Every few = weeks I =E2=80=9Ccommuted=E2=80=9D 12 hours from the Pillsbury College = campus where I taught in Minnesota back to my home in Wyoming for long = weekends with the family. On return, I often brought = =E2=80=9Ctreats=E2=80=9D for my colleagues. Cookies from my wife or = donuts from…
06/21/22 Grif.Net – Did You Know?
DID YOU KNOW . = . . that the old woman who lived in a shoe was not the sole owner? = (Evidently there were strings attached) DID YOU KNOW . = . . that when a chemist dies, you should barium? DID YOU KNOW . = .…
06/20/22 Grf.Net – Father’s Day Reminder
A woman and her eight-year-old son were on a Sunday = evening flight home, returning from a week with Grandpa, just in time to = celebrate Father’s Day. As they landed and headed off the plane toward the = terminal, everyone heard the mother say to the boy, “Now…
06/18/22 Weekend Grif.Net – Wedding Anniversary Weekend
For two years = they knew each other with mutual and growing dislike. Bob was the = wild youth, pushing the envelope of every boundary with a laugh, while = Teresa was Miss Prim-and-Proper. Both were gifted college = students, talented, in plays and choirs, but no inclination to think…
06/17/22 Grif.Net – Father’s Day is Coming (part 4)
[Some famous folks give advice for Father’s = Day] "Buying your kid a goldfish is a great way to teach them = responsibility for 24-36 hours." – Conan = O’Brien "I sometimes equate it to what it must be like running a prison. = What happens with three…
06/16/22 Grif.Net – Father’s Day is Coming (part 3)
[Some famous folks give advice for Father’s = Day] "Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like = shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing."– Phyllis = Diller "I’m totally ‘that dad’ who leaves a note in my son’s lunch box. = One day I…
06/15/22 Grif.Net – Father’s Day is Coming (part 2)
[Some famous = folks give advice for Father’s Day] "Sending = your kids to summer camp teaches them important life lessons… like, = ‘You can deal with your problems by sending them to summer = camp.’"– Ari Fishbein I want to have = kids, but my friends scare…
06/14/22 Grif.Net – Father’s Day is Coming (part 1)
[Some famous folks give advice for Father’s = Day] "Having a 2 year-old is like having a blender, but you = don’t have a top for it."– Jerry = Seinfeld "You want to know what it’s like having a fourth kid? Imagine = you’re drowning, then someone hands you…
06/13/22 Grif.Net – Tenth Commandments
The = 3rd grade Sunday school class was studying the Ten = Commandments. After reviewing what they=E2=80=99d learned over the = quarter, their teacher asked the pastor to visit the class and = =E2=80=9Ctest=E2=80=9D them on how well they understood the Law. = The teacher = asked for volunteers…
06/11/22 Weekend Grif.Net – Life Lessons (part 3)
[Kevin Kelly = (founder of Wired Magazine and aged 70) shares even more bits of advice = based on what he had learned thus far in life] It’s = possible that a not-so-smart person, who can communicate well, can do = much better than a super smart person who…
06/10/22 Grif.Net – Retirement Projects
I have never been good working with my hands. Now that = I’ve retired, I’m trying to do some simple DIY projects = around the house. And failing miserably. So I’ve adopted a new motto: “Do your best to = try to do things right the first few times”.…
06/09/22 Grif.Net – Chance Meeting
[Savannah P shared her story AND the “takeaway” from = it] My husband and I lived in the same college dorm complex when we met. = Three months into the semester, while doing his laundry, he realized he = was 75 cents short and unable to finish drying his…
06/08/22 Grif.Net – Status Updates from my ‘Friends’
Larry P = admitted, "I like cats. I just can’t eat a whole one by = myself anymore." Teresa G realized, “I have no reason = to feel lonely. There is always a pile of laundry waiting for me = at home.” Ken H related, = “A friend fell…