[Rick Stedman of Fox News wrote = this after the hurricane and floods in Texas, but thought it might = continue to be a good commentary on Irma and = beyond] When hurricanes like Harvey = devastate so many lives, where is God? That’s a really good = question—one…
09/08/17 Grif.Net – What’s Been Going On this Week
Checked the = milk. It’s so far past its expiration date that I’m only going to = have a small bite. Joined a gym. = Mixed results from my first workout. Fifteen minutes cardio. Ten minutes = defibrillator. Three days hospital. People used to = take their kids…
09/07/17 Grif.Net – I Hate Dentists
My regular = dentist gave sage advice years ago: “Don’t outlive your = teeth”. I didn’t listen. Next week I = get to have 3 roots cut out (teeth broke over the past two years) and 2 = more teeth extracted. This is in addition to the 4 already…
09/06/17 Grif.Net – MORE “Things I’ve Learned”
I’ve = learned that . . . “if I follow the motto to ‘Eat = Right’ and ‘Stay Fit’, I will ‘Die = Anyway’.” I’ve learned that . . . “the = ‘things that come to those that wait’ may be the things left = by those who got there…
09/05//17 Grif.Net – Bored At Work?
[Signs = you may be a little bored with your job] *You’ve = already read the entire Dilbert page-a-day calendar for = 2018. *You = discover that staring at your cubicle wall long enough produces images = of Elvis. *You’ve = figured out a way to get…
09/04/17 Grif.Net – Canadian Temperature Chart
[Labor = Day in the USA marks “Fall” and usual whining about warm = weather ending. Thought we should update the conversion chart for the = weather as share by a Canadian friend in = Winnipeg] 70F – Texans turn on = the heat and unpack the thermal underwear. People…
09/02/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Parenting in 2017
[Nick Roush, Omaha = World Tribune columnist, said that ‘parents and sports usually do = not mix’. His story, printed last June, shows an exception = to that rule.] In 2017 parents = often confuse “what’s best for their kid” as = “defending them no matter what.” The sports…
09/01/17 Grif.Net – Oneth of Month
[Truly = forgettable puns and word-plays on the first weekday of every = month] Everyone had heard of Murphy’s Law, but few know = about Cole’s Law. Of course, Cole’s Law is just sliced = cabbage. Do you = remember the song, “The Allergy is Blowing in the Wind”…
08/31/17 Grif.Net – What Their Mothers Said
MONA = LISA’S MOTHER: “After all that money your father and I spent = on braces, that’s the biggest smile you can give us?” = COLUMBUS’ MOTHER: = “I don’t care what you’ve discovered, you still could = have written!” MICHELANGELO’S MOTHER: = “Can’t you paint on walls…
08/30/17 Grif.Net – Seen on T-shirts
I just did a week’s worth of cardio after = walking into a spider web. I may be = wrong, but I doubt it. I’m = going to stop asking ‘How dumb can you get?’ Liberals = seem to take it as a challenge. I do not…
08/29/17 Grif.Net – Yiddish Dictionary Additions
[I grew up in = a Jewish area of Minneapolis and learned some Yiddish – most of = which I cannot share on a family blog – but NEVER heard = these.] JEWBILATION= – Pride in finding out that one’s favorite sports figure or entertainer = is Jewish. TORAHFIED –…
08/28/17 Grif.Net – Valuable scientific data
[The following are two proposed = additions to the periodic table of elements – yes, the one you HAD to = memorize in high school chemistry class] **Element name: = woman Symbol: = WO Atomic weight: (don’t even go = there) Physical properties: Generally = round…
08/26/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Packing Parachutes
Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in = Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a = surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. = He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese = prison. He survived the ordeal and…