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December that year appeared bleak. As a newly single = parent of two small boys, I worked two jobs to pay our bills. At times, = it seemed I earned just enough salary to pay the babysitter, with = nothing left over for the basics. Then it got worse. In…

[We’ve posted possible t-shirt messages three = times, but loyal/bored grif.net readers keep sending me more = ideas] "Where am I, and what am I doing = here?"   “I did not hit you. I high-fived your = face”   "Just put the chocolate down and = back away slowly"…

[A friend on Facebook asked for “any = advice” you could give.  Here is a sampling of suggestions = from his friends – some ‘good’ and some = ‘other’.]   Never take a = sleeping pill and a laxative in the same night   Never pee on = an electric…

These Three Wings of KFC Are   Good = Christian Men Rejoice (but be careful of excessive displays of = emotion)   I’ll be home for Christmas (cuz we have services and = I’m the pastor and I have to be there)   Whose Child = is This? (the Nursery…

His wife was scrambling eggs when her husband burst = into the kitchen.   "Careful," he cried. "Be Careful! = You’re cooking too many at once. Too many! Scramble them! Now! We need = more butter. They’re going to stick! Careful! Now scramble them again! = Hurry up! Are you…

Good News: We baptized seven people = today in the river. Bad News: We lost two of them in the swift = current.   Good News: The high school girls’ basketball team = finally won a game. Bad News: They beat the high school boys’ basketball = team.   Good…

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid = bows, strands of twinkling lights, and shiny balls; but do not have = love, I’m just another decorator.   If I slave away in the kitchen, baking = dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals, and arranging a = beautifully adorned…

After two dozen ideas (in Nov 29 and 30 grif.net = blogs), we are NOT finished with suggestions for your fitness without = hard work.=A0 Thanks to those who contributed your favorite = non-exercises1   1) = Picking up the pieces   2) = Running people down   3) =…

[Your early Christmas present is here; grif.net = monthly offering of word plays and puns on the first of every = month]   Did you know that all male deer have buck = teeth?   They arrested the owner of a threatening bull — he = was brought up on…

[Here are a dozen MORE ideas for us senior citizens = to use in our strenuous daily workout]   1) = Jumping on the bandwagon   2) = Balancing the books   3) = Running around in circles   4) = Eating crow   5) = Tooting my own horn…

Here are a dozen ideas for strenuous activities = that do not require a lot of physical exercise. You are invited to use = this program without charge.   1) = Beating around the bush   2) = Jumping to conclusions   3) = Climbing the walls   4) =…

On a remote island lived a native group of little = people called “Trids”.  Their only enemy was an evil = giant that would appear randomly and beat and pummel, stomp and kick = these natives mercilessly.  Each year they formed a religious = procession and climbed a high mountain…

“We = Gather Together” uses a = familiar folk melody from turn-of-the-16th-Century Holland = and words of “thanksgiving” BUT has nothing to do with the = American Thanksgiving holiday.  It celebrates the Dutch victory in = AD 1597 at Turnhout.   The Republic = of the Seven United Nether Lands…