Is writing or making coffee the higher calling?

Speaking as a writer and coffee drinker, many days I think I'd have to go with the coffee . . .

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I realize that no matter where I go in life, how much money I make, or how much fun I have making it, I will always be a barista to somebody.

From a blog op-ed in the NY Times, here.

Great piece, and not just about writing . . . or being a barista.