Twenty-Seven is the New Twenty-Six

Today I turn 27 years old. Although birthdays are pretty cool, this one is beginning to feel like the one last year. In other words, 27 is a crappy age due to the fact that its only significance is that you are almost 30. I don't even know what I want for a present? Lets have a run down of all possible gift ideas.

• After Shave - The true gift of fatherdom. Nothing says I love you like the gift of Old Spice. Personally I love the commercial where the dad buys his kids cell phones and all he gets is after shave, "Dad got hosed!"

• Hair Dye - Ahh the gift of youth as the gray hairs begin to bask in the sunlight for all to see. The sad thing is that I have actually contemplated this several times in the last year. I have decided that I will just wear a hat. Now the beard and sideburns brush in gel might be something I am interested in.

• Sansabelt Pants - We all gain a few pounds as we grow older and let's face it, the belt is a young mans game. Besides all I have to do is tuck in a t-shirt, or for those fancy occasions ... a polo, and I am ready to go. Also works with shorts but my birthday is a winter affair so I will stick with the pants

• Birthday Cake - Some of you know that cake is not one of my favorite deserts. Normally I do not get a birthday cake due to this fact. however I think that for the good ol' 27 that it would be fitting to perhaps have a little bit of cake as a way of expressing all of the good things I have in life. Now if I could only get my wife to pop out of one!