Here we come…
I just got word from the American University in Cairo that I was admitted to their graduate school today. So, it’s back to Cairo in a few months to do an MA in Arabic with a specialization in Islamic Studies.
Now I am just trying to revel in congratulating myself before beginning to [...]

Back in the Saddle
Sorry for the recent hiatus in posting. I have been a bit lazy and let-lagged this week. 10 in the evening in Kalamazoo feels like what I have been calling 5 in the morning for the past year. It has been as rough transition, but getting better every day. The best part [...]

We ask all the wrong questions
I read these two articles this week:
The Future of Space Games
The Physics of Zero-G Whipped Cream
I realize that when presented in this manner, the two articles seem a little bit more tawdry than they were probably intended.
Or are they?
My question after reading these, and following up with [...]

“Please stow all lethal weapons in the overhead compartments before take-off…”

Recently, I went to the Cairo International Airport to pick up my roommate upon her return from the States. The affair was run-of-the-mill in most ways. I caught a cab, asked him to wait for us, and so on. While waiting for her in the [...]

Is that “inshallah for real,” or “inshallah, it’s never going to happen?”

Not an isolated incident after all
I heard from Amanda and Sarah in Alexandria the other day after they had read my last entry. They too had gone in search of an ibra which too them on a wild goose chase.
They ended up finding one at a tailor’s shop. In the mean time, however, they [...]

It’s nice when things work out the way that they should.

The fact that you are all reading this right now means that I was able to successfully upgrade my WordPress—which, if I haven’t made clear, is the software that runs this blog and many others. You may look into it at WordPress.org.
With that accomplished, I [...]

At least there will be a lot of cockroaches to rebuild the place.

Well, some sort of new scandal has erupted at the TAFL Center here at Alexandria University and I seem to be somewhere near the center of it.
As if it weren’t bad enough that my classes here are a waste of time and [...]

I have given up on ever using the internet in my home again.

Well, I know that this has been a recurring theme, but I still don’t have an internet connection in my apartment. After two months of waiting with one company I had to cancel the contract, as you may remember. Now, I have waited [...]

We’re shaking things up a bit, Egypt-style.

After nearly a semester here in Alexandria, I feel as though I haven’t accomplished nearly as much as I might have liked to. This is not for lack of trying. I have been met at every turn by roadblocks, bureaucracy, and—frankly—bullshit. I have had endless trouble getting an internet [...]