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How do you say 'happy birthday' in Swedish? Tennis legend Bjorn Borg turns 50 today. In a new interview, Borg says he'd put himself in the "Top 4" greatest players of all time, along with Rod Laver, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, who he predicts will one day win the French Open, something that eluded Sampras, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. (Iol)

The Brothers McBlogger: My brother Bill's blog for copy editors got mentioned on Romenesko yesterday, with a link to an article about it from the American Journalism Review. A coworker pointed the story out to me, which says Bill's blog gets about 13,000 unique visitors per month, which prompted another guy at work to suggest that Bill might get more visitors if he followed my blog's gratuitous beefcake strategy. Perhaps a few Teen Beat copy editor pics or a shirtless copy editors section might be just the thing to send his Site Meter spinning ... (Romenesko)

Catkins Diet: As regular readers know, my diabetic cat Troy has been cured by putting him on this high-protein, low-carb cat food. So what did he do on Sunday morning? I was watching TV in the living room -- having eaten half of my breakfast -- when I heard something odd coming from the kitchen. I find Troy on the floor trying to eat my bagel and cream cheese, which he's jumped up on the table and knocked off with his paw. Troy's 12 and has never jumped on the table like that. It sure seems this kitty needs his carbs ...

Stenography 101: I about punched the TV at work this afternoon when CNN devoted the entire day to President Bush's endorsement of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, which the erstwhile cable news network dubbed "The Debate on Gay Marriage." This was at best a one-minute piece. It isn't real news and there isn't any real debate other than the one Bush is trying to create with this photo-op panderfest, yet CNN continues to take what's spoon-fed to them and runs with it. Couldn't CNN set the agenda and decide what the real news was of the day -- perhaps the continued carnage in Iraq, more bad economic news or the Supreme Court's announcement that it will rule on race-based assignment of students in public schools -- instead of letting the GOP get away with this embarrassingly transparent tactic? Of course CNN could. As much as I don't care for Lou Dobbs, I will give him a big Kudos for only briefly reporting on the "gay marriage debate" with a big graphic behind him that said, "Bush: Driving a Wedge." (WP)

They both have balls: Who knew that sex and soccer don't mix? (NYT)

As Time Goes By: Kudos to the voters on the MTV Movie Awards for giving the "Best Kiss" award to Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal for their passionate embrace in "Brokeback Mountain." Even though the world is still populated with sad people like James Dobson and Fred Phelps, it's encouraging to think that the future is filled with kids who think a kiss is still a kiss, and that "two dudes kissing" is just, well, "two dudes kissing." (People) (See a complete photo spread including Jake with presenter Justin Timberlake here.)

Chuck E. Cheese: That's the guy who kidnapped our son, Officer. (AP)

Butt-lers Inc.: Who wouldn't want a hot half-naked guy to look after their affairs? (PinkNews)

You Better Shape Up: Did you read that there have been several sightings of Olivia Newton-John's missing deadbeat lover, Patrick McDermott, in Mexico's Baja, Peninsula? Maybe a little more love will bring a happy ending, well -- that and a good bankruptcy lawyer. (Isn't the real mystery here why an Asian has an Irish name?) (People)