[Another installment of jobs/workers that make the = Grif.Net function] Grif.Net = Chaplain =3D Neil Down Grif.Net = Activities Coordinator =3D Dewey Hafta Grif.Net = Cardiologist =3D Angie O’Plasty Grif.Net = Acupuncturist =3D O. Howard Hertz Grif.Net = Barber =3D Les Offenbach Grif.Net =…
10/15/16 Weekend Grif.Net – Donating Blood
THOUGHTS OF A BLOOD DONOR. In light of = catastrophes in America and around the world, many people have been = challenged to "give blood". It IS still needed, and is a = gesture of hope, unity, and understanding of the tragedy that befalls = us. I went to…
10/14/16 Grif.Net – Football Humor (part 5)
[Final football humor based on watching the game last = night (which was lousy for 3 quarters then standing on the seats for the = last 30 minutes!] Watched the = game and saw the problem. I concluded that there were 22 men on = the field who desperately…
10/13/16 Grif.Net – Football Humor (part 4)
[Kick-off tonight. This means another lousy = football joke for you, and no change from a $20 bill for a soda and = luke-warm hot dog for me.] Hours after = the end of the world, a border dispute emerged between heaven and hell. = God invited the Devil for…
10/12/16 Grif.Net – Football Humor (part 3)
[Not a fan of airlines, but gotta get out of Wyoming = to see any professional football game. And at least one team playing = tomorrow is professional.] My wife said = she could really identify with professional football players. = When I asked her how she identified with…
10/11/16 Grif.Net – Football Humor (part 2)
[Headin’ to the left coast and catching a = football game Thursday night, so sharing more football jokes to cheer up = da Bears fans.] Three Bears fans were bemoaning the sorry = state of their football team. “I blame the general manager,” = said the first fan. “If he…
10/10/16 Grif.Net – Football Humor (part 1)
[I’m off to San = Diego this week to (hopefully) see the Broncos humiliate the Chargers at = home. So thought five days of lousy football jokes might cheer the = losers up.] A first-grade teacher couldn’t believe her = student wasn’t thrilled about baseball’s World Series. = “It’s a…
10/08/!6 Weekend Grif.Net – 20 Year Anniversary
This week we celebrated our 20th = anniversary of sending out the Grif.Net email and blog. Many don’t = know the history of the grif.net. We started teaching at Pillsbury = Baptist College in 1996 and the school had just set up a computer lab = for the new-fangled “internet”.=A0…
10/07/16 Grif. Net – Change
Since my purchase came to $19.06, I handed the clerk a = twenty dollar bill. She asked, = “Do you have the six cents?” I fished = around in my pocket and came up empty. “Sorry, I guess I = don’t having cents.” I think I =…
10/06/16 Grif.Net – Grif.Net Staff Credits
Many have asked about the hundreds of staff obviously = working around the clock to make the grif.net blog possible. = (Borrowed liberally from Click and Clack, the Tappet = Brothers) Grif.Net Director of Strategic Planning =3D Kent C. = Detrees Grif.Net Facebook Care Representative =3D Kurt =…
10/05/16 Grif.Net – Autocorrect
Sometimes autocorrect makes me post words I = didn’t Nintendo. My brain = said “crunches” but my stomach autocorrected to = “cupcakes”. I tried to = type “Kardashian” but I think “lard ashcan” = sounds like a good name for the family, too. Yes, I love =…
10/04/16 Grif.Net – Hanging
I walked slowly into the saloon but no one was = there. I asked the bartender where all the townspeople = were. “They’re watching the hanging of notorious = ‘Brown Paper’ Pete,” he replied. I had to = ask, “Why do they call him ‘Brown Paper’ = Pete?”…
10/03/16 Grif.Net – First of Every Month
[Our tradition of offering really lame puns on the = first weekday of every month continues. You’re = welcome.] A woman cannot ask her brother for help because he = can’t be a brother and assist her too. Remember, = clones are people two. When I was…