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This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_03FA_01DB9D6D.E0442500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Famous quotations are well known. Sadly, we often forget the original speaker/writer or the context in which they were given. How many of these wise or pithy sayings can you correctly attribute?] 1. “If you are…

[This week will focus on words, poems, quotations= sure to bring an “amen” from the lips of English majors who us= ually ask “do you want fries with that? Note about this poem: I was a= romantic fool back in the 60’s and high . . . on lfe. Can’t…

In the inspired texts of the Bible, love is not confined to a s= ingle word or idea. The Hebrew (Old Testament) uses a variety of terms like= ‘ahavah,’ ‘chesed,’ and ‘rachamim,’ ea= ch offering a nuanced view of love that ranges from affection and kindness = to mercy and…

[I st= ill smile at the clever rhythms and rhymes of a good limerick. Trust these,= dubbed “favorites” in Limerick itself, will turn that frown up= side down.]   = The bottle of perfume that W= illie sentWas highly displeasing to Millicent;Her thanks were so co= ldThey quarreled, I’m told,‘Bout…

[We u= sed a couple of limericks yesterday, so thought a few more couldn’t h= urt.  And must feature some clean classic lines you all may remember. = Smile.] A major, with wonderful force,Called out in Hyde Park fo= r a horse.All the flowers looked round,But no horse could be…

A lim= erick is a short, humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme of aa= bba. This form of poem owes its name to a group of poets from the = port city of Limerick in west-central Ireland, who wrote such verses.   A certain young fellow named Bee-BeeWishe= d to wed…

[Toda= y’s quiz focuses on names of countries in Africa. In my lifetime, mos= t the former European colonies have new names and many of the nations have = changed their names, too.  I will give you the OLD names and all you m= ust do is give the PRESENT…

[Top = o’ the moaning to you this fine St Patrick’s Day. Here’s = a little fun for the kiddo in everyone.]   Why should you never iron a four-leaf clover?  You don&= #8217;t want to press your luck. =   = What do= you get when you cross poison…

When my wife-to-be and I started at Pillsbury Baptist College i= n southern Minnesota back in the 60’s, we auditioned for one of four = choirs.  She was a gifted soprano soloist and made the Madrigal (highe= st group); I was more a general workman, able to sing any of…

Awoke today and thought this is a BAD day because my waterbe= d had sprung a leak.  Then I thought it was going to be worse since I = don’t own a waterbed. But as today marks "77" for th= e founder of the Grif.Net, I have decided to quietly…

Here is a REALITY CHECK for those who cannot stop the hands on = the clock of time and celebrates birthdays seemingly annually.  None a= re original with me, but all endorsed by me this 77th birthday w= eek from personal experience.   > Eventually, you will reach a point when…

Wh= at is a computer’s first sign of old age? Loss of memory.   What does a baby computer call his father? Inst= ead of Da-da it says “Da-ta.”   How do trees get on the Internet? They log in.   What do computers like to eat? Chips.   What…

We thought we would lighten things up a bit th= is week. There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any= other two-letter word, and that word is up. In a desk-sized di= ctionary, it takes up almost one-fourth of = the page and can add up to about thirty definitions.   = It’s = easy to…