Maybe I’m being curmudgeonly, but I appreciate the apparent lack of voice acting. It’s probably a matter of “that’s they way they did it when I first started playing them,” but I vastly prefer the Lego games when the characters communicate through gestures and non-verbal sounds.  Actual voice acting just takes me…

A lot of public libraries offer facilities for this sort of thing; some even circulate USB turntables. It’s certainly worth checking with yours to see if they offer this service.

I’ve never had a battery die on my electronic shopping list either. What’s so hard about charging a phone? Especially when you (presumably) just drove a giant electrical generator to the store in the first place.

Meanwhile, paper list ... Not so readily identified by touch in my pocket. Probably needs unfolded. Where’s the pen to mark off what I bought already?

The specs on Samsung’s release lists NFC under “Payment” and there’s a caveat about it being Samsung Pay only, so...maybe?

Yolmer Sanchez is a national treasure, and way better than Carlos Sanchez was.

I’ve never had the battery die on a paper shopping list. Just sayin’.

Or Dirty Harry, even better. Clint Eastwood is 89, but yeah, I think he can still be a believable Dirty Harry in the bee unit.

She’s already the 3rd best pitcher in the Sox rotation.

Todd Frazier is an adult man

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

There is nothing remotely sudden about the play level of the White Sox dropping down to Little League levels.

And towels. The shelter I volunteer at can always use towels.

Chex Mix, in multiple flavors.  Your judgement is discouraged.

We bought one of those in our last place - the only spot we could have put a built-in would have restricted us to an 18" unit which has about enough capacity to was a couple of spoons.  The full-sized portable was a fantastic compromise and worked flawlessly, although we left it behind when we sold the place.

has Russia ever come up with a bad idea?

The second thing you should do is reset your garage door openers so they forget all the old remotes. Anyone can have an old remote to your garage. You can reprogram the remotes you already have, you don’t have to buy new remotes.