h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have a problem with authority. It's probably got something to do with my parents I suppose, however this problem tends to manifest itself whenever I am faced with someone who wants to wield some control over me. This has unfortunate consequences with spelling.

Currently, I am having a debate with myself on how exactly you spell the colour between black and white. i.e. grey or gray? Normally I would look at the two possibilities and favour one or the other. In this case, neither of the possibilities looks wrong.

The next step a person would normally take would be to look in the dictionary or at the very least run in through a spell checker. This is the stage my authority angst kicks in. Who are they to tell me how to spell gray/grey?

Actually, this is all just an excuse as I'm too lazy to look for dictionary in the first place. I'm a bit embarrased at not knowing how to spell grey/gray as well...

Just had a look. It's the Yanks again. They like to spell grey with an 'a'. Oh well. Damned if I'm going to what they want me to, so it's grey with an 'e' from now on even if that's what the dictionary says.

Further news. I wrote a reply to someone learning to juggle the other day that I thought would make a good article with the edges sanded down. Look for that soon.