Goodbye to 2024
Well, this was certainly a year. One of the worst in quite a while, particularly with that November finish. But in these last few days of 2024, I'm looking back and giving myself -- and all of us -- credit for what we did or at least tried to do, and for what we're going to do in the months to come. So get ready for some horn tooting, because you and I and all of us deserve it -- toot toot!
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