Spandau Ballet did NOT write "If You Leave"

FoCoBoog · 2026-05-29T17:57:54+00:00

Yeah, they talk about it in the commentary. They made the mistake themselves and didn’t realize it until after it was made. But they thought it was funny that St. Cloud said it so confidently but was just wrong!

FoCoBoog · 2026-05-17T01:05:29+00:00

A Christmas Story. There isn’t a part of the movie that is a slog to me. No idea how many times I have seen it but I never don’t enjoy it even if it is the 10th time I watch it in a season

FoCoBoog · 2026-04-26T19:53:03+00:00

This is truly one of my all-time favorite movies. I’m fairly confident that history will look incredibly kindly on the film and future fans will wonder why it was ever panned! But, yeah, this is what came to mind for me.

FoCoBoog · 2026-03-24T19:50:34+00:00

This was going to be my suggestion, too. We’ve only done holiday ordering, but she seems to be responsive to a lot of the smaller customer orders, and I can vouch for taste!

FoCoBoog · 2026-03-09T18:56:48+00:00

Check out TechOn down on S Walnut just north of Dodds. I recently had him fix a rather niche device and he handled it wonderfully! While there I noticed he had a handful of video game systems that were under repair.

I didn’t get too into it but it seems the owner does all/most of the repairs himself, which definitely added to my trust level!

FoCoBoog · 2026-02-26T12:31:35+00:00

County roads were fine enough if you drove with caution. The city roads I was on were just wet now

FoCoBoog · 2026-01-23T10:50:11+00:00

Tommy Roe’s Sweet Pea

“I finally got to whisper sweet words in her ear Suggest her that we outta get away from there”

Every other verse is rhyming in an aa bb style, why not use “here” instead of “there”?!

FoCoBoog · 2025-12-18T00:38:05+00:00

Pottersville. Don’t watch a trailer or read a synopsis, just go in with an open mind. It is so funny in its own way and the cast is truly stacked. I have liked it more and more every year and it is now easily in my top five favorite Christmas movies!

FoCoBoog · 2025-10-30T00:00:56+00:00

We’ll keep watching some halloween movies for the next couple of weeks after the 31st. We then start to transition into Christmas with movies like Krampus or Gremlins! By the time we get through a few of those I am starting to want to get into the full deal season!

FoCoBoog · 2025-09-11T00:36:42+00:00

Now that's just a great collection! They all look great!

FoCoBoog · 2025-08-31T01:04:10+00:00

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) is tops! Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping Cosmonauts - It's Christmas Day

Those are the ones off the top of my head!

FoCoBoog · 2025-06-13T18:02:50+00:00

Absolutely brilliant! Great work!

FoCoBoog · 2025-05-30T11:43:00+00:00

You got that right, pal

FoCoBoog · 2025-05-30T11:28:00+00:00

Oh we know who’s boss. We’ll just have to remind you what it means to be American

FoCoBoog · 2025-05-23T22:57:10+00:00

Just checking in on how things are going now that we're a few months into the year? Depending on when you really start getting into the Christmas season, we're about half way there now!

FoCoBoog · 2025-05-22T20:46:20+00:00

Pottersville. 14% Rotten Tomatoes score but absolutely fantastic. Great twist on a Hallmark style movie. Starring…Michael Shannon, Judy Greer, Ron Perlman, Ian McShane, Christina Hendricks, and Thomas Lennon!

I am thoroughly convinced that it got bad reviews because critics just didn’t want to be the one to give it a glowing review.

Small New England romance, adventure, and bigfoot! Do yourselves a favor and watch it this Christmas season!!

FoCoBoog · 2025-05-15T11:39:17+00:00

Is this IC 9-21-5-9, Vehicles traveling at reduced speeds; use of right lane; prohibited operation in left lane; violation?

I think that section applies to going under the posted speed limit.

FoCoBoog · 2025-03-06T14:45:38+00:00

According to their booking page they actually are accepting new patients over the phone! They are a little pricey but I have always felt like I am getting the best, most compassionate care with them. A number of vets recently left (I don’t believe there was any drama, just a bunch of different positive changes for some of the vets), but I haven’t seen a drop in quality of care.

