tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post3910417701588920163..comments2023-04-07T06:23:59.516-04:00Comments on Shades of Grey: Made To OrderShades of Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-31162748879849013202010-09-27T22:04:01.510-04:002010-09-27T22:04:01.510-04:00miriamp - good catch! I have corrected the error. ...miriamp - good catch! I have corrected the error. Thanks for the mazal tov wishes and I'm glad you enjoyed the story!Shades of Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-6896754487551368732010-09-27T18:46:27.098-04:002010-09-27T18:46:27.098-04:00One typo jumped out at me: "The idea of his w...One typo jumped out at me: "The idea of his wife throwing back a beer with the boys during the Jets game didn’t seem like so much fun to Shlomo." Shlomo should be Benjy in this sentence.<br /><br />But I loved the story too!<br /><br />And mazel tov -- don't think I said that yet.miriamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339767447913960853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-51305909814766353972010-09-06T20:09:08.496-04:002010-09-06T20:09:08.496-04:00my favorite piece of sci-fi yet. well done
part o...my favorite piece of sci-fi yet. well done<br /><br />part of the fun of dating is being different and hasshing out your differences. In Group Dynamics its called Storming, where there are clashes but eventually you turn out ok or separateharry-er than them allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957506180776134351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-67438862883891163172010-09-03T02:07:59.052-04:002010-09-03T02:07:59.052-04:00Not recently, but it's one of my favorites.Not recently, but it's one of my favorites.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673099548876125906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-47344663527971824752010-09-02T09:09:21.700-04:002010-09-02T09:09:21.700-04:00aey, Thank you! That's what I meant. I knew th...aey, Thank you! That's what I meant. I knew the concept sounded familiar but I couldn't remember where I'd read it.<br /><br />In any case, I'll say again: Great piece.Sun Inside Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783707705465020828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-10379737750762289022010-09-02T01:02:13.268-04:002010-09-02T01:02:13.268-04:00Not recently, but it's one of my favorites.Not recently, but it's one of my favorites.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673099548876125906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-68758313762110139442010-09-02T00:30:48.772-04:002010-09-02T00:30:48.772-04:00You might have read this story by frum'n'f...You might have read this story by frum'n'flipping called Made to Measure:http://frumflipped.blogspot.com/2010/06/made-to-measure.html, it has a similar premise. It's very nice how the two of you took the concept in your own directions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138289873066964953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-78924039930027021072010-09-02T00:10:43.382-04:002010-09-02T00:10:43.382-04:00FrumJewInYU - you read Brave New World recently? D...FrumJewInYU - you read Brave New World recently? Despite having read the book several times for different classes over my academic career, any references must have been subconcious and not intentional. Granted that one term may match up, but the general idea of cloning/engineering people is pretty commonly found in sci-fi these days. If anything, watching/reading too much about the Clone Wars may have been a more direct influence.Shades of Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-1505128635844683762010-09-01T19:59:17.917-04:002010-09-01T19:59:17.917-04:00Any resemblances to other works might be a result ...Any resemblances to other works might be a result of the author having read Huxley's Brave New World - for example, "decanted" is the exact word Huxley uses.<br /><br />Am I right?nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673099548876125906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-61957737650775915372010-08-31T16:39:42.751-04:002010-08-31T16:39:42.751-04:00I think this is worthy of being published. Now if ...I think this is worthy of being published. Now if only I were a publisher....<br /><br />Very well done.Sun Inside Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783707705465020828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-16229222279184180672010-08-31T15:20:32.173-04:002010-08-31T15:20:32.173-04:00Sefardi Gal - you definitely got the point. Aside ...Sefardi Gal - you definitely got the point. Aside from the impossibility of finding someone who exactly matches your list, odds are you'd find out that if you got absolutely everything you were looking for that something would still seem "off." <br /><br />We all need certain things, and others are "wants" of different levels of significance, which can be compromised in various fashions for the sake of uniting with a very special someone who has a quirk or two that we'll learn to live with.<br /><br />I will readily admit that ASoG isn't 100% like the girl I described that I was looking for when I wrote my profile, but she certainly embodies or possesses the most essential attributes, etc (and then some). That is what's important - and the rest will be us adapting to living with one another over the course of our long and happy marriage, G-d willing. <br /><br />If husbands and wives were exactly alike, then there wouldn't be as much room for growth (or any at all) in developing their connection to one another, learning to place the other's needs and interests before their own - and then you'd basically be marrying an opposite gender version of yourself - and few people seem to like that idea.<br /><br />Sun Inside Rain - I've never been published (though I'd like to be), and haven't heard of or read any stories like this before when the idea popped into my head. If there are some coincidental resemblances, then it's entirely a case of "baruch shekivanti" l'havdil. <br /><br />I first came up with the general idea of "growing" the perfect shidduch and the very last scene where the two daters flee their lab-born dates, leaving them to discover each other in turn. The first two sentences popped into my head word-for-word, and I simply started writing from there.Shades of Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-29074835034162400612010-08-31T13:51:07.880-04:002010-08-31T13:51:07.880-04:00Was this story published anywhere? I don't kno...Was this story published anywhere? I don't know why...it sounds so familiar!<br /><br />Great story with a nice punchline (and an important message).Sun Inside Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783707705465020828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-57429188760826154802010-08-31T13:08:36.061-04:002010-08-31T13:08:36.061-04:00Is this nit a cookoo clock?Is this nit a cookoo clock?Jughead's Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634567023796038879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-5733271370032482232010-08-31T12:35:50.088-04:002010-08-31T12:35:50.088-04:00Amazing story!
It was really funny, but it also m...Amazing story! <br />It was really funny, but it also made me think (I'm guessing that's the point) -- so many of us have the "perfect" person in mind as our zivug. But our zivug is NOT objectively perfect! (S)he is perfect for each of us, but that doesn't mean that there won't be any flaws involved.<br /><br />I recall Rabbi Rietti giving a dating & marriage shiur that I attended a few years ago. He painted the picture: you have a list. All the qualities you want your spouse to have + all the preferences. You go out on a date -- and that person EXACTLY fits your list. 10/10. Are you happy? <br />Most people responded that they wouldn't be...and one girl said out-loud "what's the catch?"<br /><br />Supposedly, it's our spouse's imperfections that make him or her perfect...for us. Those imperfections are our nisyonot. (Seminary shiur coming back to me now) :)Sefardi Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041724538794932296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-69650797342093492802010-08-31T11:26:53.902-04:002010-08-31T11:26:53.902-04:00Jughead's Hat - You get extra bonus points for...Jughead's Hat - You get extra bonus points for recognizing the good doctor's name!Shades of Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-37688657754269277072010-08-31T09:32:13.280-04:002010-08-31T09:32:13.280-04:00Nice Animaniacs reference!Nice Animaniacs reference!Jughead's Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634567023796038879noreply@blogger.com