We now downshift into October with our nifty seven-speed mental spectrum transmission.
Seeking happy contrast to the overwhelming full spectrum autumn colors, we don our special Color Enrichment Reduction Lenses, not available in stores, or on Amazon, or here, so thanks for not asking.
Regardless, let us now embrace Gray Areas. It’s a thing, the Gray Areas, like when they ask if you were over the line, or unaware of a certain limit, such as speed or weight or froth. Shades of Gray. Because after all, autumn or no autumn, the mind is a gray matter.
Trees Scattered Across the Moon: Always Crisp, Always Gray.
Pipe Dreams in Shades of Gray
Swirligig, 137% Organic Complex. Gray.
Which brings us to The Reader Reply of the Week, which is also our Weekly Fictionary (words you need, whether you know it or not) installment, thanks to Dean Goodman of beautiful Mineral Bluff, Georgia.
Navillusion (navv ill oo shun), noun. Inability to trust your GPS.
In a sentence: Sam, due to extreme navillusion, was two hours late and two miles northeast of his appointment.
Digital information is nothing more than long abstract strings of ice-cold ones and zeros, and is subject to warm interpretation, because the GPS is still agray area. So if ice-cold ones and zeroes are subject to Gray Area interpretation, it’s really a gray matter extravaganza to contemplate how warm water and body-heat words might be subject to, um, some connotative differences.
Warm Water Words in Gray Area.
The GPS May or May Not Recognize This Area.
Wikipedia Friday Favorite:
In honor of the intersection of curiosity and logarithmically expanding human knowledge, we offer a weekly favorite obscure Wikipedia page. We are heartened to know that this area may be wider and grayer than previously acknowledged.
Fizzdom Friday: from our collection of favorite quotes.
"Only idiots refuse to change their minds." – Bridget Bardot
Friday Fluff:
In deviation from Shades of Gray, we offer a timely hue from our friends over at Pantone. Staff takes full credit for mentoring Pantone on this selection. However, staff does not deserve any credit for this. At all. Credit is due to our Other Number One Very Timely Reader Reply of the Week, from Jean
Prewitt, of beautiful downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
Write if you (do) or (do not) tint your shades of gray. Everyone wants to know.
