USA. A breakfast counter. The waitress recommended the biscuits and gravy, and when the plate arrived, I thought something had gone wrong in the kitchen. I say this with shame. The dish looked like a construction site after rain. Pale mounds. Gray ladle-fall. Speckles I could not identify. In my land, the eye eats first. A meal is arranged like a garden. This meal was arranged like weather. "Is it… finished?" I asked, carefully. "Honey, that's what it looks like." The man beside me was already eating his. He did not look up. "Just try it." I am a man who has charged hillsides at dawn. I raised the fork. I tried it. I must now formally apologize to the biscuits, the gravy, the waitress, the kitchen, and the entire breakfast tradition of the American South. It was magnificent. Warm. Peppered. The biscuit drank the gravy the way a field drinks rain — THAT is why it is shaped like that, you fool — and every mound I had insulted was a soft fold of comfort that my homeland, in eight hundred years, never once thought to invent. "Well?" the waitress asked. "I judged it," I confessed. "By its appearance. I am ashamed." "Everybody does, hon." Everybody does. A national dish that forgives you for doubting it. It expects the doubt. It waits for you on the other side of it. Do not judge the gravy by its face. Judge yourself, for hesitating. I order it every Saturday now. I no longer see the construction site. I see only the garden. It was a garden the whole time. The eye must be trained.

Massive performance by the #USMNT. Started hot, some tremendous performances, but played as a dominant team for most of that game. Smart play, quality!! Go USA!!! 🇺🇸

Gooooaaaallll🇺🇸!!!

Hard to imagine anyone in future having the kind of impact Chuck Norris had on screen and then as an ironic pop culture icon!

Also… I grew up playing in church.

Exhale. I am glad. Fun game!

UnbeLIEVABLE missed face mask call there.

This is hilarious to me. We knew every single word 30 years ago and also knew it wasn’t something 10 year olds should sing! Hilarious it’s part of a COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF broadcast! 🤣 Banger album though, respect.

#Bucs RB Bucky Irving got baptized this morning prior to the Saints game. He said God saved his life 2 months ago when he was going through a very tough time due his injuries. Bucs rookie OLB David Walker shot the video on IG: _0daviidd

It just doesn’t make sense to keep this going. Hard times as a Florida State fan!

Beautiful jersey matchup tonight! #TBLAR

Just. Just. Oh my word.

Snakebit. Unbelievable.

Unreal comeback. Must have been quite the same Halftime speech!

What a catch!!!

Liverpool looks a mess today, hardly an attacking plan, and exposed on the counter. Glad for Brentford but frustrating!

Again, some unbelievable pitching tonight from both sides. Nearly expected a third straight turned double play there. Elimination game allowed for some creative relief efforts and a blast of a tense game.

What a game!

Goodness! This game…

The combo of amazing pitching and weak hitting with RISP this game is unreal. Wow.