[Odd = perspectives on growing older collected over the past = year] I don’t = do drugs anymore. At my age I get the same effect just standing = up.   We don’t = stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop = playing.   You’re…

A group of = Geography students studied the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. At = the end of that section, the students were asked to list what they = considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World = TODAY.   Though there = was some disagreement, the following…

In 1973 we = were anxiously awaiting the birth of our first child, now 13 days past = due.  For all this time people had wondered where we were having a = boy or a girl.  [Note: For those too young to understand how it was = in the “Dark…

[A little more = reason to smile in dark times of Covid and = anarchy]   Danielle S = complained, “You said everything would be back to normal by = June.  Julyed.”   Ken H related, “I’m deeply disturbed.by how = many seem to see washing their hands as a…

A friend said, = “We homeschooled our kids throughout Jr and Sr High School, = watching them learn to love history, English, science, literature and a = host of electives.   Like many, my = daughter struggled with math. She believed the devil was behind the evil = of exchanging…

Many are = wondering IF there will be an NFL Football season.=C2=A0 Others wonder = if a team may simply fold without massive income from TV/Ticket sales on = which financial commitments were made.=C2=A0 So here are a = dozen US cities awarded NFL teams, all of which folded between…

My old classmate went to see a therapist.   Therapist: I think you have a phobia concerning marriage. = Do you know what the symptoms are? Classmate: Can’t say I = do Therapist: That is one of the = symptoms, yes.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net…

Me: Okay, God, = here’s the thing. I’m scared. I’m trying not to be, but I = am.   God: I know. = Want to talk about it?   Me: Do we need = to? I mean, you already know.   God: Let’s = talk about it anyway.  We’ve done…

Walking past a = local farm, I read the sign, “Duck, eggs”. I = immediately critiqued the message, thinking to myself, “What an = unnecessary comma.” Then it hit me.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net "Jesus = Knows Me, This I Love!"

Jer= emiah G admitted, “Almost split the church over a typo today. Who = would’ve thought announcing Vaccination Bible School would be so = controversial?”   Sus= an H called the hot line: “I put vegetables in my new pressure pot = and pushed ‘cake’ and when it was done,…

Years ago my = son and I were studying astronomy and the solar system for school.  = One question after another was taxing my brain.   Finally he = asked, “Dad, do you know what an eclipse is? I answered, = “No sun”.   He seemed = disappointed and said…

[Faced with = horror of an unseen enemy in a virus and then the terror from the = visible enemy of anarchy destroying America, I’m glad many friends = still retain a good sense of humor. The NY Times in April said “It = is okay to try to find…

[Dad Jokes. = Read ‘em and weep (or groan or roll your = eyes).]   When does a = joke become a dad joke? When it becomes = apparent.   This graveyard = looks overcrowded and all fenced off. People must be dying to get = in. My math book…