{"id":4890,"date":"2021-05-01T00:47:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T00:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:44:24","slug":"a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I started writing about a Florida fish farm that’s raising salmon for American groceries.<\/p>\n

Salmon don’t live in Florida’s lakes and rivers. The water’s too warm. Besides, they only spend part of their lives in fresh water.<\/p>\n

That’s why the fish farm is on land.<\/p>\n

So far, so good. I knew what I was going to write about, where to find information I’d need, and then I started writing.<\/p>\n

If I’d made an outline, planned ahead and generally taken advice from ‘write your way to fame and fortune’ how-2s, then \u2014 I’d probably still be writing an outline.<\/p>\n

\"Lobby<\/a>Instead, I now have nearly a thousand words written about wild raspberries, chickens and GMOs. With Sumerians, Pharaoh Narmer and atomic Nazi zombies on the side.<\/p>\n

I’m definitely not going to get my Florida fish farm piece finished by Saturday. Sunday, maybe. Then again, maybe not.<\/p>\n

On the ‘up’ side, I’ve been having fun writing it. So I figure there’s a chance you’ll enjoy reading about Florida salmon and all the rest.<\/p>\n

Finally, and inevitably, the usual vaguely-related stuff:<\/p>\n