So...

In an example of "timing is everything," it turns out that I missed by precisely a day (in the sense of, the exact same flight, but one day earlier) being on a flight with a woman with drug resistant tuberculosis. In fact, originally I was planning on booking the Thursday flight, though chose to leave for San Francisco on Wednesday instead. There is something to be said for following one's insticts...

More later, am in Syracuse visiting my family...