Well, here's your unexpected Election update.

Election -- what election? Well, today is round 2 of the elections for parliament seats in some areas of Egypt. Tanta is one of those areas, so the election has been a big topic of conversation this week.

Last Sunday was round 1 which took a list of about 20 candidates down to 4. Today, 2 will be elected from those 4. I can't find a lot of links, but this one tells you about some arrests in Alexandria.

Actually, by the time you read this there will probably be updated news about what's going on. So, the best place I can point you to is: Egypt's Independent News.

Pray for this country. It's getting crazier than ever!

Ack!

For no good reason, I seem to be having a Bill the Cat moment. *laugh* Now, how many of you will get _that_ reference.

Crazy busy times here. Extra classes last week, gone all weekend for the MCC Fall Retreat in Minya, back to Tanta on Sunday, now more extra classes this week. Visitors from MCC are coming to stay with me Friday night, so I'm working on cleaning when I have time...

So, no deep thoughts on world issues. In fact, I'm back into my little bubble in Tanta, so I haven't gotten any news in days. My cable TV has been out for a few days and I'm guessing my landlord stopped paying for it. I was spliced into his line, so it was free for me -- so I suppose I can't complain!

Hopefully, I will have some time Thursday afternoon to look through emails, and post more here. I've been hearing about more and more people using Skype. Do you? Opinions? I'm going to try to register tomorrow and then be online a bit to test it.