Mine decided to randomly start rebooting about a year ago. :( Tried everything I could think of to get it to work normally, but nothing helped. I couldn’t rely on it, so I had to replace it. Like you, I hadn’t planned to replace it any time soon.

In the US, if you don’t have the loyalty card, you’re paying more for groceries. For the stores we use, any sale prices are contingent upon using the loyalty card. This can add up to $5-$10 per order.

Project 2025 was ready this time. The Heritage goons weren’t ready in 2016.

As a somewhat regular visitor to the Kennedy Center, since my wife is a huge theater nerd, I’ll just add that it feels open to all. We dress up for the shows we see, but I also see people in jeans and t-shirts, and no one cares. It’s about the performance.

We just saw Shmigadoon there a few weeks ago, and we went to a John Oliver show back in December. I’ve seen numerous other shows there, like Wicked, Book of Mormon, Shear Madness, Ain’t Too Proud (twice!), Million Dollar Quartet, Spamalot, and Phantom of the Opera… And those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. And my wife and a friend of hers had season tickets, so they’ve seen a ton more shows.

We’re really saddened by this development. I can only hope the Center survives. It’s a cultural institution.

The only good news is that DC and Baltimore have a bunch of other excellent theaters, like Ford’s, the Hippodrome, National, etc.