Good Grief!

Here’s what happened. One solid night of dreams. Weird and wildly inappropriate dreams, which jolted me awake at various points throughout the night and made me realize that I should call a shrink immediately. Except how do you pick a shrink? Call Employee Assistance? No! My neighbor works for […]

This week’s arts pick highlights society’s obsession with mobility and the resulting eradication of privacy and traditional boundaries. To portray the potential devastating consequences of our absurd fixation with mobile devices, the artist uses both location and well-chosen, commonplace materials.
First, consider the location. The piece is installed at the end of a long, […]

Everyone’s been dissin’ Alabama lately. Once again (for, like, the third time in a week), I will break the Good Grief! no politics rule and use microjournalism expertise to expose the rest of the story.
Bernard Kincaid, the mayor of Birmingham, has decreed that all City Hall e-mail correspondence shall henceforth be written in […]

Some final thoughts for the week:

Send some good vibes to Dana the reformed crack whore. She and her family barely had time to recover from hurricane Charlie before Frances started heading their way.
Once again, I will use blogging prowess to combat the lies of big media. Ready? JOHN EDWARDS IS NOT THAT […]

A Market Report technical difficulty! The report arrived via e-mail, but it was the one from last week. So in lieu of an update, I bring you Ken Klein’s food quiz fron last week, which I was too lazy to post. Puns, buns, and a strange menstruation reference.
I am the world’s most […]

Having a weblog sure is a good way to develop thick skin. Since starting Good Grief!, I’ve been accused of being a poisonous cynic, called a bitch, insulted by the ice cream man, and cyber-stalked by short-shorts guy.
But now, someone named Mike is calling me a prescriptive grammarian. Oh, the horror!
In linguistics prescription […]

I never got my hands on Special K’s Jaojoby CD, so the non-English mix of the week is, sadly, salegy-free. But it’s fun anyway, and there’s a secret last tune (think “Yiddish melodies in swing”).

Amr Diab – Amarain (yeah, it’s a repeat)
Gogol Bordello – Occurrence on the Border
Klezmatics – Overture from Jews with Horns
Beatrice […]