And the cracksmoker of the day award goes to...

The 60 year old woman who gave birth to twins on Tuesday. Here's the story:

Frieda and her husband of 38 years had three children ages 33, 29, and 6. Either the 6 year old was adopted, or he was the biggest surprise baby ever (which really makes my shock/freakout when I found out I'd be having my kids 14 months apart seem really inappropriate.) Frieda and hubby decided that their 6 year old needed sibs closer to his age, so she went to a clinic in S. Africa that specialized in in vitro for older women. Translation: no doc in the US would touch Frieda's dinosaur eggs. Here are some excerpts from the story:

The psychologist who gave birth to twin boys at age 60 said Thursday she was on a mission to let women know they have choices. "It's really basically about women and empowerment," Frieda Birnbaum told NBC's "Today" show.

I'll be sure to let my 58 year old mother know. I mean, yesterday we were talking about her retiring and not knowing what to do with herself to stay busy. Voila - here is Frieda with the answer! I'm sure my mother would much rather do the whole up all night thing instead of traveling and relaxing. Plus her five older children can babysit!

"I don't feel like I went through a lot of trauma during delivery or even through the process of being pregnant," Birnbaum said.

Well babe, that's because of the meds. See, when you have a planned C-section they give you something known as anesthesia. It's sorta the standard these days. They try to avoid the whole "traumatize the woman in labor" thing whether you're 60 or 30. It's common courtesy.

Their daughter has said she worries about Birnbaum taking care of the twins when they're in their teens and she's in her late 70s — concerns dismissed by Birnbaum on Thursday.

"I hope I'm a role model for my daughter, that when she gets older that she can make her own decisions based on who she is rather than what society dictates," she said.

Umm, it's interesting that you think you are showing her all the choices she will have, when instead what you've done is pretty much ensured that she will be raising your kids in 15-20 years. I don't care how long you live - 75 is gonna feel like 95 when you're raising two teenagers.

And here is really what I think - this is incredibly selfish. I know that something could happen to me tomorrow and the boys would be motherless (for at least the mandatory 6 month mourning period that Nurse Hottie and I have agreed upon). But the odds are that I will be around for their college graduations while it's much more doubtful in Frieda's case. Sorry - I just don't get this one.