Yesterday I told my students, "Class, this morning we = will have only half day of school!" "Yaaaay!" they all = shouted. Then I added, "This = afternoon we will enjoy the other = half." ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net "Jesus = Knows Me, This I…
05/20/20 Grif.Net – Status Updates
Tim M = reported: “A Colorado rancher has been charged with feeding = marijuana to his cattle. It’s an unprecedented case, and the = steaks are high.” Clayton H = admits, “I love racing cars, but I never win. The cars are = always faster than I can run.”…
05/19/20 Grif.Net – Bad Dreams
The other night I dreamed that my Candy Crush account got = deleted. I woke up and was so relieved to remember I never played = Candy Crush. The other night I dreamed that I was a muffler on an old = Chevy. I woke up = exhausted. …
05/18/20 Grif.Net – Virus Among Us
Vincent M = asked, “Does anyone know how long toilet paper will last if you = freeze it?” Tim M warned, “The Flat Earth Society is worried = that social distancing will push people over the = edge.” Scott C admitted, “If I had known in March that…
05/16/20 Weekend Grif.Net – Live Each Moment
[My friend Bruce from New Glasgow, PEI, Canada, shared this = anonymous poem] I may never see tomorrow, there is no written = guarantee. And things that happened yesterday belong to = history.= I cannot predict the future, I cannot change the = past I have just the…
05/15/20 Grif.Net – Quiz Week (part 5)
[Keeping your = brain sharp during Quarantine time. Do NOT use google; this is = quiz on what you know, not how to use a computer for the = answer.] Quiz #5 – “DONALD DUCK”. Answers = tomorrow 1. Who is = Donald’s girlfriend? 2. What was =…
05/14/20 Grif.Net – Quiz Week (part 4)
[Keeping your = brain sharp during Quarantine time. Do NOT use google; this is = quiz on what you know, not how to use a computer for the = answer.] Quiz #4 – “ODD JOBS”. Answers = tomorrow What would you = be doing if you took a job as…
05/13/20 Grif.Net – Quiz Week (part 3)
[Keeping your = brain sharp during Quarantine time.=C2=A0 Do NOT use google; this is = quiz on what you know, not how to use a computer for the = answer.] Quiz #3 – =E2=80=9CCOMIC CHARACTERS=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0 = Answers tomorrow 1. What is the = name of Dagwood and Blondies dog?…
05/12/20 Grif.Net – Quiz Week (part 2)
[Keeping your = brain sharp during Quarantine time. Do NOT use google; this is = quiz on what you know, not how to use a computer for the = answer.] Quiz #2 – “INITIALLY”. Answers = tomorrow 1. Why did = President Ulysses S. Grant change his name from…
05/11/20 Grif.Net – Quiz Week (part 1)
[Keeping your = brain sharp during Quarantine time. Do NOT use google; this is = quiz on what you know, not how to use a computer for the = answer.] Quiz #1 – “LESSER-KNOWN DISNEY CHARACTERS”. = List the movie. Answers tomorrow Example: = a. DRIZELLA TREMAINE =3D “Cinderella”…
05/09/20 Weekend Grif.Net – Soaring High
There’s = an oft-repeated story of a chicken farmer who found an = eagle’s egg. He put it with his chickens and soon the egg = hatched. The young = eagle grew up with all the other chickens and whatever they did, the = eagle did too. He thought he…
05/08/20 Grif.Net – Vocabulary for Students
[Ken shared = some “helpful” definitions to assist student = learning] Arbitrator: A = cook that leaves Arby’s to work for McDonald’s Avoidable: = What a bullfighter tried to do Bernadette: = The act of torching a mortgage Burglarize: = What a crook sees with …
05/07/20 Grif.Net – Help from a Lawyer
05/07/20 Grif.Net – Help from a Lawyer A man who = needed legal = help went to a = lawyer’s office. After being escorted inside, he = sat across = the desk from the lawyer. The man needs = legal help, but he wants to make sure he can afford…