Moving from south Florida to northwestern Illinois was a good idea. The people are nice, rent is less than half what it is in Florida, and in Illinois it will soon be legal to buy the special substance.

"Illinois Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker wants to raise revenue from legalizing recreational marijuana."

In my younger days I never imagined being able to go to my favorite marijuana store to buy a cannabis edible. It's going to happen soon, probably in one year.

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In my younger days I never imagined being able to play chess with anyone in the world in my living room, find an opponent in 5 seconds, use any time control I want, and then in less than a minute get a computer analysis of my game. Thanks Lichess.org.

I never imagined I could buy anything I want without leaving my home and get the job done in 2 minutes. Thanks Amazon.

The 21st century is a wonderful place.