Good Grief!

After being on the air for two years, Good Grief! has run its course.  A million thanks to anyone who has ever read, commented, or e-mailed–you made the endeavor worthwhile and fun.  Until the next project, so long, and thanks for all the fish!

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Good Grief! moves to a new host, shit breaks

Blogging about blogging is sooooo tedious. Therefore, I will not blog about blogging. Instead this blog is about how I am not blogging about blogging and in fact am not blogging much at all because of a blog project that is keeping me too busy to blog. When the super-secret blog project […]

Today’s the big day, when Philadelphia (and the rest of the US?) celebrates the official 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin. Philly is a Franklin town: we have the Franklin Parkway, the Franklin Institute, Franklin Court, the Underground Franklin Museum, the University of Pennsylvania, and maybe even Ben Station.
As part of the “Philly’s Got […]

What the hell is going on with the Philadelphia City Paper’s I Love You, I Hate You? I still peruse these reader-submitted rants over cereal, but the section ain’t what it used to be. I’ve said that before, but this time I really, really mean it. Admittedly, I am biased towards the […]

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 […]

He was playing on the road again.

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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, […]

Last Saturday, a strange message from my mother (who really needs a better nickname than “Mrs. Moon Pappy”) appeared on the answering machine:
Hi Beck, just wondering if I won a contest on your blog. Let me know!
Am I having a contest?

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A nip is in the air, the daylight is still in savings, and the weekend forecast is sun and more sun. To celebrate, a road trip to Ricketts Glenn State Park on Saturday and Sunday. Which means, of course, that Friday night is devoted to baking the season’s first batch of pumpkin muffins.
After […]