My View For Awhile: last leg – UPDATING

Posted on 15 November 2024 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In Rome the sun rose at 06:58 and it set at 18:51.

The Ave Maria in reality is in the 19:15 cycle. The calendar guys finally got it right.

It is the feast of the “second founder” of the Jesuits, St Giuseppe Pignatelli. I had a fun post about him (and a very non-saintly Card. Pignatelli) last year when at this date I was still in Rome.HERE  Otherwise it is the Feast of St Albert the Great, Doctor.

Yesterday was quiet. In the evening however another of the diocese came over and we had supper out. The Italian place we went to (which happily had not-even-American-Italian options) had a whimsical Sicilian Eggroll, a fusion sort of idea which was pretty good with the sweet sour sauce. The cook got the wrapper to the perfect crunch without it being oily. Not always easy.

Right now I’m on the road to LGA and proving once again the incontrovertible rule of the universe that no one beats the Van Wyck.

More later. The driver is finding every possible pothole and uneven edge and metal plate. He seems to be steering toward them.

UPDATE

The driver – who had been given through the app that I had to go to Terminal C, and then reminded verbally, started merge over to Terminal B. At this point he heard a rather different tone and volume. Having made it to the correct terminal from that point on I literally directed where he should drive because the enormous bright red LED “PRIORITY” sign and big number 5 on the number 5 door could have confused him. Slowest Uber ever… but I got here.

Security was a goat rodeo.

I used Clear with PreCheck. All the different formats were interwoven by the beribboned people chutes. By the time we got to TSA there was a literal crisscrossing of lines, 5 or so poor souls taken from the simple pugatorial line sent through our line and directed way beyond our position. Then they processed a few of us. There must be a better way

10 minutes to get into the lounge.

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Churchy stuff that caught my eye:

YUT BLESSED MOTHER! OORAH!

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  1. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:
    15 November 2024 at 10:26 AM

    (White to move and mate in 4)

    I’ll post your solutions tomorrow so there won’t be spoilers.

    In India, the Tata Steel Rapid portion is finished. Magnus Carlsen had a six-game winning streak to win the Rapid with a round to spare. He beat my guy Wesley who came in 2nd tied with Pragg who had a strong finish. Now the Blitz starts.

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