I’m = thinking about writing a novel centered on the lives of two = ex-convicts. One of them studied to become a lawyer. The other = one decides to go straight. ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This I = Love!"
10/04/17 Grif.Net – Odds & Ends (Baseball)
In 1963, major league = baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They’ll put a man on the = moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, an hour = after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit his = first, and only, home…
10/03/17 Grif.Net – Language
At our = University, students in the psychology program were attending their = first class dealing with emotional extremes. "Just to establish some = parameters," asked the professor to a student from Wisconsin, = "what is the opposite of joy?" "Sadness," said the = student. "And the…
10/02/17 Grif.Net – Words @ Play
[First weekday = of the month means more “Adventures in Punland” for = you] The rotation = of the earth really makes my day. Got an email = about ‘How To Read Maps Backward’, but it turned out to be = spam. Napoleon may = not have…
09/30/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Pumpkins
A lady had recently been born again and baptized. = When she went to work, one of her co-workers asked her what it was like = to be a Christian. She was caught off guard and didn’t = really know how to answer, but when she looked up, she saw…
09/29/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 5)
* Cleopatra lived closer in = time to the first Moon landing than to the building of the Great = Pyramid. * The largest air = force in the world is the US Air Force. The second largest is the = US Navy. * A banana is =…
09/28/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 4)
* The = odds of you dying on the way to buy a lottery ticket are actually = greater than your chance of winning. * You = are born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you only have = 206. [???] * All…
09/27/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 3)
* The = doctors that told Stephen Hawking he had two years to live in 1953 are = probably dead by now. * If you replace "W" with = "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to = each of them. * The Guinness Book of Records…
09/26/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 2)
* 100 = years ago almost everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. = Today almost everyone has cars and only the rich own horses. * = The word "swims" upside-down is still = "swims". * Intentionally losing a game of rock, paper, = scissors is just…
09/25/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 1)
[Each = day this week we share a collection of oddities or questions to make you = think. New experience for some, but trust it will be enjoyable for = all] * Which letter is silent in the word "scent," the = S or the C? * If you attempt…
09/23/17 Weekend Grif.Net – When You Need Guidance
When life is at its most bleak, = do you turn to God’s Word for guidance? Let these 20 Psalms = bring encouragement when life brings overwhelming = challenges: 1. Psalm 5—When You are = Persecuted 2. Psalm 6—When You = are Depressed 3. Psalm 16—When You = are…
09/22/17 Grif.Net – Signs and Stickers
[Actual = signs, bumper stickers, magnets and t-shirts seen = recently] Circular Definition: see = Definition, Circular Dyslexics are Teople = Poo Air Pollution is a = Mist-Demeaner I’m Having an = Out-of-Money Experience Make Yourself at Home …..Clean My = Kitchen Adult = on Board. I…
09/21/17 Grif.Net – Why English is Hard to Learn
[Imagine trying to learn = English as a second language. Say each phrase out loud as you read = it.] The = bandage was wound around the wound. The = farm was used to produce produce. The = dump was so full it had to refuse more…