When I went to bed and Sunday night I had big plans for Monday! There was all manner of things that I was going to work on and hopefully a few would end up being finished. Then I woke this Monday morning and everything changed. my illness decided today it was going to curb stomp me and so I lost this day. I tell you this not because I want to have a pity party or because I need to vent rage...but because we are all in the same boat.

We all have a finite number of days, how many...well that is the big secret. Being on the older side of things...when I go to more funerals than weddings...my perspective has changed. Death is no longer something that happens to other people...or some distant appointment...it now seems much more tangible and pressing. When I lose a day, even a Monday, there is a tightness that grips my chest as I understand that is a day that I will not get a do over for.

You are probably thinking what does this have to do with gaming?

Well, I have a friend and he speaks with great excitement about all of the gaming that he is going to do when he retires. It certainly sounds like it will be fun...and yet...there is that nagging concern of just how finite our days are.

There is no need to harp about death...

Savor the good days that you have a little more and don't think that fate is going to follow your carefully laid plans.

Broken Infinity by JaceRockland on DeviantArt.

News broke late Monday night that Disney execs had ordered reshoots for Rogue One after a first screening. Disney is offering spin that the goal of the reshoots is to lighten the mood. They hope to add some levity and a sense of adventure, since this movie leads up to Star Wars: A New Hope...like 10 minutes before it.

So what does all this mean?

I have NO clue and neither does 98.65% of everyone out there that is spouting off. It is pure conjecture and wishful thinking by people who contribute about 99.9996% of the noise that comprises the internet. Let me give you an example there is a YouTube channel that is dedicated to Star Wars (with around 350.000 subscribers), I have never seen self-proclaimed seers be wrong so often about so much. Sure they use words like "perhaps, maybe, if, hopefully, etc., etc." which gives them cover for when they are inevitably wrong.  They aren't the only ones either...some are far more reputable or at least you would have thought that they were.

I am not here to fling monkey poo at anyone.

In my extensive experience (I did live through multiple Highlander sequels after all) is relax and don't get caught up in the hype machine. 

Until next time!