Good Grief!

Shortly after he walked back to the restroom, I received an e-mail from boss-across-the-hall.

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Back in the soulless office park after a long weekend? Just for you, Good Grief presents the all happy mix of the week:

8 ½ Souvenirs – Happy Feet
Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys – Feelin’ Kinda Lucky
Ditty Bops* – Sister Kate
Cigar Store Indians** – Crazy About You
Paul Anka*** – Jump
Happy Days Theme
Bonus! 50 […]

In all of the recent brouhaha about judicial filibusters and nuclear options and ambiguous compromises, it has come to my attention that no one actually filibusters. Apparently, the mere threat of a lawmaker reading the phone book for hours on end is enough to make the opposition retreat. Pretty weak, wouldn’t you say?
I, for one, […]

Knowing that I hate memes, Scott—Mr. Blankbaby and Philadelphia’s so-called most influential weblogger—kindly tagged me to do one about music. Because I would feel guilty ignoring Scott, I’ll do his little survey and then not pass it on. After all, someone has to stop the insanity. For those who share my dislike […]

The Market Report is a weekly column written by Ken Klein of Klein’s Supermarket in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood. He writes the column for the Art Museum Area News and kindly allows me to post it here. The report is a fascinating look at the forces that drive the quality and price of our […]

To me, the whole concept of “birds as pets” is disgusting. Ditto feeding birds out of your hand. Feed the birds? Tuppance, schmuppance. That shit is nasty, Mary Poppins.
This dislike of close-up birds stems from my high school job at Lititz’s General Sutter Inn. I name names only because the Inn now has new owners, […]

Someone turned an ugly portrait of the pope into a jigsaw puzzle and then displayed it next to a decorative, flashing-light moose plaque. This shocking exhibit is but a few steps away from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, an institution that embodies the national pastime and moral fabric of our great nation.
cooperstown […]

If you’re a young, urban dweller looking to buy your first home, this whole housing bubble thing is completely fucking annoying. Thanks a lot, Alan Greenspan. Not being able to afford the yuppie neighborhood where you currently pay rent, realizing what a dumbass you are for not buying five years ago, and having no fixer-upper […]

A long time ago, back when the Waffle House existed only below the Mason-Dixon line and had Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer on the jukebox, I drank too much and made a late-night visit to the Harrisonburg location of this fine franchise*. I ordered the customary blueberry waffle, which Ravenna, the best Waffle House […]

A year after signing up for the Amazon Associate program, I got my first gift certificate for ten dollars! That’s amazing, considering that my Amazon links were buried on a semi-secret page. Thanks to everyone who bought stuff. That is cool.
To celebrate, I am upping the whore quotient and putting an Amazon […]