Her= e are some more amusing oxymorons from the everyday world.  Most = are not truly ‘grammatical’ oxymorons, but since = &#8= 216;oxys’ means sharp/keen and ‘moros’ means foolish, = the end meaning comes through loud and clear.   **A= ffordable Housing   **A= irline Food   **A= merican English…

Thi= s may be “old news”, but here in “random order” = is an “original copy” of more oxymoron’s we use all = the time.   **l= oud whisper   **m= ilitant pacifist   **n= egative growth   **o= pen secret   **p= aid volunteer   **p= lanned chaos  …

Eun= ice R. saw some oxymorons that were “pretty ugly” and = e-mailed asking if I could make them a Grif.Net blog post.  Of = course, thought Bob with “eloquent silence”, it would be = hard to put them in a sentence. So I gave her a “definite = maybe”…

Tho= ugh born across the river, I am proud of my Wisconsin connection.  = I am a UW graduate, did my grad work at Maranatha University there, and = pastored two churches for 14 years in the State. I wrote the History of = Wisconsin text for junior high students. …

In Matthew = 8:26 we see Jesus, awakened by His disciples as He slept in the midst of = a violent storm on Galilee.  He said to = them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” = Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there…

“Dieticia= n” =3D a doctor whose patients are wearing = thin   “Minister= ” =3D a man who is the soul support of his = family   “Archaeol= ogist” =3D a scientist whose career lies in = ruins   “Cloud = bank” =3D a place to save money for a…

[First of the = month attempt at puns and word[play]   My neighbor = Jack raised a large garden this summer and claimed he could communicate = with the vegetables.  Evidently the fairy tale is true, the one = about Jack and the beans talk.   I just spent a…

Boy: Dad, I = know I’m only 4, but I’ve decided to get = married.   Dad: = Wonderful. Do you have a girl in mind?   Boy: Yes . . . = Grandma!  She said she loves me, I lover her, too, and she’s = about the best cook…

(Here is an olio of odds and ends to test your trivia = knowledge on a dozen subjects. Some easy and common knowledge, others a = bit more sticky.  Answers Wednesday)   1. What was = the first state added to the original 13 states of the USA after the…

Way= ne M commented, “When one door closes, another one opens.  = Other than that it seems like a pretty decent car.”   Geo= rgia L asks, “Is the S or the C silent in the word = ‘scent’?”   Ken= H. advocates, “Defund the Facebook Police.”   Marilyn L…

&#8= 220;I would have pulled Joseph out. Out of that pit. Out of that prison. = Out of that pain. And I would have cheated nations out of the one God = would use to deliver them from famine.”   &#8= 220;I would have pulled David out. Out of Saul’s…

Why is the = alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?  I think = so. My grandfather invented Cliff’s Notes. Well, to make a long = story short, it all started back in 1912 . . .   Women who use = anti-aging cream must have the…

[Wise and = funny words about the joys of travel]   “When = preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. The = take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan = Heller   “I’= ve found that there ain’t no surer way to…