Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday, dear Yahoo, Happy Birthday to you! The grand event went widely unnoticed, and if it weren't for Valleywag's Owen Thomas, I would have missed it too. It's a surprise Yahoo! said nothing about it, but with the problems they have right now it's not really that unexpected, or at least it gives a plausible explanation for the lack of candles and sweets customary to the age.

Then again, nowadays teens aren't so fond of surprise birthday parties and cakes, they're more in the loud music and booze type of bash. Sweet thirteen turned into sweet neglection, as Sunday saw nothing close to an announcement and a traditional list of accomplishments and some memories being reminisced.

This goes out to you, Yahoo!, and to the hope that you won't get married so young to the a-lot-older Microsoft grooming you right now. Try to hold your head up high and wait for the right moment, or at least go for somebody closer to your age. It doesn't matter that your endowment isn't what it used to be, you're just as pretty without the billions in advertising lost to Google. Bring back that smile and smilies you used to share so generously with your Instant Messaging service and client, because there are so many people out there counting on you to be there for them in times of need.

It might be a heavy burden to go through what you're going through right now, but usually time solves everything for the better, and many trust you to make the right decisions when faced with seemingly unsolvable dilemmas. Remember that many people like you just the way you are and that you truly are your parents' apple of the eye.