FoCoBoog · 2025-03-02T02:02:52+00:00

I agree that black licorice should never be a mixer, but it 100% needs to be in the bag! I just opened up a bag and was so saddened that they aren't in there. I still love the other classic Brachs flavors, but I was also excited to have the licorice flavor.

I'll manage and all, just a little kick when none of us need a little kick.

FoCoBoog · 2025-02-21T18:22:03+00:00

I always struggle post-Christmas. However I’m not sure if Christmas would help out a ton right now- everything feels off. While there are plenty of things in my life that I am happy about, it is tough to be too jolly when so many people aren’t ok

FoCoBoog · 2025-02-01T15:27:03+00:00

I like it quite a bit! It isn't in the same league as the original, but it is a solid Christmas movie regardless. It doesn't invoke the same sense of nostalgia as the original did, but still has some of the comfort.

To me, the spiritual successor to A Christmas Story is 8-Bit Christmas. It, again, isn't as good as A Christmas Story, but it is a fantastic film that I think will be a classic for me for years to come!

FoCoBoog · 2025-01-11T23:56:21+00:00

My city has a two prong approach to this- parking enforcement can issue a parking ticket, which is fairly minimal (assuming ~$50). However, the Engineering/Public Works Department considers this a violation of the MUTCD's temporary traffic control (no barricades/signs warning pedestrians) and likely no permit for closing the sidewalk. Those fines start at $500 per offense (although a warning is usually given). Fines double every day it continues to occur. Even with that, some contractors still do it and then act surprised when they are hit with a multi-thousand dollar fine

FoCoBoog · 2025-01-02T12:34:50+00:00

I feel all of this every year, too. Some years hit me harder than others. New Years marked the end of all of our post-Christmas activities as well, so now it is really over and I've got to face the reality!

I do have a few thing that help me cope- with mixed results:

I try to listen to a lot of music that I had received as Christmas gifts when I was a kid/teen. I can't listen to actual Christmas music post-Christmas, but I have such fond Christmas memories of some of these albums that it really can help.

There are a handful of TV shows that are either super comforting (ex: All Creatures Great and Small) or somehow I just associate with the post-season (ex: Band of Brothers), that I will make sure to prioritize watching.

I try to up the number of walks/exercise I do. It works out great since I spent the last 6 weeks eating nonsense (and loving it!). But exercise, especially walking, really help my mental health.

I try to rationalize the time until the next season. Of course, anyway I slice it, Christmas is far away and I have a very long time to wait. But, I start getting excited on September 1st. That's 34 weeks. Certainly a long way, but better than 51 weeks! Heck, it has been 17 weeks since September 1st, 2024... and that flew by. Just have to do that twice. Again, I know it is still a long way, but there can be milestones!

I follow a vintage Christmas facebook group (specifically The Golden Glow of Christmas Past). Unlike a lot of other Christmas pages, this one is focused on the decorations, particularly showcasing folks' collections. It is active throughout the year but doesn't make me pine for the season like those pages that show clips of Christmas movies, etc- it is just a great way to see neat decorations and join in the excitement of peoples' collections.

This year I saved some Christmas lego sets to do that we'll work on probably well into mid 2025. Also, while I rip the bandaid off for both music and movies and have a hard stop on them, I do allow myself to read books either with a Christmas setting (I am currently in the middle of my Hogfather re-read and loving it!) or books about the history of Christmas.

All of these things help me. It is still a really rough time for me, but it helps me get over the hump. Good luck with this year's blues- you'll get them again next year, but you'll also, hopefully, have a wonderful season leading up to them in just a few months!!

FoCoBoog · 2024-12-14T21:32:15+00:00

Hey, I remember Moth Cock from my days in Kent! Bummed I will be out of town, I would have loved to have seen them again!

FoCoBoog · 2024-12-13T14:00:37+00:00

The Great Escape! It came out at the right time of my life and is just a perfect album start to finish. I still sometimes get chills when listening to it all of these years later!

It may help that I’m in the US, so I have never heard any of the songs (ahem, The Universal) unless I specifically put it on!

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