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So, 1990... I went into this exercise with high hopes - it was the year I graduated high school in a small backwards-*** Maryland town and headed 800 miles south to Gainesville, FL for a new adventure. I remember the music that year being amazing, but I must have been thinking of 1991 (which...

It's been a while since my last countdown, and I realized that if I want to cover all 11 years from high school thru grad school (1986-1997), I better start posting more than one list per year. So I decided to bookend things by taking 101 songs each from 1986 and 1996 and combining them into a...

Spotify Playlist Link When I started the 101 Best Songs of 1988 thread, I wrote that I hoped to eventually hit all the years covering HS/College/Grad School (1987-1996).  I've been waiting for a lull, but as some cranky person posted a while back, there's pretty much never a lull from music...

tl; dr version: I had been holding off on starting this exercise because I wanted to get @timschochet's permission before moving in on his schtick, but (a) I guess only the mods know when he'll be back and (b) he seems more of a 70s and early 80s guy anyway so I'm hoping he wouldn't mind. ...

I thought I had grown immune to people's bizarre behavior on airplanes but something last night left me completely baffled. Flew to Orlando on SW. Grabbed the aisle seat in row 2.  Across the aisle was a young mom in the middle seat with a daughter on either side.  About 20 minutes into the...

Not typically one to talk about my health on the internet but figured this could actually help a fellow FBG one day. TL; DR:  If you have calf pain and have been on a longish flight or car ride, don't screw around: get to the doctor.  And even if you haven't flown, be aware of the signs.  DVTs...

Updated with link to Spotify playlist: Scorchy's Post-Punk Countdown (1977-1984) I know, the last thing the FFA needs is another countdown thread, but I can no longer resist.  A constant stream of projects helps me deal with COVID anxiety, and after nine months of this BS, I'm pretty much out...

Just booked our tickets and hotels for Russia this June.  In the process of getting visas now.  The plan is 5 nights in St. Petersburg, 5 nights in Moscow, and 3 nights in Kazan.  Me, my wife, and 15-year old son.  The latter is becoming fluent in Russian, while my wife and I can basically say...

Bored. Only english speakers are annoying backpackers. Have at it...

When on vacation, we usually leave my dog (Buck, a german shorthaired pointer) at a boarding place that doubles as a dog day care -- that way, he gets to be out during the day before being boarded at night.  My wife and I really like the place, and the dog seems to as well (at least, he appeared...

Wasn't sure whether to latch on to another Europe thread or start my own. Decided on the latter, so here goes: Me, my wife, and my 11 year-old son are going to Europe for 2.5 weeks in late June into July. We pretty much have our itinerary set, except how to get from city to city. Because we...