How to hide a birthday in the age of social media?

Body Cake, originally uploaded by Zesmerelda.

Can't do it. I have a birthday, so the cat is out of the freakin' bag.

My friends have the information and they like to set up reminders. Innocently or not, they have fed the b-days to countless services. Oh, I'm complicit, too. I've fed the big day to sites that wanted to verify my age before poisoning my mind with adult matters. Haven't I? Oh yes, I have.

Once Amazon, Plaxo and others get ahold of the date, they send out reminders to everyone, and I do mean everyone. The reminders beget action, which means that more reminders and wishes spread to Twitter. Soon, messages start appearing on Facebook. Not only is the cat out of the bag, but it's multiplied like...like...tribbles (gah! am I showing my age?)

Age. Yes, there is the matter of number of years on this earth. I currently labor under the delusion that my age isn't discernible from all this social media activity. That's right, yeah...I blog like I'm 18. Yo, I twitter like I'm in my 20's. If you see the analog version today, say how timeless I appear online.

It's the least that you can do.