Hello and welcome to Connected episode 325. It's made possible this week by our sponsors,

Hover, Mack Weldon, and Pingdom. My name is Stephen Hackett, and I am joined by Mr. Mike Hurley. Hello. Hello.

Happy 16th of December to you, sir. Oh, it's my favorite day of year. Is it? Nope. Hmm. It's my

brother's birthday yesterday, but so today's not important to him either. Happy birthday mark. Happy birthday

Mark. And Federica Vittici. Hello. Hi. Hello. Hi. How are you?

Your birthday is not this month. Uh, no, but it was this year. It's just like every other year.

That's how birthdays work. Congratulations to having a birthday this year. Well, some people,

some people cannot say the same, right? If you were born on a leap year.

Or if you were born on December 17th to 31st, you haven't had a birthday this year yet.

Right, right. That's also a possibility.

And if you listen to our pre-show, you may be feeling like you may never have a birthday again.

So we've got that going for us, I guess.

Okay.

Next month, Mike and I both have birthdays.

Interesting.

That is true, actually.

Which one is more important?

Hmm.

I don't think there is an importance this year.

Which birthday has more consequences?

I'm turning 35. That feels like a big number. Yeah, yours is more important.

Then Stevens is more important. I'm sorry, Mike.

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