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Everyone is on this low-fat craze now. I heard that the Mayo Clinic just changed its name to the Balsamic Vinaigrette Clinic. A lady with a clipboard stopped me at the mall the other day. She said, “Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?” I said, “Alright, but…

One gal wrote me a Christmas Letter update – “I’ve sure gotten old! I’ve had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought cancer and diabetes. I’m half blind, can’t hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to…

[No laughing matter – cracked a molar, had to have pieces pulled and root surgically removed and then got an infection in the gum. Tired of Lipton’s Chicken Noodle soup. Pain is not all it is cracked up to be. But brought on some drug-induced dental conversations.] My dentist is…

January 20th, 2009 Inaugural Invocation – Dr Rick Warren “Almighty God, Our Father, everything we see and everything we can’t see exists because of You alone. It all comes from You; it all belongs to You; it all exists for Your glory. History is Your story. The Scripture tells us,…

I asked my financial guru if the Bible had much to say about money. He mentioned the example of Noah who was floating his stock when everyone else was in liquidation. Then he spoke of Pharaoh’s daughter who went down to the Bank of the Nile and drew out a…

I went to San Francisco. I found someone’s heart. Now what? I had amnesia once — or twice. What if there were no hypothetical questions? When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail. A flashlight is a case for holding dead…

LESSON #6 – “Plurals” [apologies to Dr. Seuss] We’ll begin with a box and the plural is boxes. But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes. The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese, Yet the plural of mouse should never be meese. You may…

Jon Stewart – “It was time for the most anticipated event on Senator Obama’s itinerary: his speech in Berlin. And so, at 7pm local time, a crowd of over 200,000 gathered to listen to Barack Obama. There was dancing, there was the climbing of lampposts to gaze upon the junior…

Jim wrote the grif.net to warn us about a new e-mail virus. Even the most advanced programs from Norton or McAfee cannot take care of this one. It appears to affect those who were born prior to 1950 (like I was). Symptoms: 1. Causes you to send the same e-mail…

I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great thing to do, Or secret thing to know; I would be treated as a child, And guided where I go. Content to fill a little space, If thou be glorified. (Anna L. Waring, 1830)…

This week we focus on some oddities of places, names, etc, dealing with our beloved USA. Friday? Roadside Attractions you won’t want to miss. We give the attraction (some truly awesome, some more mundane), you try for the place (or at least the state) Ex: Statue of Liberty Ans: New…

This week we focus on some oddities of places, names, etc, dealing with our beloved USA. Thursday? “World” Capitals – self-proclaimed “capitals” by little-known cities (many of which actually make sense!) Ex: Garlic Capital of the World Ans: Gilroy, California 1. Golf Capital of the World 2. Sweet Onion Capital…

This week we focus on some oddities of places, names, etc, dealing with our beloved USA. Wednesday? State nicknames Ex: Sunshine State Ans: Florida 1. Peach State 2. Ocean State 3. Equality State 4. Show Me State 5. Garden State 6. Gem State 7. Pine Tree State 8. Yellowhammer State…