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#WhatTheForecast

Heh. BitterGertrude - This is not going to go the way you think: the last jedi is as subversive af

I did see a somewhat amusing SW anecdote. Apparently one of the lead set engineers was putting the finishing touches to the Millenium Falcon at Pinewood for Force Awakens and ran into Harrison Ford at some nearby shops. So, given the situation he went up and did a "Excuse me Mr Ford? I'm so and so and happen to be building the Millenium Falcon." Ford turned, looked at him.. then just said "Toggle Switches." The guy blinked and was all "uhh?" Ford nodded and did a "When they built it the first time, they did it cheap. None of the toggle switches had springs in. They didn't have the budget for new ones. You'd have a scene, toggle a switch, and as you said your lines, the toggle switches would drop back into the old position as you were stood in front of them." So the set engineer blinked again and just said "Well. I think we have the budget now."

I really should make another effort at replaying PoE and doing the White March.... but at the moment I've started up Divinity: Original Sin EE since I picked it up in the winter sales.

To stick with the philosophy...

It was fairly simple here, a novel (Magic Shifts), a Pathfinder sourcebook, the Art of Mass Effect Andromeda, a few bottles of port, some money, and a few other small things.

Enjoy the festivity, and Merry Christmas folks.

Have all the fun, enjoy what you can, and spend that time making memories with your loved ones..

I can always remember getting the explanation of "It's simply good tactics for a man to learn how to cook. When you date, the key point is getting them over to your place at the end of the night. If you cook, you invite them around for a dinner at your place so the night starts with them already there. Then you'll just get bonus points for being able to cook well before you even have to do anything else. It takes the stress off both of you, and you can simply enjoy the conversation and see how it goes." Of course, that side of it you'll probably want to wait a decade or so before you try that on him Hurl..

Caught The last Jedi at the imax tonight. Some ups and downs, can see where they borrowed beats from both Empire Strikes, and Return of the Jedi then tried adding their own twists. For the non-spoilery aspect, I do have to question the whole design and logic of those bombers at the start of the movie. They were.. immensely jarring.

"Me at the end of 2017"

It did have some really interesting visuals and aesthetics. Plus Eddie Redmayne doing some gloriously over the top scene chewing.