[This week we are repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts fr= om 25 years ago (March 2000). Groaned then; groan again.]=   An old worn-out r= ope and a new young rope went into a restaurant for a bite to eat.   The wait= ress said, "Sorry, we don’t serve…

[Each month in 2025, we wander down memory lane, repeating t= he Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years ago (March 20= 00 for those mathematically challenged.) Remember this one?]   REVISED BIBLIC= AL HEADLINES (if written by today’s liberal press)   On Red Sea Crossin=…

[Each month in 2025, we wander unsupervised down memory lane= , repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years = ago (March 2000).   ERROR MESSAGES THAT MAY BE PLANNED FOR WINDOWS 2000:   1)= To continue, enter any 11-digit prime number.   2) Press…

[Each month in 2025, we wander unsupervised down memory lane= , repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years = ago (from March 2000). I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten bette= r in passing years, but lots that were funny THEN…

[Monthly Motivation on the first Saturday of each month include= s thoughts and quotations to encourage our blog readers for your journey ah= ead. In March 2025, we have some famous words of wisdom from Vince Lombardi= , Rick Warren, Aristotle, Billy Graham, and . . . Bob Griffin?] "The…

An inquisitive child asked his father, "How did people beg= in on earth?" His father pulled out a Bible and started: "In the = beginning God created Adam and then Eve. They made babies, then their babie= s became adults and made babies, and so on." The child nodded in…

[These are all valid sentences. And all show how strange our la= nguage is. See if you can read them AND understand them.]=   1. All faith he h= ad had had had no effect on an outcome of his life.   2. English is weird, but it c= an be…

Did you know that the early explorers of the world were also di= ehard poker players?=A0 Rumors about their weekly poker games abound. Vasco= da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Leif Erikson, and Francisco Pizarro were re= gulars.   But no matter what hand they were dealt, they could never seem to…

[We all LOVE acronyms, a type of acrostic, but often forget exa= ctly what the original words were that led to the acronym. Maybe words, may= be initials, maybe syllables. I’ve chosen 25 of my favorite acronyms;= listing the corresponding words, initials or sounds is now up to you!&nbsp= ;…

Q: What did the scientist say when he found 2 isotopes of heliu= m?A: "HeHe."  = Q: Did you hear about the man who got cooled to absolu= te zero?A: He’s 0k.   Q: What did the DNA say to the other DNA?A: &qu= ot;Do these genes make me look…

Gratitude in the NEW TESTAMENT shifts from the narrative of nat= ional Israel to a personal dimension in the life and teachings of Jesus. Gr= atitude becomes a hallmark of discipleship, an enduring thankfulness that e= ndures regardless of life’s storms, reflecting Jesus’ own const= ant gratitude to the Father.…

A sweet young teacher was helping one of her kindergarten st= udents put his boots on and the student is not volunteering any information= =2E  He asked for help and the teacher could see why.  With her p= ulling and him pushing, the boots still didn’t want to go on.…

Three violin manufacturers had all done business for years on t= he same block in the small town of Cremona, Italy. After years of peaceful = co-existence, they began to advertise their product.   First, the Amati family deci= ded to put a sign in their shop window saying: “We…