= [I’ve be= en battling a long illness and for the past four months been “locked = down” to reduce stress, allow time for my body to “catch upR= 21;, my emotions to “straighten up”, and my mind to focus again= =2E My heart has “looked up” to God and…
01/09/26 Grif.Net – Going to the Zoo
= A policeman in San Diego pul= led over a driver in a pickup truck and noticed the truck bed was full of k= oala bears. The officer said, "You need to take these koalas to the zo= o." The man agreed and drove off. The next day,…
01/08/26 Grif.Net – Overheard
= The Secret Service had to change protocol for when President Trump is = in danger. Instead of yelling "get down!", they now yell "Do= nald, duck!"  = ; Dr Frankenstein entered a body building contest but upon arrival= he realized he misunderstood the objective. I have a Polish friend…
01/07/26 Grif.Net – Assorted Dad Jokes for the New Year
= Why do fish live in salt = water? Pepper makes them sneeze. What do toilets do when they’re embarrassed? = They get a bit flush. W= ho wins at baseball – pancakes or waffles? Wa= ffles. They have the best batter. Wha= t do PHD students In…
01/06/26 Grif.Net – Did You Know?
= = DID YOU= KNOW that cannibals won’t eat clowns? I’m told they taste funn= y DID YOU KNOW that a building maintenan= ce guy lost his legs on the job? Now he’s just a handyman.= DID YOU KNOW that old skiers never die? They just =…
01/05/26 Grif.Net – Dead Dog
Had a ca= ll the other day from a woman whose pet poodle of 15 years had died. "= I want to give it a lovely funeral, with a casket, flowers, and a full Chri= stian burial", she said. = = "What!" I shouted. "I am a res= pected Baptist…
01/03/26 Weekend Grif.Net – Monthly Motivation
= [Each month on the first wee= kend blog we offer quotations to help encourage or inspire. We hope to cont= inue this tradition in 2026] “It is = never too late to be what you might have been.” = =AF&nbs= p;George Eliot “The best revenge i= s…
01/02/25 Grif.Net – Keeping My Resolutions
= What is a New Year’s r= esolution? Something that goes in one year and out the other. But here is a= partial list of my personal resolutions for 2026:  = ; Resolution #1 =3D I will start jogging. Result? Te= rrible. Every time I started to run the ice…
01/01/26 Grif.Net – – Encouragement for the New Year (part 2)
= “End year’s dusk, new = year’s dawn; gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.= 221;=AF A.D. Obiero “Alth= ough no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from n= ow and make a brand new ending.” —Carl Bard "You know…
12/31/25 Grif.Net – Encouragement for the New Year (part 1)
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0059_01DC7A45.BEF34BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson “Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re…
12/30/25 Grif.Net – New Years Q&A
= Q: What did Dr. Bob say at 1= 1:59 p.m. on New Year’s Eve? A: “No more lousy j= okes until next year, I promise!” = Q: How did my diet plan to lose 20 pounds in 2025 work out? A= : As of today (Dec. 30th) I…
12/29/25 Grif.Net – Don’t Like a Gift?
= TOP TEN THINGS TO SAY ABOUT A CHRISTMAS GIFT YOU DIDN’T LIKE = 10. Of all t= he gifts I received, this is one of them. 9. Well, well, well … 8. Boy, if I had not recently shot up 4 sizes that would’ve…
12/27/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Jesus Loves Me
[Through= out the past decades, little children have grown up singing "Jesus Lov= es Me". DO YOU know the tune? But someone penned words fit= for those of us past age 7 (like 70 + 7) and the song has new meaning for = us.] CHILDREN’S VERSION  = ;…