This week's episode: a meta-analysis of the three branches of content our show tends to take; ruminations on birthdays, surprises, a wonderful birthday movie, and getting older; the NEW CD (!), "Do You Like Star Wars?" is on its way, along with a new t-shirt and USB drive; recounting the last half of our West Coast trip, including terrible Canadian coffee; and w00tstock 2.2 in Chicago and w00tstock 2.3 in Minneapolis are officially announced. (Hooray!) Also, absent technology. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What "milestone" birthdays did/will affect you? And what technology was better/available previously and worse/unavailable now (a la Concorde)? Also, if you're a minion and didn't receive notice of the "Joss Whedon Birthday Message" prank, send us your e-mail address.