I’m dating myself (not literally, I just mean that…), but I’ve lived in New York long enough to have seen the original jaw-dropping, life-changing Mark Wahlberg / Kate Moss undie billboards in Times Square.

I know, I know: You’re so jealous right now you can barely keep reading. Mark PLUS Kate? When they were both unknown and just being sprung upon the world? It’s such a slice of pop-culture perfection I need to whip out my smelling salts to keep from fainting at the memory.

Flashforward 15 years and the dude has seriously, seriously got it going on. How do I know this? Because I’m a mama who loves herself some Tivo, and Mr. Wahlberg is executive-producing almost every show worth watching right now.

Cases in point: The beyond-superb Boardwalk Empire and the almost-needs-to-seen-in-real-time In Treatment. The casting alone is worth the price of admission. Steve Buscemi? Debra Winger? I die…

But back to All Things Mark. When I was at Cookie, I got handed the plum assignment of interviewing Rhea Durham. At the time, she hadn’t yet married him, but had just had the second of their four gorge kids. She was really lovely and gracious, even when I probably lobbed one too many questions about life with Mr. Muscles. And I’ll say this: She sounded extremely happy. She’d always wanted to be a mom, and though she was considering getting back into modeling a bit, she was quite content to let Mark get on with all his Mark-ness.

I thought about my chat with Mrs. Movie Star as I nabbed the new issue of Men’s Health at the newsstand this morning. Of course it’s for boys, but it happens to be a fabulous mag, bursting with useful info for both sexes. And I’ll certainly pass it along to Hubby when I’m finished reading all about “Six-Pack Abs!” and “16 Flat-Belly Foods!” and “Strip Away Stress!”

But I know Hubby will also laugh when he sees it parked on the coffee table. Because – quelle surprise - guess who’s on the cover?