Good Grief!

I just wanted to be an ordinary anonymous celebrity blogger. After a near nervous breakdown and a failed marriage, Good Grief! provided a much-needed diversion.
Until recently, I’ve successfully maintained the charade, even canceling my tour to devote more time to this website. But the past week has been so stressful, what with the […]

What a relief–Ken Klein’s Market Report has mysteriously reappeared. Executive summary:

Shrimp will soon be getting more expensive.
Homeland security is slowing down our produce.
This summer should be a good one for Jersey produce.

The Market Report, by Ken Klein
Klein’s Supermarket, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia
Our Hours: M-F 8 AM to 8 PM; Sat. 8 AM to 8 […]

He is on this strange diet where he eats nothing but sunflower seeds, which of course is an invitation to swipe his big bag of sunflower seeds.

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Today’s arts pick is an astoundingly brilliant commentary on the emptiness of pop culture. The ubiquitous subject is familiar to most people as a loveable kitty exploited to sell everything from school supplies to thongs.
But don’t be deceived by the sweet exterior, which lacks substance and depth and merely serves to conceal the despair […]

Happy Birthday to me! I’m loving my friends who took me to dinner(s), threw me a party, made me a Hello Kitty cake, and brought me gifts even though I just wanted their company. They totally rule—even the ones who do not read this weblog.

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It was hard work, but Good Grief! finally has a domain (the old link still works, though): http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com.
And just so we’re clear, the answer to that question is always no.

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Okay, all of us do something imprudent from time to time. So don’t judge me. So what if I put the iTunes store on my computer and downloaded a Britney Spears song? And it wasn’t a one-click shopping mishap—I did it on purpose. I searched for Britney Spears, picked the track, […]

Are we still mad at France? I can’t speak for the rest of the United States, but the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia isn’t holding a grudge. Yesterday we continued a unique tradition of celebrating Bastille Day in front of Eastern State Penitentiary, a historic and ominous-looking prison.

From the top of the Bastille, Marie Antoinette […]

Ok, a mini-summit. Well, really just two bloggers. Anyway, Scott over at Blankbaby beat me to the punch and recapped an evening at the Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, and Guster show.
A highlight of the night was Ben Folds performing Philosophy. As Ben Folds sang the first line, “won’t you look […]

An important public service announcement for those in the Philadelphia area. The Legendary Shack Shakers are playing at the Khyber on Tuesday, July 13th.
According to Bloodshot Records, the band’s label, “The ‘Shakers whip up a witches brew of hillbilly hellfire and blues brimstone. The locomotive rhythms of traditional bluegrass, the intensity of […]