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[More of my = friends share what they are thinking or doing.  Blame = them.]   Marilyn L = shares, “My body ain’t what it used to be.  Even when = I’m naked I want to slip into something more comfortable.” =   Paul F reminds = us, “I met…

(ba= sed on 2018 figures – and only gotten worse = since) * = U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 * = Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 * = New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 * = National debt: $19,271,000,000,000 * = Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000 Let’s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s your…

[The following = are reported ‘bulletin bloopers’ found in churches from = across the United States. Some old, some new. All bring a = smile.] "Next = Sunday Mrs. Vinson will be soloist for the morning service. The pastor = will then speak on ‘Life’s  Terrible = Experiences’." "Due to…

Planned to = take my children to the zoo, so asked them if they wanted to go to a = sophisticated zoo up north in Boston or a more casual zoo down in Texas. = Immediately they asked what the difference would = be   So I shared, = “In…

Musicians from = two large orchestras in the region were discussing who they thought the = LEAST talented musician in each orchestra was.   One of them = said, “That’s easy. We have a fellow who doesn’t have = much ability, so we just put two sticks in his hands…

[The answers = come first.  See if you can come up with a better question than I = did. That shouldn’t be hard.]   A: Big = Band Q: What is the = favorite musical genre of bungee jumpers, Alex?   A: Nightly = News Q: What do Sir =…

I = CELEBRATE HISTORY.  While the modern “cancel culture” = is vocal and violent in their attempt to destroy and degrade all of = American History (and for that matter Western Civilization), paving the = way for an overthrow of our government and usher in the next socialist = state,…

I grew up = going to the cemetery.  Taking a lunch and tending graves in the = spring and fall was a family ritual. Playing with the big cannon that = “guarded” the entrance of Hillside Cemetery became another = toy.    I = “met” my Uncle Billy and my…

[Many friends = are trying to put a lighter spin on the tragedy surrounding the world as = we end the 7th month of quarantine and shut down] =   Brian C said, = “Due to the quarantine, I only tell inside jokes = now.”   Mary J = reported,…

Her= e are some more amusing oxymorons from the everyday world.  Most = are not truly ‘grammatical’ oxymorons, but since = &#8= 216;oxys’ means sharp/keen and ‘moros’ means foolish, = the end meaning comes through loud and clear.   **A= ffordable Housing   **A= irline Food   **A= merican English…

Thi= s may be “old news”, but here in “random order” = is an “original copy” of more oxymoron’s we use all = the time.   **l= oud whisper   **m= ilitant pacifist   **n= egative growth   **o= pen secret   **p= aid volunteer   **p= lanned chaos  …

Eun= ice R. saw some oxymorons that were “pretty ugly” and = e-mailed asking if I could make them a Grif.Net blog post.  Of = course, thought Bob with “eloquent silence”, it would be = hard to put them in a sentence. So I gave her a “definite = maybe”…

Tho= ugh born across the river, I am proud of my Wisconsin connection.  = I am a UW graduate, did my grad work at Maranatha University there, and = pastored two churches for 14 years in the State. I wrote the History of = Wisconsin text for junior high students. …