Sitting at the gate awaiting my flight. On the airport wireless because…well, I’m me. And over the PA I hear (paraphrased) “Folks, I know there’s a lot of people in the gate area waiting for standby seats. And I want to let you know that the chances are slim to none that that’s gonna happen. The Pope was in town this weekend and everybody came in to see him and now they’re trying to get home again. Your own hope is that there are people who checked in at home on their computers and we don’t know if they’re actually here at the airport or not. So as Jesse Jackson says, ‘Keep hope alive!’”

As a P.S. to the coda, there was a booth at Comic-Con that was selling Exorcism Kits. “The Pope needs your help!” Priceless.