Most of what I write about here is minutia about me. So … me-nutia?
Across these differences, their food and service are so dependable that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) consults an informal “Waffle House Index” to determine the severity of a storm’s impact on a community, where “Red” corresponds to a closed Waffle House, “Yellow” corresponds to a limited menu, and “Green” indicates an open Waffle House.
Source: The Photographer Capturing the South From Waffle House Booths - Gastro Obscura
“It is a most wonderful comfort…”
Found by Liz: Lake Street Dive Plays “I Want You Back” On a Boston Sidewalk
The unchosen thing is what causes the trouble …
"It wasn't much of a game plan..."
I had no job. I was about to have no house, I still hadn’t found a boat. I had jumped into all of this without any kind of a backup plan. Every other accomplishment in my life had been part of a sane, linear progression. Now I faced a series of unknown what-ifs. What if my house deal fell through? What if I couldn’t find a boat I could afford? What if I couldn’t handle a boat? What if I got sick or ran out of money? All I could do, I realized, was surge ahead, clear one hurdle at a time, and keep on believing that I would be okay.
It wasn’t much of a game plan, but it was what I had…
Mary South, The Cure for Anything is Salt Water
