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  = ;…
12/26/25 Grif.Net – Wrapping Paper
[Credit = to Dave Barry for the original humor. Greatly edited, I am sure, as it floa= ted around the ‘net for a decade.] &= nbsp; This is the time of year when we think b= ack to the very first Christmas, when the Three Wise Men went to see…
12/25/25 Grif.Net – Familiar Story Retold
= [It has been the Griffin fam= ily tradition to read the Christmas Story from Luke 2 before opening gifts = on Christmas morning. In 1970, in our first Christmas as husband and wife, = we sat alone in a quiet Watertown apartment and read. Fifty-six years later= , we…
12/24/25 Grif.Net – Random Thoughts on Christmas
= When I was a child, my famil= y was so poor that at Christmas we exchanged glances. = &n= bsp; I was teaching my dyslexic friend how mistletoe works but I d= on’t think he stood under it. I th= ought I would be proud of sealing all…
12/23/25 Grif.Net – Final Quiz Before Christmas
= Q: I was Christmas shopping = the other day and saw a brass band downtown and wondered, “Why is the= re dribble on the sidewalk underneath all their instruments?” A: Turns out it was the Salivation Army Band. &nb= sp; Q: How much does Santa’s sleigh cost? A: N=…
12/22/25 Grif.Net – Caroling Q&A
= Q: What did the doctor say t= o the sick Christmas caroler? A: Wassailing you? Q: What Christmas carol do they sing in the desert? A: O Camel You Faithful. Q= : What’s a new parent’s favorite Christmas carol? A: Silent Night. Q: What Christmas Caro=…