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I am a member of golf’s 99%. I play golf, but have not yet made it to the professional level. I have played the game for over 40 years, but have not really put in the practice time and study to be the best. I also probably do not have…

[The Grif.Net will be off line for a week for needed maintenance. Sorry.] My great-grandfather William Rogers was both a Methodist circuit-riding preacher and a soldier in the Second Regiment, 24th Regiment of Foot, South Wales Borderers. He had been ministering in rural parishes in Western Iowa, but left his…

Students at our Wyoming home-school group, after talking about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, were asked to write a paragraph about the harmful environmental effects of oil on fish. My 11-year old wrote, “Oil must be bad. When my dad opened a can of sardines last night,…

This was simply too much of a time saver not to share it with you. 1. Put both lids of the toilet up. And add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl. 2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the…

Motto for February – “Puns are bad, but Poetry is verse.” “There are some that are wise. There are others that are otherwise.” “Remember, a good pun is its own reword” “One man’s fish is another man’s poisson” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”

For 2012 I decided to make several New Year’s resolutions that I COULD keep, that would make me feel GOOD and SUCCESSFUL (rather than feel defeated about failing to keep them as I have others years). So here are my TOP 12 RESOLUTIONS on the to-do list. Will post on…

[A grif.net reader sent this testimonial] I felt like my body had gotten totally out of shape even with my diet. So I got my doctor’s permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up…

[January has been fun (and a couple days of humor still to come) with lots of stories, jokes and subtle motivation toward dieting and gaining mastery over this lump of clay we call a body. I hope you have enjoyed the laugh and found some encouragement along the way. Here…

Although I was only a few pounds overweight, my wife was harping on me to diet. One evening we took a brisk walk downtown, and I surprised her by jumping over a parking meter, leapfrog style. Pleased with myself, I said, “How many fat men do you know who can…

[Gotten lots of advice in January to help diet-conscious Grif.Net readers. Not all is GOOD advice, but lots of it nonetheless] East a pint of ice cream each day to reduce your craving for sweets. The handle on your Lazy-Boy Recliner qualifies as an exercise machine. Do you call a…

Lord, Grant me the strength that I may not fall Into the clutches of cholesterol. ‘Poly-unsaturated’ I’ll never mutter, The road to hell is paved with peanut butter. All cake is cursed, and frosting awful, And Satan is hiding in every waffle. The fridge is full and I can’t stop;…

My daughter couldn’t muster the willpower to lose unwanted pounds. One day, watching a svelte friend walking up our driveway, she lamented to me, “Lynn’s so skinny it makes me sick.” “If it bothers you,” I suggested gently, “why don’t you do something about it?” “Good idea, Mom,” she replied.…

No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office. ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”