The last few weeks have been a heckuva ride, in some of the best ways and some of the worst ways.  This post will be more like an update than anything deep and meaningful, as others have been.
I have a job now that a friend found for me.  I teach two classes of 30 men (and one woman) for 3 hours, one day a week.  I also found some private lessons with a man who runs a Kingston distribution company (Kingston does computer memory).  He is the largest distributor in Egypt and the second largest in the Middle East.  He is a very pious man and I believe once made reference to his "wives".  His English is as good as if not better than some Americans I know.  The last time we met, he introduced me to his business partner, who likewise would like lessons.  It will be fun to teach presentation skills and other practical business matters to these gentlemen.  For all the nuances this country has, its people are incredibly friendly, generous, welcoming and, for lack of a better word at the moment, fun.
In my free-time, I have started studying Korean.  As some may know, in the spring Breanna and I are planning on going to Korea to begin teaching there.  Through an e-mail list here we met a few Koreans who are in Cairo studying Arabic and are willing to teach us Korean in exchange for some English practice.  In one of the most interesting experiences I've had, my Korean friend and I discovered that many grammar topics are easiest discussed between us in Arabic.  So here I sit, in Cairo, Egypt, learning Korean from a Korean, using Arabic as the easiest language for us to communicate in.
Also, on the topic of moving to Korea, there's been a bit of a bump in the road.  In what I am now considering a "tricky language situation" there's a chance my required background check is no longer valid.  I brought a copy of the one I utilized for my job in the States, and it was completed in April.  Just recently, unfortunately, I discovered that there is some type of rule about "6 months" and validity.  Now, my background check officially says that it is valid for 1 year.  But, the impression I was initially under was that Korea would not accept it if it was more than 6 months old.  However, more reading has made it seem like the check needs to be valid for at least six months.  Perhaps I'm just anxious and hoping, and thus twisting the meaning to mean that the background check actually has to be valid for at least 6 months (so that I qualify).  I'm investigating with my recruiters currently, and may need some help in the near future.
Switching gears, last week I made it to the Suez Canal.  Pictures are available here, and information about the sites can be found here.  Sorry I'm not explaining, but Wikipedia does them both justice.  I do recommend the reading, especially if you're younger than Peg and didn't grow up knowing that Israel and Egypt didn't like each other at some point in time.  People don't lie when they say that the Middle East has a complicated history, and the more people understand it the better of we all will be.  Let's all understand, hold hands and sing kum-by-yah, or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_canal
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2684603&id=12432163&l=4abf4e13fe

My last point is the small world story for the two weeks.  I went to play basketball the other night down in Maadi.  I meet up with the guy who invited me, and we introduce, and he's from Australia.  We get to the court and each take our hoodies off.  This was Saturday, the day of the OSU-UM game, so I had and OSU t-shirt on.  I look over, and he has a UM Wolverines shirt on.  Turns out his wife graduated from scUM and he met her back when Michigan fielded a competitive basketball team.  He got into basketball and the Wolverines.  We were on the same team, and had a nice time playing together.  Fortunately, though, the Buckeyes prevailed for the 6th straight time.  Jim Tressel actually is the primary owner of GM right now, and all of Michigan, not the US taxpayers.