diff --git a/selected/http_to_phy.md b/selected/http_to_phy.md
index d953300..969e76b 100644
--- a/selected/http_to_phy.md
+++ b/selected/http_to_phy.md
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ Our packets look like this:
 ```
 ETHERNET > IP > TCP > HTTP
 ```
-[NOTE(cloin): this is an awkward transition, is there a better way to phrase this/this section?]
+[NOTE(cloin): Figure out how to break out this analogy, this makes a useful textual transition]
+Relate it to what a USPS facility might be responsible for on a given day, perhaps?
+HTTP is the request to Amazon to buy a product? "I want this product sent to my address"
+HTML is the contents of the contents of the package you will receive -- the final product itself
+TCP is the information USPS uses internally to move the package from facility to facility, until it arrives at your address. Each facility is a proxy.
+IP is the SHIPPING LABEL telling USPS where the information should arrive
 
 ## HTTP -- Where Your Message Lives
 Browsers use HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to communicate with web servers to request and receive web pages, and perform