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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the last full-length, non-re-run episode of 2025.

This won't be the last thing on your feed this year,

but it is the last regular episode,

until we pick back up in January.

It's been a hodgepodge sort of month this month,

but I think we're going to hit the ground running in 26

with some stories you'll really get a kick out of. Today's episode is another one that isn't quite in the classic weird little guys format,

but it is about a guy a lot of you have been asking me about. Look, it's the end of the year. It's dark

at four in the afternoon. It's dark at 4 in the afternoon.

It's too cold to convince my dogs to go for a walk with me.

Back when I had an office job, I could get away with pretending to look busy at my desk for the last week or so before any major holiday.

The problem with the job I have now is that you guys would definitely notice

if I spent the week goofing off online

and then quickly switching to a big spreadsheet

on my monitor if somebody walked by.

It's okay, though.

I like you guys a lot more than I liked anybody

who ever looked over my shoulder at an office,

so I'll do my best for you.

I had planned on doing a sort of reverse weird little guy thing for the holidays.

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