Introductory Blather

From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:

welt·schmerz
Pronunciation: 'velt-"shmerts
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: German, from Welt world + Schmerz pain
1 : mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state
2 : a mood of sentimental sadness

Not all you will find here is doom and gloom. Actually, most of it will be snark.

~ by weltschmerz on August 21, 2007.