[For new = readers/subscribers to the Grif.Net blog  – on Monday-Friday we = send out a slightly warped blend of humor. On the weekend we send out = material that is more serious of a moral, ethical, religious or = political nature. The past week I had TWO BIRTHDAYS, and…

[Last day, I = promise. I just revel in the miracle of life and how God made the = amazing human body]   1. The = strongest muscle in the human body is in the = jaw.   2. = Coincidently, the hardest bone in the human body is the…

[More odd facts we don’t usually think about = concerning our own bodies]   1. The = average heart beats 100,000 times per day.   Mine has been = beating 2,628,000,000.  So far, so good.   2. The = lifespan of an eyelash is about 5 months.   3.  If =…

A professor = asked his class, “If you laid all the blood vessels in your body = end to end, how long would it be?”  He was looking for = obvious answers of either 62,000 miles or 2.5 times around the = planet.   A savvy = student answered, “I…

Mike shared, = “I just went to Starbucks and the barista was wearing a face mask. = When I asked why she was wearing a surgical mask, she said it was NOT a = mask; it was a coughy filter.   Ken M advised, If a stranger takes the seat…

Having just = endured #72, here is a simple summary of what I think of = birthdays: “A = birthday is like a vacuum cleaner.  It’s just there, and then = it sucks.   And when = it’s not sucking, it’s there waiting to = suck.”   The = end.…

Today is my = 72nd birthday.  Grandson asked the other day, ‘What was your = favorite fast food when you were growing up?’   ‘We didn’t = have fast food when I was growing up,’ I informed him. ‘All the food was = slow.’   ‘C’mon, = seriously. Where did…

An item in Thursday’s paper about = Massachusetts’ budget crisis made reference to new taxes that will = help put the state “back in the African-American”. = We apologize. The story should have said “back in the = black”.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows…

Editor’s apology: I originally wrote, = “When Woodrow Wilson was President, his wife grazed sheep on the = font lawn of the White House.”   I’m = sorry that typesetting inadvertently left out the word = ‘sheep’.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This…

In Wednesday’s Food Section, an inaccurate = number of jalapeno peppers was given for Jeanette Crowley’s = Southwestern chicken salad.   The recipe = calls for two, not twenty-two, jalapeno peppers.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This I = Love!"  

In last month’s health feature, reference was = made to “Sister Margaret Mary’s bust = clinic”.   It was, of = course, her “busy clinic”; the “t” and = “y” keys are next to each other on the = keyboard.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus…

In an article in last week’s paper about the = Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), incorrectly said = that more than 2 million members of the church live in Utah, “a = state in which 70 percent take LSD.”   The article = should have read “a…

Bring us, O = Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of = heaven: to enter into = that gate and dwell in that house, – where there = shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal = light; – no noise nor = silence,…