When Did Susan Sarandon Become So Cool?!

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It feels like just yesterday when I first saw Susan lose her virginity to a sweet transvestite in the "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

Fast forward a few decades and Sarandon is a global powerhouse, dominating red carpets and ping pong tables across the nation.

Yes, I said ping pong tables. Sarandon is part owner of the SPiN franchise, a premier ping-pong club located in LA, NYC, Milwaukee and - hopefully - my living room if I play my cards right. Players can purchase an annual membership to pong the night away with no limits or they can pay-per-play. All this table tennis excitement comes with a DJ, full bar and go-fers scurrying to catch runaway balls while wearing T-shirts that actually say "Balls Are My Business". The most profound words I've ever heard.

Balls aside, Sarandon has shown a side of herself that few "Dead Man Walking" fans ever knew existed. Who can forget the SNL parody "Mother Lover" where Sarandon got the chance to redefine what it means to be a MILF - all while being felt up by Justin Timberlake (luckyyyyyyy).

She can also be found any given weekend at a Scissor Sisters or Arcade Fire concert rocking out harder than the tweeny boppers. Sarandon even recently treated her son and daughter to a family field trip to the tattoo parlor. Along with her kids' names inked down her spine, she has a small wrist tattoo of ANDAND that stands for "A New Dawn, A New Day".

Perhaps her new life mantra alludes to her split with partner of 23 years, Tim Robbins. The two lived happily unmarried until their unexpected break up late last year. But don't expect that to slow her down any.

Rumors abound that she's now shtooping her ping pong business partner. While they both adamantly deny these reports, they do admit how close they are both personally and professionally.

The biggest media issue seems to be their age difference (32 years to be exact) more than their mutual love for ping pong. Which takes us into the double standard of why it's OK for Michael Douglas to marry Catherine Zeta Jones, a woman 25 years his junior, while the Demi Moores of the world are labeled "cougar", "puma", or my personal moniker "cougar in training".

I'm not jumping onto any soap boxes anytime soon. But if a lady wants to get it on with a man half her age, I say ride 'em cowboy (Justin Bieber - call me when you're legal!!)

I may not know much about this world...but I do know I want to be Susan Sarandon when I grow up.