I said: = “Let me walk in the fields.”He said: “No, walk in = the town.”I said: “There are no flowers = there.”He said: “No flowers, but a crown.” = I said: = “But the skies are black;There is nothing but noise and = din.”And He wept as He…
07/24/20 Grif.Net – Status Updates
Wayne I. shared, “I sent my hearing aids in for = repair several weeks ago. I haven’t heard anything = since.” Ann S confided, “The first three miles of a 5K run = are the hardest.” Ken M said, “I gave my coworker a ‘Get Better = Soon‘…
07/23/20 Grif.Net – Punctuation Matters
An English professor wrote the following on the board = – “A woman without her man is nothing” – and = asked the class to punctuate it correctly. All of the = male students wrote, “A woman, without her man, is = nothing.” All the = female students…
07/22/20 Grif.Net – Jobs I’ve Tried
Inspecting = mirrors is a job I could really see myself = doing. I focused on = being a photographer, but nothing ever = developed. I just lost my = job as a psychic, but I didn’t see that = coming. I quit my job = working…
07/21/20 Grif.Net – Fishermen
I love fishing. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a = professional fisherman when I grew up. Dad said no; fishing = didn’t bring in enough net income. He did give me a replica = fisherman’s knife, made to scale. A friend = asked for the…
07/20/20 Grif.Net – Random Thoughts from OLD Friends
[Odd = perspectives on growing older collected over the past = year] I don’t = do drugs anymore. At my age I get the same effect just standing = up. We don’t = stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop = playing. You’re…
07/18/20 Weekend Grif.Net – Wonders of the World
A group of = Geography students studied the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. At = the end of that section, the students were asked to list what they = considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World = TODAY. Though there = was some disagreement, the following…
07/17/20 Grif.Net – Gender Reveal
In 1973 we = were anxiously awaiting the birth of our first child, now 13 days past = due. For all this time people had wondered where we were having a = boy or a girl. [Note: For those too young to understand how it was = in the “Dark…
07/16/20 Grif.Net – MORE Reality Updates
[A little more = reason to smile in dark times of Covid and = anarchy] Danielle S = complained, “You said everything would be back to normal by = June. Julyed.” Ken H related, “I’m deeply disturbed.by how = many seem to see washing their hands as a…
07/15/20 Grif.Net – Math Problems
A friend said, = “We homeschooled our kids throughout Jr and Sr High School, = watching them learn to love history, English, science, literature and a = host of electives. Like many, my = daughter struggled with math. She believed the devil was behind the evil = of exchanging…
07/14/20 Grif.Net – NFL QUIZ
Many are = wondering IF there will be an NFL Football season.=C2=A0 Others wonder = if a team may simply fold without massive income from TV/Ticket sales on = which financial commitments were made.=C2=A0 So here are a = dozen US cities awarded NFL teams, all of which folded between…
07/13/20 Grif.Net – Marriage Therapist
My old classmate went to see a therapist. Therapist: I think you have a phobia concerning marriage. = Do you know what the symptoms are? Classmate: Can’t say I = do Therapist: That is one of the = symptoms, yes. ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net…
07/11/20 Weekend Grif.Net – My Conversation with God
Me: Okay, God, = here’s the thing. I’m scared. I’m trying not to be, but I = am. God: I know. = Want to talk about it? Me: Do we need = to? I mean, you already know. God: Let’s = talk about it anyway. We’ve done…