Tag Archives: cairo
Plus, This Weekend (No Vampires)
I’m taking a train in a couple of hours to Cairo for what will probably less than 24 hours to see a friend of a guy in my program who does runs a Muslim charity organization there. We’re not going … Continue reading
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Time With a Manual Transmission
Though I haven’t had a whole lot of experience driving a stick-shift, I think the experience I do have gives me a pretty good idea of what exactly can go wrong. Instead of the easy, even acceleration that makes other drivers … Continue reading
“Hey Willy, See the Pyramids!”
That’s actually the title of a Maria Kalman children’s book, which I was on the fence post about liking when it was actually age appropriate. I both liked and was confused by the abstract pictures and beat-poetry type prose, and my … Continue reading
… And We’re Back.
Sorry there’s been so few posts lately. During the first part of the week, I caught a bug that made my life was not particularly interesting or appropriate for writing about, and the second half was taken up by too … Continue reading