C.: hi, d.c. What are you doing?
d.: I WAS trying to use the new computer that my wife bought me to put an excerpt from one of my books on this blog, but THAT is not going to happen!
C.: Why?
d.: Because, I cannot even figure out how to turn it on, much less type on it or import files! (Turn ON you stupid piece of…
C.: d.c., that’s an inanimate object. I do not think that talking to it in that manner will accomplish anything.
d.: YOU are an imaginary cat, and I talk to YOU all the time!
C.: That IS a good point. While d.c. is trying to turn his computer on, I will just think of some mind-clearing questions.
Can one be involved in more than one ambiguous situation at one time? Why did God give dromedaries only one hump to store water in nutrients in, instead of two, like a camel? Are they not both asked to do the same type of work? If I were a tree, what type of tree would an imaginary cat be? And why does that question get asked so frequently? Also, if white is not a color, but, rather, the absence all color and the presence of all light, and black, conversely, is the presence of all color and the absence of all light, but not a color, is gray a color? It IS the combination of the two. Hmm. I think that one of d.c.’s books said something about this. Since he is not here, I will try to turn the computer on myself. He must have gone to the restroom. Let’s see, oh, yes, the switch that says “On” is probably what he has been looking for. Now, to import a file I just press “control A” and, there it is.
The “color” gray is made up of two hues that do not actually classify as colors. It is the combination of the black hue, which is the absence of all light and the presence of all color; and the white hue, which is, inversely, the absence of all color and the presence of all light. The two hues are comprehensive opposites.
If the two hues are combined on a canvas, the resulting hue of that canvas is gray. If more of the black hue is added to the canvas than white, the canvas tends to be a “dark gray.” Inversely, if more of the white hue is added to the canvas than black, the canvas tends to be a lighter shade of gray. There is an unlimited number of possibilities for the hue that the gray canvas may take on.
Many law enforcement officers view the law as being either completely black (the wrong choice, according to that person); or completely white (the right choice, in that person’s opinion). There are no gray areas according to some. Graying of the law is not something that most law enforcement officers are eager to do.
Jay Magruder saw his situation in a different light. He now had a choice to make. He could choose to use the information that he had gathered on “Taylor,” the potential leader of the free world, to upend that ambition for this very dangerous man. Or he could use the information to free his compadre, Jose Leal. Jose was his friend whom he had convinced to turn himself in to law enforcement and admit to committing murder. The man whom Jay had asked to trust him. The choice that had resulted in a death sentence for someone that Jay Magruder felt was not deserving of such a fate. It is a choice that most people would not be eager to make.
The choice that had resulted in a death sentence for someone that Jay Magruder felt was not deserving of such a fate. It is a choice that most people would not be eager to make.
d. Okay, I’m back. Cal.E. Did you figure out how to turn my computer on and import a file?
C.: I think so d.c. You just press this button and…
Wife: DANE CHRISTIAN SCOT! Did you take my new computer?!
d.: I think I will just go back and use my old computer, I understand it better than this one.
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