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How is it already the end of 2024? Yet here we are and my 14th year here at C&L is just about done, so I figured I'll wish you all a MerryChristmasHappyHanukkahHappyHolidays message from me and my granddogs.
That little black and white one at the top is Tako, my northern California granddog. He's clearly starting the party early, if that champagne glass toy is any indication.

A suspect barricaded himself in his Centennial home after allegedly firing a rifle at one of his neighbors Wednesday morning.
Police arrested him Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities sent out a code red alert to residents to shelter in place near the 3200 block of East Hinsdale Place, where there’s a heavy police presence, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said on X.

By WILL GRAVES
PITTSBURGH — Andy Reid donned a Santa Claus suit in a giddy Kansas City Chiefs locker room on Christmas Day, then handed his team a present it increasingly looks like it deserves: home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
How Reid managed to slide into the costume so quickly after Kansas City’s clinical 29-10 victory over the reeling Pittsburgh Steelers to lock up the top seed in the AFC for the fourth time in seven years is a mystery (though he hinted there’s an elf involved).

Merry Nixmas. And Happy New Year?
Bo Nix and the Broncos have exceeded expectations, posting their first winning season since 2016. But the joy they have brought Broncos Country also makes them prisoners of their success. We are a society defined by instant gratification.
Puzzles and government bonds were not under the tree Wednesday. More like drones and Teenage Mutant Ninja Mayhem Pizzafire Delivery Vans.

Westbound lanes of Interstate 70 are closed at Georgetown due to unsafe driving conditions.
“Best option is to stay in Denver,” Colorado State Patrol said on X.
Eastbound lanes of I-70 were closed at the Eisenhower Tunnel due to a crash east of the tunnel, state patrol said. The lanes have been reopened, according to a 4:49 p.m. post.
Follow http://cotrip.org for updates.

Buckle up, friends...it is going to be a bumpy one. 2025 is not going to start off the way we had hoped, but I want to share some of my thoughts (and a personal reflection) as we enter this tumultuous year.

Above: Driftglass has discovered woodworking! He made this cat-proof Christmas tree for our living room.
Driftglass and I are so grateful to be a part of the C&L family.
2024 will log ONE HUNDRED episodes of our Professional Left Podcast.

It’s Christmastime, and while you might think we don’t have much to celebrate this year because of you-know-who, you’d be wrong! When Karoli allowed me to play with y’all in the C&L sandbox over two years ago, I got much more than a job. I have a family; all commenters and readers are included. I feel so grateful for that. I sneak and read some of the comments when I can, even those hating on me for what I wrote (insert laughing emoji).