the on-site restaurant doesn’t do “special needs” meals like vegetarian.

So happy 30th, McBec. May you catch a very large trout.

Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has once again pre-empted his opponent’s political strategies by today announcing his 68th birthday — one day ahead of a similar announcement expected by Prime Minister John Howard. This move by Mr Rudd is in line with his recent attempts to make the opposition appear as similar to the coalition as possible.

“I would like to announce that today I am celebrating my 68th birthday,” Mr Rudd said at an early morning press conference. “And my message to myself on this day is this: hip, hip, hooray!”

In recent weeks Kevin Rudd has aligned Labor policy with that of the coalition government on issues such as indigenous intervention, terror policing and forestry in Tasmania. Political commentators see today’s birthday announcement as Rudd’s latest attempt to turn himself into a weak clone of John Howard.

Asked by a reporter at this morning’s press conference if his latest announcement was taking the Howard-shadowing a little bit too far, Mr Rudd said: “Don’t throw the fair go out the back door. This election campaign has come to a fork in the road and my message to you is this: for I’m a jolly good fellow, and so say all of us.”

Happy birthday to me. 29 and never been kissed. Cash, cheques and money orders to the usual address.