The ageless Michael Jackson, to say the least.

Keeping tabs on the tabloids, we are quoting the Mail, which reported,

"Age has not yet caught up with Michael Jackson…cosmetic surgery unfortunately has."

Look now, it really is hard to put an age to that ensemble of a face -- pretty much the kind we're used to seeing atop Jackson’s lithe body. The inky-black sunglasses that stubbornly sit on Jackson's now warped nose might be the oldest thing on showbiz. Indeed, it's no longer all that unusual a look.

And the Mail blabbers "scarring caused by numerous cosmetic operations on his nose", deep "craters" on either sides of his nostrils" and the “stitched-on appearance of his hair..."

Oh well, as ever we readers are treated to a shot of his infamous countenance. In fact, there is an entire business given over to gawking at Jackson’s face.

The Star has a picture of Jackson blending in among his kind of people -- the plastic dummy denizens and clinic-sculpted mannequins, and sees him browsing through the menswear section, accessories and yes, the ladieswear, too. The Sun is more ingenious with its captures of the Wacko Jacko testing lip-gloss, blusher and lacy bras and pants.

We wonder how things ensue in Los Angeles where the King of Pop has spent much of his jaded life including mingling among his ageless peers. It’s all quite normal and Jackson might be felling fine.

But this is 'The Michael Jackson' who never tires of being unusual. How in the world can this ageless man possibly carry a remake of say, "Thriller" -- because he is not recording lately, no pun.