Good Grief!

Have I mentioned lately how great it is that the Lititz Record Express is online (and RSS-ified) after all these years? Some recent commentary:
While walking home from the linear park this week I nearly collided headlong with a discarded, individually wrapped pat of butter. This innocent little representative of dairy grandeur had been violently […]

According Good Grief’s sophisticated user preference tracking algorithm, readers who enjoy fake art reviews will also enjoy Phreaking Philly’s review of Cart, a popular BYO in Old City:
Cart is a charming, unassuming BYO that offers little in the way of interior design, but bags of potato chips clipped to its industrial-nuevo structure provide a splash […]

Behold, yet another reason to boycott all things French. French fries and French toast? Dangerous, artery-clogging cuisine. French wine? Too confusing, what with the labels written in French. But this. This so-called coffee making device is an appalling example of a country in decline. Observe the shoddy workmanship […]

Last weekend was the annual ritual. We meet at the eagle, that is, in the Grand Court of the old Wanamaker’s department store, grab a seat on the floor, and watch the Christmas light show.
The Wanamaker’s light show has evolved from state-of-the-art to retro and kitschy to sadly neglected. Over the past few […]

Poor Moon Pappy. All he wants for Christmas is a fruitcake, but they’re getting damn hard to find. All the stores have these fancy, high-falutin’ Italian holiday desserts like Panettone and Pandoro. Whatever those are, and don’t bother to tell me what those are because they sound like weapons in the War […]

Last week, the Humus Reform Committee* appeared on this site, accusing me of taking bribes from Bobbi in exchange for promoting her most excellent hummus.
Sadly, I have received no free hummus from Bobbi. Which isn’t to say that I’m not open to the idea of pay-to-play blogging. After all, Good Grief! is a […]

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if you were at a Thanksgiving celebration with smart and cultured people like college professors and opera singers and writers and astronomers, all of whom are connected to the best friends of the parents of someone you’re dating, and you accidentally sent a huge hunk of New Zealand cheddar flying across […]

It hardly seems like Thanksgiving without visiting Superwoman’s house, getting tipsy on Trader Joe’s Two Buck Chuck, and making pies, but there’s a lot to be thankful for nonetheless.

The end of my probationary period at work. I don’t think that Jekyll and Hyde will fire me, unless they’re waiting until after the holiday.
Bobbi’s hummus, […]

It’s time to discuss family values and how they’ve disintegrated during the past fifty years. Take, for example, the matter of secret family recipes. There was a time when people respected secret family recipes and waited until marriage—a sacred institution that unites the culinary heritage of two families—to give them away.
But in these […]

Very busy on super-secret skunk works project! In summary:

2005 Animation Show: not as good as the 2004 version. Don Hertzfeldt is possibly losing his mind and should return to the days of Billy’s Balloon. My favorite piece was Jonathan Nix’s Hello, It’s online, and it’s worth 10 minutes of your time.
Complain […]