This time it's not some quickly slapped together poetry.

I'd like to talk about that special kind of awkwardness that sometimes occurs when you're suddenly hit by the sensation that you really wish you were somewhere else. I have no idea if any of you have felt like that before, but there was a time a few years ago that struck me and I haven't been able to forget it since.

I'll start with some background. It was a short period after Pope Jean Paul II's death and a collection ...