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You’re thinking of your 20 years seniority and everything you have with your current company in terms of what you’ll lose. But that kind of experience and dedication is exactly what might land you a good job elsewhere. Why not start looking and see what you can find? If you find something that’s a good fit, then you can quit your current job. If you don’t find anything, then you’ve still got a good job in the meantime.

My dad switched careers in his 40s and was much happier for it. It’s tough to do, but it might be worth it.

It’s tough to see someone decline because of Parkinson’s. My grandfather has declined quite quickly because of it. At the same time, I see it as a reminder to myself to live well in the present moment, because I don’t know how much time and good health God will give me. Everyone dies at some point and I think God allows diseases like Parkinson’s, because they make it easier to let go of life. But at the same time, allow yourself to grieve. You are losing someone of your dad in a very real sense, so be willing to acknowledge that it’s painful.

Studies typically show that people are least happy when they are middle aged. You’re probably at one of the lowest points in your life. It may feel like it’s all downhill from here, but at least statistically speaking, that’s unlikely.

10 years…where has the time gone?

His son was arrested on suspicion of murder. Very sad.

Congrats, Jay! That’s a big accomplishment.

That’s neat.

Amazing. How do they even fit on our planet?

Probably so that David Prowse could see where he was going.

Superweapon VII said:

Who was the Historical Jesus?

I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing, but I’ve watched about half so far and I quite enjoy his insights. Since I’m Catholic, I obviously disagree with certain points, but I always find history fascinating and I appreciate that he doesn’t utterly discount the reliability of Christian sources in constructing his history.

Not sure if it’s been shared on here, but DUST is an awesome YT channel. It has sci-fi shorts from a variety of creators. Some are demos for larger projects; others are fully polished videos. But there’s a lot of neat stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@watchdust

^This.

Large language model. Like Chat GPT.

Amazing.

JadedSkywalker said:

Happy Birthday to George Walton Lucas Jr. Happy 81st Birthday.

I do hope George someday relents and releases the originals. or at least allows Disney to do so.

He’s 81 already? It makes sense, but man, time flies.

Huh.

When I clicked I did not expect to end up on the official Star Wars channel! LOL

Interesting, I’d never heard of that.

Wow, what a year! Glad you’re doing OK now and welcome back.

I think your prison sentence expired. As did this thread, apparently.

Same here in Canada, along with fewer cloudy days. It’s nice to have some sunlight again!

Along those lines, remove the whole subplot about Darth Vader being Luke’s father and instead focus on the relationship between Vader and C-3P0. The big revelation is now:

“Obi-Wan never told you what happened to C-3P0’s father.”
“He told me enough. He told me you killed him!”
“No, I am his father!”

Even better, just replace Luke with 3P0 for any scenes involving Vader.

I think that’s accurate. It is for me, anyway. I was waiting to see what people thought of the whole thing before investing my time in it, and because it is more explicitly a kids show (even more than things like Bad Batch, it seems), I’m immediately less interested in it for that reason. Quite simply, I’m not the target audience.

Also, a big incentive for me to watch shows in general is if people in my social circle are talking about it. Since Skeleton Crew hasn’t gotten much hype, it’s low priority for me, since there’s no reason really to watch it as it’s coming out.

Yeah, you’re actually still in a dream loop. You might never get out, Bingowings. Sorry about it.

Wow, sorry to hear that. Up here in Canada, people were praying for you guys at church today. The photos I’ve been seeing are horrific.

Well, better to do it on a forum where you’re anonymous than all over social media.

In the right hands, it makes a difference. And so far, Andor seems to be in the right hands (unlike, say, The Acolyte).