This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_028A_01D5C536.1530E750 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=”—-=_NextPart_001_028B_01D5C536.1530E750″ ——=_NextPart_001_028B_01D5C536.1530E750 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Walking along the railroad track in a long tunnel . . . . . the pessimist sees only the darkness . . the optimist sees the light at the end of the…

Richard whined, “I was reading ‘A Christmas = Carol’ and dropped it on my toe.  It hurt like the = dickens.”   Wayne M reminded us, “Nature abhors a vacuum. Nature = isn’t too fond of leaf blowers either. And don’t even get = Nature started on car alarms.”  …

[Adapted from = a list by Charlotte Hilton = Andersen for Young Adults (18-30). From her suggestions, = select some to help you move beyond losing weight and hitting the gym = this year and seek to uplift, educate, entertain, and help you become a = better person.]   **Read…

This year I = also resolve to…   – Stay off the = International Space Station.   – Wait around = the house for opportunity to knock.   – Focus on the = faults of others, not myself   – Fulfill = personal goal to bring back disco.   –…

This year I = resolve to…   – Gain weight; = aim for at least 30 pounds.   – Stop = exercising; it’s waste of time.   – Read less; = it makes me think too much.   – Watch more = TV; I’ve been missing some good stuff.  …

[Since 1996 = and the first Grif Net blogs, on the first weekday of every month we = share tear-able puns/word plays. Welcome 2020] Most of my = resolutions go in one year and out the other.    Someone said, = “You can tune a guitar, but you can’t tuna…

When I watch = the crowd in Time Square as they “drop the ball”, it does = remind me of almost everything I did in 2019.   For everyone = who received a book from me at Christmas, just a reminder that they are = due back at the library…

[My friends Wayne and Mary may still be facing challenges = in their relationship] Mary once curtly remarked to me, "You = twist everything I say to your advantage!"I replied, "Wow, thanks for = the compliment!"   Mary suggested I should donate my brain to science after I = die. …

DESPITE OUR EFFORTS to keep Him out, God intrudes. The life of Jesus is bracketed by two = impossibilities: a virgin’s womb and an empty tomb. Jesus entered our = world through a door marked "No Entrance" and left through a = door marked "No Exit."Peter = Larson   CHRISTMAS…

On Monday, a = customer walked into our store looking for Christmas lights. I showed = her our top brand, but wanting to make sure each bulb worked, she asked = me to take them out of the box and plug them in. I did, and each one lit =…

Last Christmas, Grandma was feeling her age and found that = shopping for Christmas gifts had become too difficult. So, she decided = to send checks to everyone instead. In each Christmas card she wrote, = "This year, just buy your own present!" and mailed them = early. She =…

Just as I = began our Christmas Eve service last night, the electricity in the = church failed.   No one could = get the power back on and make the lights work.  It took a while, = but finally the ushers found some candles and placed them around the…

[A = Christmas Story.=A0 Kinda.] One day Caesar = tweeted his followers of which there were many, “Yo! It’s = time to pay your taxes #ObeyMeOrElse”   All over the = world people logged onto Travelocity for the best deals in getting back = to their hometowns.   And Joe…